VTIP News and Press, Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities From 10/27/21

The sellers have been in control of the bond market. Put volume continues to outshine call volume at key strike prices on the SPY options. Nasdaq 100 index did not fare as well as SPX. For further details see: Options Market Remains Doubtful Of Rally

The economic restart has laid bare a lopsided transition toward low-carbon energy that has amplified a surge in coal and natural gas prices. U.S. stocks rallied to all-time highs on better-than-expected corporate earnings. Oil prices hit multi-year highs. Investors will watch acti...

The gap between the unadjusted and adjusted spreads was 0.44 ppts as of 9/30. Analysts often look at the five year five year forward as an indicator of inflation over the five years five years from now. If one believed in the DKW adjustment (and that adjustment held constant over ...

The Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF invests in Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS) with maturities of less than 5 years. That means low risk and low returns. The ETF is designed for investors who are interested in protecting the purchasing power of th...

Economists continue to debate whether the high rates of inflation observed over the last few months are transitory or permanent. Year-on-year inflation was 4.3 percent in August. One way to estimate future inflation is to look at market expectations. Bond traders must consider inflati...

Inflation concerns continue to grow among certain market participants as CPI data rises +0.4% vs. the +0.3% consensus. For investors who have continuing fears over inflation, there is a handful of ETFs one can play to hedge against those matters. Three traditional areas that fight off inflati...

The Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF offers diversified exposure to short-term U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities. This article describes how it works and why it works to fight against inflation, especially under the current inflationary environments. ...

Bonds sold off again last week, with the yield on the 10-year Treasury closing over 1.6% for the first time since early June. But this rise in rates is at least a little different than the fall that preceded it. When nominal rates fell from April through July, real rates fell right al...

Risk-adjusted performance continued to rise in September for the Global Market Index (GMI), an unmanaged, market-value-weighted portfolio that holds all the major asset classes (except cash). GMI’s 0.97 Sharpe ratio is close to the highest levels reached in recent history. ...

We view the U.S. Treasury yield spike as resolving a disconnect between the powerful restart and lower yields in recent months, and stay tactically pro-risk. U.S. 10-year yields jumped to the highest level in three months. Markets are prone to volatility, but ultimately we see yields ...