VTWO News and Press, Vanguard Russell 2000 Index Fund From 07/19/23

2023-07-19 09:02:00 ET Summary Although central banks slashed benchmark rates to zero by December 2008 and pumped unprecedented liquidity (QE), financial markets tanked until March 2009. The US Fed will likely pause its tightening efforts soon. But the economic cycle and stock mar...

2023-07-19 04:54:00 ET Summary The yield curve is the difference between the current 10-year T-Note yield and the 2-Year T-Note yield. The Fed Funds Rate is the rate the Fed sets on overnight money to establish the demand for money necessary to get inflation to its 2% target. ...

2023-07-17 07:35:00 ET Summary Is the Fed responsible for the drop in the inflation rate? If not, what does that imply about future policy and inflation? The 10-year/3-month Treasury spread has been inverted since last year, and that has been a reliable predictor of recession in t...

2023-07-17 07:00:00 ET Summary Economically or cyclically oriented sectors have performed the best this year. The equity market is telegraphing a recovering or expanding economic environment. With the economy possibly set to regain some momentum, favorable returns seem a likel...

2023-07-16 05:30:00 ET Summary Obviously, AI has supercharged the indexes, for the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ. Small businesses tend to feel the impact of monetary tightening with a lag compared to larger companies. The Fed, although they haven’t come out and said it, t...

2023-07-15 02:25:00 ET Summary For months, many leading indicators of economic activity have been signaling a future recession. The full effects of policy rate hikes are only now just starting to emerge, and should increasingly impact the real economy in coming quarters. While...

2023-07-15 00:36:23 ET Summary The article suggests that a recession is likely to start within the next year, based on economic theory and history. I discuss the Austrian Business Cycle Theory, which states that monetary expansion can lead to a misallocation of resources, causing ...

2023-07-12 21:12:00 ET Summary The yield curve spread that most accurately forecasts recessions is that between the 10-year Treasury bond yield and the 3-month Treasury bill rate. Fed economists and policymakers are also predominantly Keynesian, so they believe in the Phillips Cur...

2023-07-12 00:30:00 ET Summary Small-caps have caught a bid over the last few days with the Russell 2,000 ETF (IWM) rallying more than 3% since last Thursday’s close. While large-cap indices have recently traded to 52-week highs, small-caps are still well below 2023 highs m...

2023-07-11 10:20:00 ET Summary The Composite Recession Probability Index currently estimates that an NBER-defined downturn in progress is just 10%. The near-term future also looks relatively upbeat, based on a pair of proprietary indicators featured in The US Business Cycle Risk R...