VTI News and Press, Vanguard Total Stock Market From 03/25/24

2024-03-25 07:22:37 ET As exchange-traded funds continue growing in popularity, asset managers are increasingly converting mutual funds to ETFs to adapt to client demands.... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For further details see: Mutual fund-to-ETF conversions on th...

2024-03-24 06:15:00 ET Summary The Fed plans to cut rates three times in 2024 despite rising inflation expectations and a recent increase in inflation rates. Inflation swaps market predicts inflation rates of 3.4% in March and 3.2% in April and May, suggesting inflation may not de...

2024-03-23 08:00:00 ET Summary Long leading indicators show improvement, with bond yields and mortgage rates becoming neutral. Short leading indicators are gradually turning more positive, with stock prices soaring and real consumer spending holding up. Coincident indicators a...

2024-03-21 17:39:55 ET Summary The Federal Reserve believes no reduction is necessary in the Fed's policy rate of interest. The stock market is hitting new highs despite the Fed's reduction of its securities portfolio. More is going on in the financial markets than just what i...

2024-03-21 17:35:16 ET Summary Bullish sentiment decreased 2.7 percentage points to 43.2%. Neutral sentiment decreased 2.6 percentage points to 29.6%. Bearish sentiment increased 5.3 percentage points to 27.2%. Pessimism among individual investors about the short-ter...

2024-03-21 17:17:15 ET Summary The Fed's meeting demonstrated confidence in the current economic trajectory and tempered inflationary forces, leading to a rally in the market. Technology stocks like Nvidia, which have high multiples, are expected to have more room to run as rates ...

2024-03-21 14:30:46 ET Summary The market is pricing in Federal Reserve rate cuts, leading to a high P/E ratio in the S&P 500, making for much downside risk if rate cuts do not materialize. Inflation is holding above 3%, potentially hindering rate cuts, and providing a high ba...

2024-03-21 09:00:00 ET Summary The March SEP still projects 3 cuts in 2024, but the dot-plot reveals that the FOMC is evenly divided (9-10), thus, the consensus will be hard to reach. Any cut before December will require perfect inflation data over the next few months, which is un...

2024-03-21 08:30:00 ET Summary The Fed is more dovish than expected, signaling a potential rate cut and the possibility of new rounds of quantitative easing. Market expectations have shifted towards a rate cut in June, with a possibility of two rate cuts by the end of July. Th...

2024-03-20 18:08:29 ET Summary Recent speculation of a more hawkish Fed is based on headline data, but deeper data suggests a cut in June. Headline CPI data showed inflation higher than expected, causing concerns about the Fed delaying rate cuts. However, when looking at the b...