Vanguard Total International Bond ETF News

The bond markets are looking attractive enough to lure back big investors, according to a recent Financial Times article. A notable tidbit is that bond allocation is dominating their portfolios for th

The BNDX seeks to track the performance of the Bloomberg Global Aggregate ex-USD index, which is heavily focused on European bonds and is currency hedged. While the yield on the BNDX has risen signifi

It's been a bad year for fixed income. The Federal Reserve raising interest rates to tamp down high inflation has contributed to the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index benchmark being down about 15%

High inflation and rising interest rates have hit bond portfolios hard, with core bond funds down 15% to 20% this year. For wary investors who still want broad-based fixed income exposure in their por

As investors flee from bonds amid rising interest rates, it's opening up opportunities for investors to get core bond exposure at value-based prices. As such, Vanguard has a pair of options to conside

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There may be what appear to be valid reasons for dismissing international bonds when constructing one's portfolio. And yet, an examination of professionally-managed portfolios reveals that these are i

Global recession fears are reinvigorating the bond markets, and it's not relegated to just safe haven U.S. Treasury notes. Bonds from all around are seeing prices start to rise as yields start to soft

These days, checking on how your investments are doing feels a little like asking for a hard punch in the gut. Nearly every major asset class has suffered losses in recent months.

Bonds could be re-claiming their safe haven status again after following stocks downward for the first half of 2022. Now, with a potential recession looming, bonds could come back in favor with invest

Needless to say, it's been a tricky bond market for even safer haven U.S. bonds. As such, it can help fixed income investors to get exposure to other parts of the world that might be experiencing stre

Whether it's as a safe haven asset or a way to obtain yield in the current market, international bonds can offer fixed income investors an alternate way to diversify their bond portfolios. Aggressive

A reader asked for my thoughts on BNDX. BNDX is an international bond index ETF, providing broad-based exposure to said asset class.

The ETF giant laid out a set of trends it expects will keep assets flowing.

The Bloomberg U.S. aggregate bond index has fallen 11% from its peak, marking its largest fall since the bond bull market that began 40 years ago. Given all that, however, now may be the time to add b