VYMI News and Press, Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF From 03/18/22

Growing your capital while having enough money to live is the holy grail of financial independence. Income taxes and money printing makes this job nearly impossible if you don't have specialized knowledge. What the classic 60/40 portfolio will get you after taxes and inflation (no...

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (VYMI) - $0.3124. Payable Mar 24; for shareholders of record Mar 22; ex-div Mar 21. For further details see: Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF declares quarterly distribution of $0.3124

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:...

The Fed is widely expected to enact its first 25 basis point interest rate hike, two years after the March 2020 pandemic lockdowns and stock market crash. FOMC meetings are known for big moves and market volatility, and today may bring more. Why the Fed's position here is so trick...

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...

The Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF delivers on yield and return versus other ETFs with the same strategy. For High-Yield seekers, not worried about CAGR, VYMI rates a Buy. The Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF is a pure non-US ETF with its prime goal of providing a ret...

The latest installment of the consumer price index is expected to come out on Thursday, March 10. Inflation is nowhere near under control, but there were some small signs of hope before the war in Europe. If inflation continues to come in higher than expectations in the face of so...

The most recent sanctions are wreaking havoc on global financial markets. The Russian ruble is also plunging, and the Russian economy is being squeezed. Most global equities are also down since the start of the war, and with investors on edge, volatility is spiking. The effects of thi...

While Covid remains a powerful force in the world economy and our lives, it does appear that the situation is improving in 2022. So, how did the stock funds react to the better news? By declining! Even if market timers could have predicted Covid and the economic effects, they were pro...