VWO News and Press, Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets From 04/21/22

The Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF offers exposure to a broad basket of emerging market stocks with a low expense ratio. It is trading at increasingly attractive valuations, particularly relative to its developed market peers, with an underlying forward PE ratio of 11.9x and forwa...

WisdomTree Commodity (GCC) rose for a second week, popping 3.2% and lifting the price close to a record high. Last week was another washout for the major asset classes ex-commodities. The majority of the major asset classes continue to post deeper drawdowns than GMI.F. For f...

The sanctions imposed on the Russian government and companies, along with countermeasures by Russian authorities, have caused further disruption to commodity markets and contributed to rising prices. Sanctions against Russia, along with countermeasures by Russian authorities and self-...

Fundamentals and technicals remain constructive for equities short term. Investors are climbing the wall of worry as sentiment shifts from fear to greed. The S&P 500 rally will most likely persist towards 5000-5200. For further details see: Stocks Keep On Climbing Th...

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has fully miscalculated the West’s response to his invasion of Ukraine. The US Federal Reserve (Fed) looks to have underestimated the underlying price pressures that have accumulated in the US economy. The developing new world order ...

On November 9, 2021, I launched the ETF Reliable Retirement Portfolio. Working from various 2022 investment outlooks as well as other research material, I constructed a 16-ETF portfolio that seeks to balance diversity, growth, and current income. As alluded to in my title, it is n...

Stock markets fell in the first quarter as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine destabilized the growth outlook, amplified concerns about rising interest rates and unleashed geopolitical risks. While the conflict has created many uncertainties, we believe the impact of persistent infla...

The expected risk premium for the Global Market Index ticked slightly higher in March to an annualized 5.8% pace, fractionally above last month’s estimate. Using short-term momentum and medium-term mean-reversion market factors (defined below) to adjust the forecast trims GMI&#...

The magnitude of the war’s impact on growth and inflation will be determined by how much and for how long energy prices rise. The war, economic sanctions and the associated rise in energy costs are likely to exacerbate global shipping impediments, too, which had begun to recove...

Commodities continued to top monthly returns for the major asset classes in March. WisdomTree Enhanced Commodity Strategy Fund, a broad measure of raw materials, rose 7.5% last month. The Global Market Index (GMI) rebounded in March. For further details see: Major Asset ...