(VDC)

Designed to provide broad exposure to the Consumer Staples - Broad segment of the equity market, the Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (VDC) is a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on 01/26/2...

Given the headwinds Target has faced this year, many advisors were not expecting to hear good news at the retailer's latest earnings call.  Hesitation over the retail giant's quarterly performance see...

VDC offers defensive exposure to blue-chip consumer staples, but sector performance lags amid mixed economic signals and no clear recession ahead. Top holdings like COST and WMT are overvalued, facing...

I've been consistently transitioning my own portfolio toward companies and sectors that have a much more defensive tilt in recent months.

The best Vanguard exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to own in 2023 and 2024 were loaded with artificial intelligence (AI) stocks. That's not the case in 2025.

Through Wednesday's close, the S&P 500 was down nearly 11% in 2025, and the Nasdaq Composite has been on an even steeper fall -- crashing around 16% since January. And there may be more of a decline t...

Last week's stock market sell-off was swift and brutal. Investors wasted no time reacting negatively to President Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs and responses from countries like China.

American stocks have crashed this year, and are continuing to lag behind their global peers in countries like Germany, France, and China. This performance may continue next week when Trump implements ...