VWO News and Press, Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets From 09/23/22

Summary With the focus on environmental trends, sustainability and climate change, there are a lot of opportunities and risks that come along with that. Some companies will be beneficiaries of specific themes or trends that are arising on the back of the focus on climate change. ...

Summary The effects of volatility in 2022 have been felt by investors globally — however, there may be opportunities to be selective within emerging markets. Accessing less-volatile stocks in emerging markets through minimum volatility ETFs may be attractive as a way to mai...

Summary The article is mainly to write a handy guide about how to start “Investing and Trading” for various investors. The top-to-bottom is my base. A recession is likely not in the near future. The Terminal rate is 4.5%. A bull market (started on Mar. 09, 2009) is s...

Summary Officials at the world's major central banks, led by the US Fed, grew increasingly united in their resolve to bring inflation under control. The August about-face pulled the Europe ex UK and both US Russell indexes back down to the bottom of the performance ranks for the y...

Summary Earning a higher yield looks good on paper, but at a time of elevated inflation, the resulting real yield may be a bust. Most ETF yields are underwater when compared with US consumer inflation. Even if inflation has peaked, it’s unclear how fast it will fall. ...

Summary Today, every major part of the world economy is seemingly prone to a serious economic crisis. The European economy is perhaps the most immediate cause for concern. All of these world economic problems have to raise serious questions about the wisdom of the Federal Rese...

Summary Jackson Hole reset expectations to focus more on inflation. The U.S. dollar should stabilize over the medium-term amid hawkishness from other central banks and slowing economic data. At stake is Europe’s ability to refill their storage tanks ahead of winter. ...

Summary As financial markets sink, the relative allure of expected returns rises. GMI represents a theoretical benchmark of the optimal portfolio for the average investor with an infinite time horizon. GMI’s current 10-year return is a robust 6.1%. While that’s f...

Summary US trading resumes tomorrow after a long Labor Day weekend, with the backdrop of risk-off sentiment dominating recent activity in the major asset classes. US stocks (VTI) posted a relatively middling loss, shedding 3.7% last month. The summer rebound for the Global Mar...

Summary The contribution of emerging and frontier markets to global trade in clean-energy metals has steadily grown in recent years. In 2020, EMs were the source of 44.3% of exports of big-five transition metals. China is an important source and destination of the metals of th...