VXUS News and Press, Vanguard Total International Stock From 07/30/22

During the first half of 2022, the classic 60/40 portfolio produced the worst returns since 1976. Does that imply the 60/40 model is dead? As part of my examination, I will provide a 42-month update on the 'perfect portfolio' I proposed to SA readers in February 2019. While the re...

Horizon Kinetics LLC, founded in 1994, is an independently owned and operated investment adviser. With a long-term absolute return mindset, and based on first-hand research, our portfolios tend to be concentrated and avoid tracking or mimicking any benchmark or index. Today, a 3%-poin...

With a 7% dividend yield, IDV is among the highest yielding long-only dividend ETFs on the market. IDV has excellent empirical risk factor exposure, which gives it good odds of outperforming the broad ex-U.S. market in the long run. Investors may consider investing into IDV to spr...

The global economy and financial markets have suffered a dreadful H1 2022, ravaged by a severe commodity shock, strict COVID-19 lockdowns in the world’s second-largest economy, and one of the most aggressive Fed tightening cycles in recent history. H2 looks equally tough. In it...

For some time now, foreign stocks have underperformed their U.S. counterparts. This is the case not only recently, but for the last decade. In the course of researching the causes of this underperformance, I ran across an interesting Vanguard white paper that offered some helpful insi...

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (VXUS) - $0.5893. Payable Jun 24; for shareholders of record Jun 22; ex-div Jun 21. For further details see: Vanguard Total International Stock ETF declares quarterly distribution of $0.5893

Over the last 120 years, valuations have consistently proved to be a strong predictor of future returns with lost decades a common occurrence. Given the low growth economic environment, low rates, and weak inflation, a market return significantly lower over the last decade is logical....

Between the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, 2022 has been a difficult year for emerging markets. Further, it could get worse before it gets better. At the same time, EM's forward P/E of 11.6 is roughly 60% of the U.S. market's 19.6. Might that open the door of oppo...

We examine the key differences and similarities between the two products. We examine the return profiles and the risk-adjusted return profiles of the two ETFs. We conclude with some thoughts on why VWO may be the better buy at this juncture. For further details see: VXUS...

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,...