Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund ETF News

To stimulate economic growth, China is looking to issue bonds with extra long maturity dates or ultra-long bonds. It's a reminder to fixed income investors that options exist in ETFs domestically.

The Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares is a fixed income ETF with the highest duration among its peers.

After mitigating rate risk in the last few years, it might be time for fixed income investors to reach further out on the yield curve. They can do that with long-term bond ETFs.

Confidence in the bond markets is fueling a two-month rally in prices as the capital markets brace for rate cuts in 2024. Whether they happen at a furious pace or not is anyone's guess, but the expect

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Long-term interest rates have surged, causing losses for investors who followed other analysts' advice to buy bonds. My view is that long-term treasury yields may need to widen a bit more before they

Over the past 12-24 months of rate hikes, short-term and ultra-short-term bond ETFs have served income-seeking investors well. But as interest rates continue to rise, exposures farther out on the curv

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Long-term bond exchange traded funds (ETFs) can offer fixed income investors higher yield options, and a pair of Vanguard funds cracked a Forbes Advisor Top 10 List of long-term bond ETFs.

In the last trading sessions, intermediate and long-term U.S. treasury bond ETFs traded with an outsized volume.

As the markets gradually recover from the banking crisis that plagued the financial world earlier this year, there is a growing sense of confidence among investors and advisors. Additionally, the unse

U.S. companies announced nearly 90,000 layoffs in March, up 15% from the 78,000 announced in February and up 319% from the more than 21,000 cuts announced in the same month in 2022, according to a rep

What bond maturities should an investor be considering focusing on now: longer or shorter maturities? Every choice comes with its own risks: short-term bonds are the least risky, while longer maturiti

Amid the Federal Reserve's interest rate-hiking campaign that it kicked off in 2022, many advisors have turned to cash and cash equivalents bonds. Since cash and short-duration securities are less sen

Bond funds are coming back in vogue as they are offering better yields relative to 2021. BLV covers the investment grade spectrum of bonds and focuses on quality.