Vanguard Long-Term Government Bond ETF News

2022 has been the year with no safety in US Treasuries, with painful and persistent declines. With the BofA 10+ Year US Treasury Index already down 7% this month, September will be the eighth month th

Federal Reserve is widely expected to lift its target interest rate by 75 basis points by Sep. 21. Question is whether the bond market has priced in the change.

A rising unemployment rate pushed yields lower heading into the Labor Day Weekend, giving Treasury notes a boost to help ease an August correction that saw inflation fears re-emerge after a summer ral

The Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF (VGIT) invests in U.S. Treasury with maturities between 3-10 years based on the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury 3-10 Year Index. The Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF

Weak business surveys are strengthening the demand for government bonds as the cloud of recession continues to loom over the economy. Investors looking for safe haven bond exposure can look to a pair

With a volatile market, inflation and more than a little anxiety over the possibility of recession, interest in the All-Weather Portfolio originated by Ray Dalio (Trades, Portfolio) is up.

Europe is facing the risk of an energy shock-driven recession and periphery stress. That's why we think the ECB will stop hiking earlier than the Fed.

Bond funds that don't lose money when interest rates rise? Sounds too good to be true, doesn't it?

VGLT has taken a beating since the start of 2022, but that only makes it a more attractive investment today. VGLT is the ideal choice for hedging against equity drawdowns from an overall portfolio sta

Getting longer duration may appeal to yield seekers, but the prospect of rising interest rates may be off-putting given the rate risk. The U.S. Federal Reserve was expected to start raising rates this

There's more than enough market influences to induce volatility right now. That's indicative in the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), which is up almost 80% in 2022.

Yields have been pushing lower thanks to investors piling into safe haven assets like U.S. Treasury bonds amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict. In the meantime, the capital markets are wondering how Russi

It was going to happen at some point, but central banks are now ready to unload bonds back into the market. Stimulus measures are scaling back amid improving economies on the path to recovery from the

Being a contrarian is never comfortable, but I continue to see a strong case for owning VGLT in this tough macroeconomic landscape. In this article, I look at historical price data and observe that tr

VGIT: A Buy For The Long Term, Despite Overblown Fears