VTI News and Press, Vanguard Total Stock Market From 09/04/23

2023-09-04 04:00:06 ET Summary Investor emotion drives 50% or more of a stock's price move, so it’s vital to measure and know what investors think and feel. Current sentiment metrics strongly point to a continuation of this bull market. We don’t think investors have ...

2023-09-01 17:27:14 ET Summary Individual investors’ equity allocation reached a 15-month high last month. Fixed-income exposure rebounded and cash allocations fell. Stock and stock fund allocations have remained above their historical average for 39 consecutive months....

2023-09-01 16:22:50 ET Summary Grayscale wins legal victory in its attempt to offer a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund. SEC's rejection of Grayscale's application is proven wrong, but the ruling does not settle the debate. The industry is hopeful for more favorable decisions ...

2023-09-01 15:09:50 ET Summary Federal Reserve Chairman assures control over inflation. Fed has been steadily reducing securities portfolio since March 2022. The balance sheet has declined by over $1.0 trillion in a year and a half. Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powel...

2023-09-01 12:24:02 ET Summary Equities rebounded late in the month after an early swoon in August, lead by the technology-heavy Nasdaq. However, prospects for the consumer, whose spending represents 70% of economic activity, appear to be deteriorating at an accelerated pace. ...

2023-09-01 10:30:00 ET Summary Cash led the performance race in August for the major asset classes based on a set of proxy ETFs. The iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF, a cash proxy based on short-term government bonds with maturities of 1-year or less, rose 0.5% in August. Year-...

2023-09-01 09:43:12 ET Summary Nonfarm payrolls rose by 187,000 in August, slightly beating expectations, but with downward revisions for the previous two months. Unemployment rate surged to 3.8%, the highest since January 2022, and average hourly earnings saw a slight increase. ...

2023-08-31 13:18:50 ET Summary Revised Q2 GDP growth rate of 2.1% may help the Federal Reserve curb inflation. Stronger consumer spending and government expenditure contribute to the revised estimate. Forecasts for Q3 GDP growth at 5.9%, but factors like student loan payments ...

2023-08-30 22:47:38 ET Summary September has historically been the worst month for owning U.S. stocks over the past five years. Economic concerns, rising interest rates this summer, a still inverted Treasury yield curve, and the upcoming restart of student loan payments could nega...

2023-08-30 11:01:45 ET Summary Inflation above 2% has a negative impact on stock prices; the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has averaged poor performance during such years. Various sub-sectors of the stock market and sectors of the bond market are affected differently by high inf...