VTI News and Press, Vanguard Total Stock Market From 04/10/24

2024-04-10 14:05:20 ET Summary Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF™ is a branded ETF created by Schwab to keep clients in their own funds. The SCHB ETF offers low-cost exposure to around 2,500 publicly traded U.S. companies, with a diversified portfolio spread across multiple sect...

2024-04-10 13:40:00 ET Summary Progress regarding inflation has stalled across most sectors of the economy, with a month-over-month increase of 0.4% and a year-over-year increase of 3.5%. Disinflation has stopped, with recent readings higher than previous reports, and core inflati...

2024-04-10 09:40:00 ET Summary March CPI came in at 0.4%, exceeding expectations, indicating higher inflation. US real average hourly earnings rose 0.6% from a year ago, but at a slower pace than in February. Treasury yields rose and the probability of a June rate cut decrease...

2024-04-08 11:30:51 ET Summary Analysts expect a 0.3% m/m increase in both headline and core CPI, indicating a stall in the disinflation process. Inflation expectations have risen, with the market pricing in fewer rate cuts and widening spreads between the Fed and other central ba...

2024-04-08 10:00:20 ET Summary All-Weather Portfolios are composed of a small number of funds with offsetting strengths and weaknesses, so that overall performance balances out in different market conditions, eliminating the need for any buying or selling. Last year, we introduced...

2024-04-08 07:30:00 ET Summary Macro investing contains the childish arrogance and intolerance that the own subjective view of the world is closer to the truth than the subjective view of everybody else combined. The stellar performance of passive investing during the last decade ...

2024-04-08 07:25:00 ET Summary The real story of the last three years is that commodities and large cap stocks are the only major asset classes providing returns for a diversified investor. Small- and mid-cap value stocks have produced better returns but haven’t kept up wit...

2024-04-07 05:25:00 ET Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are fantastic tools to have in your investment arsenal. These baskets of stocks can be bought and sold like individual stocks, yet they give you exposure to whatever market sectors or investment style you'd like to target. There's even a s...

2024-04-06 08:00:00 ET Summary Long leading indicators show improvement, with bond yields and mortgage rates remaining neutral despite recent increases. Short leading indicators are showing mixed results, with commodities and the US dollar strengthening, but temporary staffing rem...

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...