VTI News and Press, Vanguard Total Stock Market From 05/01/23

2023-05-01 18:49:07 ET Summary Stock and stock fund allocations fell slightly by 0.4 percentage points to 64.3%. Bond and bond fund allocations rose 0.6 percentage points to 15.7%. Cash allocations fell by 0.2 percentage points to 19.9%. Individual investors' exposur...

2023-05-01 16:13:00 ET Summary Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate Index headed the rallies last month, posting a strong 4.1% return in April. Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund rose 2.6% in April, the second-best performer for April. The Global Market Index continued to re...

2023-05-01 10:00:33 ET Summary It's important to note that after a five month rally, more money continues to go into ProShares "short" funds than "long" funds. This is a powerful signal that prices will continue to move higher as it highlights the existence of the famous bull mark...

2023-04-29 08:00:00 ET Summary High frequency indicators can give us a nearly up-to-the-moment view of the economy. The metrics are divided into long leading, short leading, and coincident indicators. While consumer spending continues to very slowly trend downward, several sho...

2023-04-28 11:45:13 ET Summary The core PCE inflation continues to be sticky at the 4.6% level. The consumer spending will continue to keep inflation sticky, as long as asset prices remain elevated, and the unemployment rate remains low. Thus, I expect the Fed to keep hiking, ...

2023-04-28 11:15:08 ET Summary Fund managers are more overweight bonds than at any time since the Great Financial Crisis. Fund managers are more underweight stocks than at any time since the Great Financial Crisis. Investors have piled into money market funds offering safety, ...

2023-04-28 06:31:30 ET Summary Assuming that a recession is coming, relying on successfully selecting businesses shouldn't be the strategy for the vast majority of retail investors. There is a simple and unpopular method to stay invested, keep investing, and sleep well at night re...

2023-04-27 17:09:01 ET Summary Bullish sentiment, expectations that stock prices will rise over the next six months, decreased by 3.1 percentage points to 24.1%. Neutral sentiment, expectations that stock prices will stay essentially unchanged over the next six months, declined by...

2023-04-27 13:30:13 ET Summary Consumer spending kept GDP barely above zero at 1.1%. 2023 Q2 will likely print at half that or lower on a glidepath to recession. But the second half recession won't kill inflation; it likely will result in "stagflation." The Federal Reserve...

2023-04-27 10:38:07 ET Summary Might the debt bubble in the United States be about to collapse? Lots and lots of debt has been created over the past decade or so and with rising interest rates more and more of the debt is underwater. Furthermore, the asset bubble the Federal R...