VXUS News and Press, Vanguard Total International Stock

Summary VXUS offers investors a high-quality fund at incredibly low expense ratios. Exposure to over 7,900 international equities diversifies localized events of risk significantly. Future forecasts of strong international annualized returns make the ETF an attractive long-term play...

Summary The dollar looks to have posted a major high and remains overvalued relative to most international currencies, suggesting further weakness, which would benefit international stocks. International stocks are significantly cheaper than U.S. stocks despite a similar long-term growt...

Summary In Portland and Hillsboro, Oregon, we have many millionaires, who were ordinary office or labor workers, just like you. Their nest egg depends on three pillars: 1) A trustful adviser, 2) a decent payroll, and 3) an early start. The focus is how to fulfill your retirement lif...

Summary While it’s been a tough year, the Federal Reserve has done investors an enormous favor in terms of the attractiveness of a wide swath of fixed-income asset classes that today look a lot more attractive than a year ago. Jay Powell and the FOMC did raise the Fed funds rate ...

Summary 2022 is the first year since 2019 that I have been able to resume extensive international travel, and so a good time to refresh my "World Tour of Blue Chips". In this article, I highlight one of my top picks from each of 10 countries where I'm seeing opportunities. Of these ...

Summary The Federal Reserve has raised the Federal Funds Rate by 75 basis points to a range of 3.75% to 4%. Chairman Powell says they have the "resolve" to stay the course until the job is done. Terminal rate targets have now moved higher while expectations for the duration of...

Summary Investing in exchange-traded funds carries several risks, some of which are less obvious than others. In any case, investing in ETFs is not a foolproof way to get rich. Using iShares' MSCI World ETF URTH as an example, I will highlight important aspects that should be cons...

Summary Global GDP growth is still expected to be positive in 2022 (excluding Russia) but is expected to fall fairly dramatically in 2023. The U.S. Q3 2022 earnings season has just begun, and the outlook is for lower but still positive revenue and earnings growth. Inflation wi...

Summary A single system with the C/C Ratio and the shadow A-A Decision. The manual work on the market momentum/trend and ACH money transfer. An Illustration of the Real-Time Controlling (RTC) in 2014. The Market of the Week from Oct. 3 (Monday) to Oct. 7 (Friday). The ...

Summary The focus of the article has three pillars: 1) Real-Time Trading (RTT), 2) Real-Time Controlling (RTC), and 3) an illustration of the controlling process. I’m an expert in computer software, but I prefer using pencil and paper rather than computers to do my investme...