VTIP News and Press, Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities From 04/03/23

2023-04-03 16:19:28 ET Summary I discuss two of James Picerno’s posts (Part I & Part II) from last week. I conclude that a market uptrend began on March 30 and 31. The Bull Market, which began 14 years ago, still moves higher. Introduction On Mar...

2023-04-03 11:20:00 ET Summary We see the U.S. policy push for leadership in clean tech and Europe’s fast-developing response creating near-term and strategic investment opportunities. Risk assets rallied amid stabilizing sentiment toward banks. Yet the disconnect between s...

2023-03-31 13:19:06 ET Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF ( NASDAQ: VTIP ) - $0.0287 . 30-Day SEC Yield of 1.26% as of Mar. 30. Payable Apr 06; for shareholders of record Apr 04; ex-div Apr 03. For further details see: Vanguard Short-Term ...

2023-03-31 06:30:00 ET Summary Slower growth and tighter financial conditions could mean a lower terminal rate and bring forward the timing of the first rate cut. While front-end yields have declined in recent weeks, they are still near multi-decade highs and may remain here as in...

2023-03-27 11:20:00 ET Summary Central banks confront the growth-inflation trade-off, with the Federal Reserve seeing recession but no rate cuts. We agree - and prefer inflation-linked bonds. Bank stocks remained under pressure last week. The two-year U.S. Treasury yield slid furt...

2023-03-20 10:45:00 ET Summary More financial cracks from rapid rate hikes are emerging. We stay underweight equities, downgrade credit and prefer short-term government bonds for income. Bank troubles on both sides of the Atlantic hit the sector's shares last week. Short-term bond...

2023-03-13 05:00:00 ET Summary Some of the issues at SVB are shared by almost all banks. Most local banks hold loans to maturity so they are carrying them at cost. Stocks fell early in the week as short-term rates rose and another rate hike was priced in based on Powell’...

Summary With the Federal Reserve approaching the tail end of an aggressive interest rate hiking cycle, investors have been bracing for a hard landing. The stock market has stabilized and risen since last October (S&P +13.7%) but has also hit a temporary air pocket last month (-2.6%)...

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Summary I think everyone can agree that stocks and bonds sold off last year because interest rates rose. Interest rates have certainly risen of late but they are still below the peaks of last year and almost unchanged since stocks made their low on October 12, 2022. One of the thing...