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VFLQ (Vanguard U.S. Liquidity Factor ETF) is no longer actively trading.
This usually means the fund has been liquidated, merged into another product, or its ticker has been retired. Every price, valuation, dividend, and analyst figure on this page is frozen at the last available trading session and reads as historical reference — not a current-day signal.
The new fund would track short-term municipal bonds.
Vanguard High Dividend Yield (VYM) is the top performer for US equity factors, but in 2022 that translates to a relatively modest loss. Value stocks are also doing relatively well in 2022, posting the lightest factor losses after VYM.
Vanguard announced that the $44.2 million Vanguard U.S. Liquidity Factor ETF (VFLQ) will be liquidated in late November. The decision was made as part of Vanguard's ongoing review of its global product lineup.
VYM has certainly suffered so far in 2022, but the ETF's nearly 13% year to date haircut compares favorably against the broad stock market's 22.6% tumble via SPY. Momentum for the factor funds, unsurprisingly, is deeply negative.
Firm's $42 million liquidity fund failed to meet expectations.
Plus, iShares lowered expense ratios on two of its ETFs.