Vanguard Emerging Markets Government ETF News

Macroeconomic headwinds like rising interest rates and inflation have stifled a comeback for emerging markets (EM). However, more firms are becoming bullish on EM bonds again.

Investors unnerved by this year's spate of bank failures understandably are looking for shelter-from-the-storm ideas. Surprisingly, emerging markets bonds could fit that bill.

VWOB owns a portfolio of government bonds in the emerging markets. Emerging markets may become more stabilized as the Federal Reserve's rate hike cycle likely comes to an end in H1 2023.

When it comes to emerging markets bonds, many fixed income investors face a conundrum. They're attracted to the asset class by yields that are well above those found on developed world sovereign debt,

Declining inflation and China reopening its economy has led overseas debt issuance to soar. In turn, improving economic conditions are spurring investors to pump money into emerging markets debt at a

VWOB provides exposure to emerging market sovereign bonds. The ETF has a trailing 12 month yield of 5.3%.

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Even for the safest debt, last year's bond market was a forgettable one, but opportunities are arising now that investor confidence is brimming to start the year. That's feeding into investor interest

This time a year ago, fixed income funds were seeing some “pretty hefty outflows,” according to Janel Jackson, principal and global head of ETF capital markets and broker & index relations at Vang

While equity markets were volatile in 2022, it was a particularly bad year for bond markets. Amid a year when the Federal Reserve was raising interest rates to battle record-high inflation, it was the

Fixed income investors know that 2022 was rough for domestic bonds. Seven interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve will do that, but the turbulence wasn't confined to U.S. fixed income assets.

VWOB generated historical average yield and total return of almost 5 percent. VWOB's portfolio is not well diversified and carries some unwanted risks. Its bond investments in 20 high-risk small-sized

Investors have turned cold to emerging markets (EM) bonds for most of 2022, but they could be warming up to riskier debt again as winter draws closer. EM assets in general have faced a full-blown gust

Central banks across emerging markets have reacted to elevated inflation by significantly tightening monetary policy, in some cases, well ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve and the European Central Ban

Global inflation hasn't been kind to emerging markets (EM) assets in general, which includes bonds. While picking a bottom in the bond market (or any market for that matter) is difficult, now could be