VT News and Press, Vanguard Total World Stock Index From 05/11/22

Gold prices are back to their levels from the middle of January, but the market valuation of DRDGold has decreased 17% compared to then. Gold has historically been a good inflation hedge, and I think that it’s likely to resume its upward trend. In my view, the Q1 2022 resul...

The pace of global economic growth slowed in April to the lowest since the downturn of the second quarter of 2020. While an easing of COVID-19 containment measures on average globally helped to sustain service sector growth in April, the rate of expansion in the service sector fell to...

Welcome to a series where I break down and compare some of the most popular exchange-traded funds (ETFs) available to Canadian investors! Investors looking for the ultimate passive buy-and-hold investment can pick a single ticker offering exposure to a portfolio of globally diversif...

SDIV is extremely cheap from an absolute perspective if we look at fundamental ratios only. The fund trades at only 4x earnings and has an 11% dividend yield. However, we are now at a tipping point for global economic growth and I believe the dividend trap risk is more significant tod...

British American Tobacco represents the ultimate inflation hedge and is set to benefit from the inflationary environment in several different and unique ways. By being able to generate immediately accessible shareholder returns, push price hikes onto the consumers, and significantly d...

Earnings momentum loses steam as a growth scare permeates the corporate landscape. Rising policy rates and expanding credit spreads make for an uneasy financial environment. The market evolves toward an ex-growth period. For further details see: Chart Of The Week - Globa...

The major markets’ technical review will help readers understand the underlying technical conditions for potential opportunities and risk management. This helps refine not only decision making about what to own and when but what to overweight or underweight to achieve better pe...

Chinese stocks delivered a terrible return over the last couple of months compared to the S&P 500 and to other emerging markets. That said, I still believe Chinese stocks are cheap and the country has a good long-term economic outlook. Long-dated call options are in my opinion...

Global central banks continue to warn that COVID, and other issues, persist. Traders seek some clarity and understanding of what’s going to happen next. In our opinion, the extended demands relating to the superheated reflation of the post-COVID economy set off an explosive inf...

Investors face a trifecta of worries: rate hikes, inflation and volatility. In Q1 2022, equity markets took stock of a changing economic and geopolitical landscape. Looking forward, economic and geopolitical uncertainty will likely increase. For further details see: Look...