After a Calm, Freshening Breezes
With the U.S. and allies launching an air strike in Syria over the weekend, many were expecting another bumpy week in the stock markets. Fortunately, stock market volatility took a bit of a breather this past week (though it's popped up a bit today) as Wall Street began focusing, importantly, on earnings reports. The bottom line is that bottom lines are doing very nicely thank you, which helps make valuations look a bit more reasonable. Read More »
Tariffs and iTurmoil
In this month's issue, as we continue to weather the market turmoil with the help of Vanguard's best managers, we'll arm you with the information you need to keep your portfolio afloat. First, we'll check in with Vanguard's new factor ETFs after their first full month of operation and go into some questions we've been posing to one another about them. Then, we'll look in on socially responsible investing through the lens of the "gun issue" and Vanguard's Social Index fund, and we'll tell you how we recommend you solve the problem of supporting the causes you champion. We'll also look at where cash has been flowing into and out of Vanguard funds, review Vanguard's shortest taxable bond fund after its first three years of life, analyze the manager changes at Explorer, and show you just how hard it is to predict which sectors will outperform in a given year. Read More »
Solving the Index Fund Gun Issue Is Easy
Guns have rightly become a front-and-center issue for investors–particularly investors in broad U.S. index funds like Total Stock Market Index (VTSMX). I’ve heard from subscribers, as well as clients and family members, who’d like nothing more to do with the gun and ammo stocks in their portfolios. The issue is, as I said, particularly acute for indexers. Read More »
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Model Portfolio Performance
| Models | March | YTD |
| Growth | -0.6% | 0.4% |
| Conservative Growth | -0.8% | 0.2% |
| Income | -1.2% | -0.5% |
| Growth Index | -0.6% | 0.0% |
| The average Vanguard investor |
-0.8% | -0.7% |