VT News and Press, Vanguard Total World Stock Index From 05/18/22

Nuvei continues to deliver best-in-class growth without sacrificing its margins. The updated guidance numbers signal more of the same in the coming years as Nuvei extends its "land and expand" playbook across new growth areas. The stock trades below its peers following the YTD sel...

The overall global economic slowdown, plus China’s Covid lockdowns, are taking a toll. Apple and GE have warned their distributors about production and delivery problems due to China. Another example is falling vehicle sales in April in China for BMW, VW Group, and Tesla. Since...

Stock markets have seen immense volatility this year. The sharply rising inflation, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and central banks raising interest rates are all weighing on equities. With volatility expected to remain high, reducing equity risk can be challenging but achie...

The rising rate, rising dollar environment continues with the dollar index hitting a 20-year high last week. That rising dollar is having an impact on the rest of the global economy but so far it has been manageable. There are a lot of companies out there that have come public over th...

Our macroeconomic forecasting team assesses how the war and latest survey data have altered the economic outlook, policymaking and recession risks. Global growth was dragged lower, principally by steep contractions in Russia and mainland China. Barring the initial COVID-19 outbreak, M...

Movements in global sector indices are consistent with investors reappraising portfolio allocations and shifting objectives towards capital preservation in real terms. The volatility in interest rate expectations has flowed into FX markets. We maintain a neutral outlook on global ...

Vanguard Total World Stock ETF is a low-cost vehicle to own the entire world of equities. A 20% pullback and attractive P/E ratios around the global makes this fund ideal for a straightforward portfolio. Ex-US shares and US SMIDs are particularly inexpensive today. For furth...

We're seeing declining asset prices from bond to equities, and in some cases, real assets because of higher inflation. We are seeing early signs that inflation is starting to moderate. Equity market is currently pricing in the probability of a mild recession. For further det...

While growth outside of China has shown some encouraging resilience, losing only marginal momentum in April on average, this can be linked to resurgent spending on consumer services amid loosened COVID-19 restrictions. Worsening supply chain delays meanwhile contributed to renewed out...

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...