VTI News and Press, Vanguard Total Stock Market From 04/06/24

2024-04-06 06:24:12 ET Summary Barings Corporate Investors is a closed-end fund that focuses on high-yielding corporate debt securities. MCI has outperformed the S&P 500 in total return since its inception in 1971, with a current dividend yield of 8.7%. The fund's portfoli...

2024-04-06 03:18:00 ET If you have extra cash -- say $1,000 -- that you want to put to work in the stock market, you might want to consider exchange-traded funds (ETFs). ETFs deliver exposure to many stocks with a single purchase, making them ideal for beginner investors or for anyone seeki...

2024-04-05 10:14:03 ET Summary I believe that while SPDR® S&P 500 ETF Trust is a good long-term investment, the growing discrepancy between real rates and the upward trend of the SPY ETF is a huge threat. I see 2 possible scenarios for how things should develop, whereby I...

2024-04-05 09:45:12 ET Summary March nonfarm payrolls exceeded expectations at +303,000, the strongest monthly employment climb since May 2023. Unemployment rate dropped to 3.8% from 3.9% in February, while average hourly earnings increased by 0.3%. The Fed swaps market shifte...

2024-04-04 13:19:04 ET Summary The gig is up for the Bank of Japan; it is time for the Fed, ECB, and others to step up and pick up the slack. We’ve been talking about an expected healthy pullback for markets - is it finally time? An update on 3M Company's completed spin...

2024-04-04 11:57:32 ET Optimism among individual investors about the short-term outlook for the stock market have declined this week amid talks of interest rate cut coming to the spotlight again.... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For further details see: Bullish sent...

2024-04-04 11:00:00 ET Summary What is clear is that a number of broad-brush commodity funds are rebounding in 2024 after a down year for the asset class in 2023. In contrast with market-cap-weighted index funds for stocks, a much deeper dive is required for understanding and choo...

2024-04-04 07:44:48 ET Summary VWO ETF has underperformed US and global equities in the past decade due to the decline of emerging markets. Investors were sold a growth story that did not materialize. I believe the Fund will continue to underperform in the future because emerging ...

2024-04-02 22:07:05 ET Summary The US stock market got off to a very strong beginning to 2024, with VTI rallying close to 10% amid a broadening out of the rally. Key risks have already emerged in Q2, however - a hot ISM Manufacturing Prices Paid subindex and a multi-year high in o...

2024-04-02 10:30:00 ET Summary The long-run performance estimate for the Global Market Index ticked up again in March vs. the previous month. Today’s revised forecast (based on three models defined below) indicates a 6.9% annualized return for the unmanaged benchmark, which...