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Small-cap stocks may have finally turned the corner last quarter, but the rally may be just getting started. The benchmark small-cap stock index, the Russell 2000, climbed 8.9% during the third ...
The number can be driven by hype, popularity or other short-term optimism as well as estimates of a company’s long-term value. So large-cap stocks are those with a relatively large market cap ...
The "traditional" asset classes are stocks, bonds, and cash: . Stocks: value, dividend, growth, or sector-specific (or a "blend" of any two or more of the preceding); large-cap versus mid-cap, small-cap or micro-cap; domestic, foreign (developed), emerging or frontier markets
Small-cap stocks are generally riskier than large-cap; companies that primarily service governments, or provide basic consumer goods such as food or utilities, tend to be less volatile than those in other industries. Note that since stocks tend to rise when corporate bonds fall and vice versa, a portfolio containing a small percentage of stocks ...
I think these five Vanguard ETFs could trounce the S&P 500 in 2025 for one simple reason: Small-cap stocks are poised to outperform large-cap stocks. Why? In my view, three factors especially ...
The coupon (of a bond) is the annual interest that the issuer must pay, expressed as a percentage of the principal. The maturity is the end of the bond, the date that the issuer must return the principal. The issue is another term for the bond itself. The indenture, in some cases, is the contract that states all of the terms of the bond.
The concept of intrinsic value for equities was recognized as early as the 1600s, as was the idea that paying substantially above intrinsic value was likely to be a poor long-term investment. Daniel Defoe observed in the 1690s how stock for the East India Company was trading at what he believed was an elevated price of over 300% more than face ...
So Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a yield of 3% versus a yield of nearly 4.3% on Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF. On an absolute basis, that's not much of a difference, but percentage-wise, it's ...