VTI News and Press, Vanguard Total Stock Market From 05/08/23

2023-05-08 11:06:42 ET Summary The time limit seems to be somewhere near June 1, 2023. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has announced the date. But, the players are still acting like children. The debt ceiling is way out-of-date and must be done away with. But, moving f...

2023-05-05 15:53:00 ET Summary The strong April jobs report confirms economy remains resilient. The mix of economic data likely keeps the Fed on track to hold rates steady at the next FOMC. We view the backdrop as positive for stocks and the S&P 500. The April ...

2023-05-05 15:19:00 ET Summary Trailing yields have increased for most of the major asset classes recently, based on a set of ETF proxies. The highest payout rate by far is still found in inflation-protected government bonds ex-US, which topped 9% over the past 12 months, accordin...

2023-05-05 14:54:49 ET Summary Fed Chairman Powell has been fighting battles on two seemingly incongruent fronts. His first goal is to meet his primary mandate of conducting monetary policy to promote stable prices. His second goal is to uphold his responsibility to promote th...

2023-05-05 10:34:52 ET Summary The April payrolls report revealed a bigger-than-forecast 235,000 jobs gain. While economy-wide hiring is slowing, the labor market remains hot, as evidenced by a very low 3.4% unemployment rate. Re-accelerating wage growth pressure the Fed, but ...

2023-05-05 09:23:12 ET Summary The Federal Reserve raised its policy rate of interest this past week, but investors now think that this will be the last raise for a while. The Fed continues to oversee the shrinkage of its securities portfolio, keeping up a steady decline over time...

2023-05-04 15:13:33 ET Summary A new bull market requires a dovish Fed and positive growth prospects contrary to the hawkish Fed and negative growth prospects we've now. It's difficult/impossible for the S&P 500 to overcome the 4200 level when only a few horses are pulling the...

2023-05-04 14:07:43 ET Summary Bullish sentiment, expectations that stock prices will rise over the next six months, decreased 0.1 percentage points to 24.1%. Neutral sentiment, expectations that stock prices will stay essentially unchanged over the next six months, decreased 6.3 ...

2023-05-02 11:00:00 ET Summary The expected long-run return for the GMI ticked down to a 5.9% annualized pace in April, fractionally lower vs. last month’s estimate. GMI represents a theoretical benchmark of the optimal portfolio for the average investor with an infinite ti...

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...