VCLT / PFFD Vs. VCLT ETFs: Preferreds Are Better Even If Powell Is Hawkish

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF delivered negative returns in the past 2 years due to aggressive interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve. The more_horizontal

With money market funds yielding 5%, many advisors have been leaning on short-term money market funds. And while that 5% is great, what happens if and more_horizontal

VCLT is an exchange-traded fund that invests in investment-grade corporate bonds. The fund has a long duration of 13.2 years, which means that its pri more_horizontal

The Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has returned over 10% in total return terms since I last wrote on it in October, but the recent pullback is more_horizontal

Long-dated corporate bonds are in trouble due to a downward-sloping yield curve, which might result in fixed-income investors shortening their portfol more_horizontal

Following the worst year of returns since the early 1930s, I think that bonds are a great buy-the-dip opportunity. Despite holding instruments of high more_horizontal

2022 was a historically bad year for fixed income, with bonds having their worst annual performance since Morningstar created its fixed income indexes more_horizontal

VettaFi's head of research Todd Rosenbluth appeared on Yahoo Finance Wednesday to chat about the Fed's latest rate hikes, as well as Morgan Stanley's more_horizontal