VTI News and Press, Vanguard Total Stock Market From 01/27/24

2024-01-27 02:47:52 ET Summary iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF has outperformed the largest EM ETF- VWO since its inception, and has also done a better job of juggling its risk profile. EMXC offers access to attractive growth regions, particularly India, which is expect...

2024-01-26 09:15:00 ET Summary The Fed tightened interest rates to combat inflation, causing regional banks like Silicon Valley Bank to suffer from an asset/liability mismatch. SVB Financial Group's Treasury bond holdings declined in value as interest rates spiked, leading to a li...

2024-01-26 09:00:00 ET Summary 2023 year-end review of our 8% Income Portfolio. This high-income portfolio earned over $29,000 in distributions amounting to over 14% yield-on-cost basis and roughly 8.6% on average portfolio value. We will provide updates on trades during the y...

2024-01-26 03:33:03 ET Summary Many investors have given up on international stocks in favor of U.S. stocks only. This recency bias comes at the worst time, with US stocks currently overvalued, making them poor long-term investments. International stocks offer better valuation...

2024-01-25 18:13:50 ET Summary Fourth Quarter 2023 GDP exceeds expectations at 3.3%, but the recession may only be delayed, not avoided. Personal Consumption Expenditures and Gross Domestic Investment drive GDP growth. The "soft landing" may be illusory. There are significant ...

2024-01-25 15:59:35 ET Summary Bullish sentiment decreased 1.1 percentage points to 39.3%. Neutral sentiment increased 1.8 percentage points to 34.6%. Bearish sentiment decreased 0.7 percentage points to 26.1%. Optimism among individual investors about the short-term...

2024-01-25 08:30:00 ET Summary The Fed is set to begin the interest rate normalization policy with the first cut likely in May. The timing of the interest rate cuts is uncertain, with market expectations differing from the Fed's projections. The likely outcome is for the Fed t...

2024-01-25 05:40:56 ET Summary iShares Core Moderate Allocation ETF is a fund of funds with a 40/60 allocation model in global equity and bond indexes. Its exposure to foreign securities is about 25%, which implies some currency risk. In a comparison with a few multi-asset tac...

2024-01-24 18:00:11 ET Summary All three of the major stock indexes have hit all-time highs in recent trading sessions despite chances of a much-anticipated rate cut from the Federal Reserve in March fading. Manufacturing remains in contractionary territory, the monthly Leading Ec...

2024-01-22 18:54:00 ET Summary S&P 500 Index closed at a record high for the first time in more than two years. Global Market Index ended last week with a relatively mild 3.2% drawdown. US stock market's recent gains attributed to consensus on controlled inflation and a so...