VTC News and Press, Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF From 05/17/20

With the sound of the Munchkins ringing in my head, and the image of Judy Garland skipping along, I am reminded of all of this, when I look at what the Fed is now doing. They have expanded their borders past anything that we have seen before, in a further effort to combat our coronavirus pande...

The Fed on Tuesday got into the ETF business, purchasing $305M worth in its first day of fund purchases. More news on: iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF, PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index ETF, iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF, News on ETFs, News o...

Corporate treasury departments are staying busy, with at least 10 borrowers looking to tap the investment-grade issuance market today, according to Bloomberg. More news on: iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF, The Walt Disney Company, PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond I...

By Susan Hutman and Robert Hopper The coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc across economies and markets. A wave of rating downgrades, fallen angels and corporate bond defaults has begun - and it could grow into a tsunami before the pandemic recedes. But that doesn't mean invest...

Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ: VTC ) - $0.2222 . 30-Day SEC Yield of 3.27% as of Apr. 28. Payable May 06; for shareholders of record May 04; ex-div May 01. More news on: Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF, Dividend News, News on ETFs, ,

By enhancing liquidity and improving functionality in the corporate bond markets, new U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) programs have been good news in the short term. Yet a number of unknowns remain regarding the rollout of these programs, and we foresee potentially challenging impacts for more high...

By Pater Tenebrarum Everything and the Kitchen Sink After the first inter-meeting rate cut in early March, we opined that further rate cuts were a near certainty and that “not-QE” would swiftly morph into “QE, next iteration” (see Rate Cutters Unanimous for ...

Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ: VTC ) - $0.2557 . 30-Day SEC Yield of 3.06% as of Mar. 27. Payable Apr 06; for shareholders of record Apr 02; ex-div Apr 01. More news on: Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF, Dividend News, News on ETFs, ,

Included in the Fed bazooka earlier this morning are a number of new lending-support programs, including a facility directed at investment-grade companies. More news on: iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF, PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index ETF, iShares Aaa ...

"We penetrated deeper and deeper into the Heart of Darkness" - Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness At the beginning of 2020 I said that the New Year would be nothing like the last year. Things are playing out as predicted, with Coronavirus thrown in for good measure, and with devastating co...