Showing posts with label VBTLX. Show all posts
Showing posts with label VBTLX. Show all posts
Friday, January 2, 2026

Gold surged 64% in 2025, silver 147%, dwarfing more traditional investments

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... [Gold] Bullion surged 64% in 2025, its biggest annual gain since 1979, driven by Fed rate cuts, geopolitical tensions, strong central b...
Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Flight to safety in September or just rebalancing?

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  401(k) plans saw ‘flight’ to cash, bonds in September, analysis finds ... Bond funds captured 39% of fund inflows, while 25% of net invest...
Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Year to date spot gold is up ~54%

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By comparison, Total Stock Market Index VTSAX is up 14.83% ytd through yesterday. Total Bond Market Index VBTLX is up 6.4%. ... The [gold] r...
Saturday, August 2, 2025

US Treasury yields retreated 3% from their July average in the aggregate on Friday in a flight to safety

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 The July average yield of the aggregate of eleven US Treasury issues was 4.2927. Friday's 3% retreat left the aggregate at 4.1636. Yiel...
Sunday, November 5, 2023

Despite US Treasury department manipulation of the yield curve last week and another Fed pause, yields still average above five in the aggregate

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 We saw a much bigger surge into bonds in March, but yields persisted. With inflation, employment, and nominal GDP all still strong, Treasur...
Monday, September 25, 2023

US Treasury yields pushed to new cycle highs last week despite another Fed interest rate pause

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 Cash was about the only thing which did better week over week on Friday. Treasuries and bonds generally took a beating, as did stocks. The ...
Sunday, September 17, 2023

Let's check in on the US Treasury yield curve and year to date performance of selected Vanguard funds

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The UST yield curve aggregate closed up a net 0.68% week over week on 9/15, to an average of 5.006923, the first Friday close this cycle in ...
Saturday, July 29, 2023

It's been a terrible year so far for investors in US Treasury securities because of the rising rate environment, but great for stocks

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UST yields rose a net 1.31% in the aggregate week over week on 7/28. DFF rises to 5.33% after the latest FOMC rate hike.                    ...
Thursday, December 1, 2022

The traditional 60/40 portfolio is now down only 13.76% in 2022 through November, not adjusted for inflation north of 6%

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Total stock market index, VTSAX:  -14.51% through November Total bond market index, VBTLX:  -12.64% through November
Monday, October 17, 2022

Through Oct 14 the traditional 60/40 401k portfolio is down a net 21% in 2022, not counting inflation

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 Bonds are supposed to perform well as the safe haven asset when stocks fall, reducing the net impact to the portfolio when equities decline...
Sunday, October 2, 2022

The traditional 60/40 portfolio is down 20.77% ytd

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 VTSAX is down 24.89% through 9/30. VBTLX is down 14.59% through 9/30. And don't forget to subtract all-items inflation of 6.14% from No...
Tuesday, September 27, 2022

The Great Long Term Investment Grade Bond Debacle of 2022

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Safe havens aren't supposed to do this. Long term return for VWESX since inception in 1973 near the end of 2018 reached north of 8%. In ...