Latest Articles about VTI

Market Sentiment Offers Clues to Next Big Move in Stocks

ETFguide.com — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:30:00 Z

The stock market's latest pullback has some bulls on edge. After an uninterrupted rally that started in November, the recent pullback deleted 5% of gains and has thus far become the largest

Vanguard Changing Benchmark for Two Major ETFs - ETF News And Commentary

Zacks Equity Research — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 22:26:29 Z

In a recent press release, Vanguard declared that it is shifting the indexes for two of its popular total market funds. The duo represent a combined $32 billion, so the move could definitely

Vanguard Shifts Indexes On VTI, VXUS

Olly Ludwig — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 20:34:20 Z

Two of Vanguard's biggest equity funds today will be begin trading with new indexes, abandoning their MSCI benchmarks and adopting FTSE and CRSP indexes, respectively, as part of the major shifts

Protect Yourself From Unknown Unknowns With ETFs

ETFguide.com — Fri, 03 May 2013 21:50:00 Z

Investors usually focus their risk management on the hazards they know about. However, it's frequently the risks we don't see that pose the biggest threats to our portfolios. Luckily, we have

Vanguard Cuts Fees On VTI, VBR; Ups On VOE

Cinthia Murphy — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 00:04:49 Z

Vanguard, the third-largest U.S. ETF provider by assets, reported lower expense ratios effective immediately on two of its funds, including the $231 billion Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF

Stock-Picking Dorsey ETF 'PDP' Gathers Steam

Paul Britt — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 06:47:50 Z

The PowerShares DWA Technical Leaders ETF (NYSEArca:PDP) hit an asset milestone recently when it and three sister funds together reached $1 billion in assets, as noted by my colleague Olly

Vanguard Index Changes Not Hurting Flows

Dave Nadig — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:00:00 Z

It's been an interesting time to be an index nerd since Vanguard went on the index-change warpath with its most popular ETFs . And there are some significant lessons to be learned in analyzing

Risk on Today, Says WallachBeth

ETF Professor — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 23:03:00 Z

U.S. equities and other riskier assets are in rally mode in the first trading session of 2013 after lawmakers finally got around to agreeing on legislation that steered the U.S. away from the

Dollar Cost Averaging with ETFs: Does It Work? - ETF News And Commentary

Zacks Equity Research — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:45:01 Z

Sometimes, the behavior and scope of capital markets goes beyond conventional research and financial logic. This is one of the major reasons for huge volatility witnessed in the financial

Vanguard Changes Not Radical

Ana Kostioukova — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 22:28:48 Z

Fund index changes occur fairly frequently, but few care enough to notice since it happens to smaller, less popular funds. But Vanguard's recent index shuffle hit closer to home for many

Vanguard Deal A Splashy First For CRSP

Olly Ludwig and Cinthia Murphy — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 04:23:01 Z

CRSP, the research center that's part of the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business, may soon become a well-known brand in the world of investments thanks to Vanguard Group's decision

Vanguard Changes Tricky For Investors

Dave Nadig — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 03:38:37 Z

It's really not a huge surprise that Vanguard decided to switch indexes for 22 of its funds. After all, the company is no stranger to shaking things up. It shook up indexing back in the day, it

Vanguard Dropping VWO's MSCI Index

Benzinga — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 22:36:45 Z

Vanguard, the third-largest U.S. ETF issuer, announced it is shifting to an index managed by the FTSE Group for the Vanguard Emerging Markets ETF (NYSE: VWO ). The Vanguard Emerging Markets

Inside Schwab’s ETF Price Cuts

Olly Ludwig — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:34:58 Z

Charles Schwab's dramatic gesture in September to cut the prices on all 15 of its ETFs looks to be more the stuff of catchy headlines and sexy marketing rather than a real enticement that will

When ETFs Battle, Investors Win

Christian Magoon — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:02:40 Z

By Christian Magoon CEO, Magoon Capital The ETF industry is increasingly becoming a brutal battleground for asset management firms to compete in. Just last month, over two dozen ETFs were