VXUS News and Press, Vanguard Total International Stock From 04/26/22

Undervalued industries, regions, and equity market segments, offer investors the potential for strong, market-beating returns. There are ETFs tracking most of these. An overview of these follows. For further details see: Most Undervalued Asset Classes, Equity Industries,...

VXUS offers instant and inexpensive diversification among over 7,800 companies that are otherwise excluded from typical U.S. total stock market and even other international funds. While the ETF's performance has been disappointing in recent years, that isn't a reason to discount the f...

VXUS is a good choice for investors to gain diversified exposure to international stocks as an important market segment. While the fund's performance has been volatile over the past decade, a positive long-term growth outlook for the global economy can support stronger returns going f...

Readers have expressed interest in what I'm invested in. Here I review my current holdings, the rationale for owning them, and their performance. I then examine the sales I have made in this portfolio, looking at how the stocks I have sold have gone on to perform. Most of my sales...

According to a recent report released by the OECD, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, if prolonged, could knock 1.1 percentage points off the global GDP for 2021, while increasing global inflation by 2.5 percentage points over an already lofty inflation level. The damage won’t be...

The Vanguard Total International Stock ETF invests based on the FTSE Global All Cap ex US Index. The iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF invests based on the MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI Index. While both ETFs have provided similar return and risk profiles, the decision could ...

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (VXUS) - $0.1004. Payable Mar 24; for shareholders of record Mar 22; ex-div Mar 21. For further details see: Vanguard Total International Stock ETF declares quarterly distribution of $0.1004

US valuations remain very high despite a recent selloff across the market cap spectrum. Developed foreign markets retreated to reasonable PE10 levels. Emerging market valuations have not budged much even with a more than 20% drop since February 2021. For further details see:...

We see the Ukraine war reducing global growth, increasing inflation and putting central banks in a bind. We prefer developed stocks in the inflationary backdrop. Stocks led by European equities bounced from 2022 lows last week, as oil prices came off highs. The European Central Bank a...

Putin’s gamble, and the West’s response, has brought into view one of the few existential tail risks that isn’t a Black Swan: the risk of an escalation into war between Russia and NATO, and the exchange of nuclear weaponry. We also know that the war between Ukrain...