VTC News and Press, Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF From 12/13/23

2023-12-13 05:50:00 ET Summary The Target Yield strategy features target exposure model in fixed income, which allows investors to achieve higher yield without bearing additional risk from credit rating or duration. The strategy has similar effect from the fixed income Value facto...

2023-12-06 10:07:00 ET Summary Is now the time to invest in fixed income? That’s one of the biggest questions we get from clients today. The Federal Reserve’s prior rate hikes are working through the economy, as there are signs of softening in recent inflation, econo...

2023-12-01 01:20:00 ET Summary After the Federal Reserve raised the federal funds rate by over five percentage points in 16 months, CFOs are increasingly focused on deleveraging, debt repayment, and bond buybacks. As borrowing costs increase, CFOs should lower their leverage targe...

2023-11-30 23:30:00 ET Summary Interest-rate hikes in the United States are on pause but may remain higher for longer with lagged effects likely to manifest in early 2024. There is renewed investor interest in fixed income as the asset class offers the potential for income and tot...

2023-11-30 04:11:47 ET More on Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF Dividend scorecard for Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF For further details see: Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF declares ...

2023-11-22 05:33:00 ET Summary Deal activity involving sustainable companies dropped 15% to touch a three-year low of $111bn. By number of deals, China led the market for sustainable M&A activity, taking an 18% market share. The market for equity issuance remains moribund, wit...

2023-11-15 13:35:00 ET Summary When looking at opportunities across fixed income, credit spreads indicate how much more an investor is being compensated for taking on the additional risk. If spreads are above their long-term average, they are referred to as wide; if they're below ...

2023-11-13 19:15:00 ET Summary Bond prices fluctuated in a pretty wide range last week of about 18 basis points but the MOVE index has been rising since bond yields started rising in August 2021. There is, of course, considerable worry presently about the debt of the US government...

2023-11-10 10:30:00 ET Summary Price compression in index investing has been a huge theme. It's driven so much change in asset management. There is growing innovation in structured products, particularly in the area of sustainability and ESG benchmarks. What we've seen with th...

2023-11-08 18:25:00 ET Summary As we head into 2024, we think that the next phase for the Federal Reserve is likely a pause while the central bank assesses the impact of the tighter lending and financial conditions it’s established. We’re not in the hard landing camp...