US equity weakness repeated by European markets today

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF was the biggest decliner yesterday after giving up 0.49% As things stand, Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (down 0.333%) and iShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF (down 0.039%) are underperforming today
European markets are currently lower as trading gets underway.

A reminder of where yesterday ended before the next session begins: leading equity indices in the US declined as Dow Jones shed 1.72% and closed at 32,856. S&P 500 was down 1.53% before closing the session at 3,986.37.

US markets are now currently closed and set to reopen today; meanwhile, European markets are currently lower as trading gets underway. Asia-Pacific markets ended a mixed session today whilst KOSPI Composite Index is down by 1.28%, falls to 2,432

Five Below, Inc. and ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc. due to release their earnings reports within the following week.

Amid the market gloom, United States API Weekly Crude Oil Stock released yesterday at 21:30 UTC with a figure of -3.83 million, while the previous figure was 6.20 million. United States 3-Year Note Auction released yesterday at 18:00 UTC with a figure of 4.635, while the previous figure was 4.073. United States Factory Orders beat the -1.8% projections, with -1.6%.

With markets struggling for positive sentiment, upcoming macro data could potentially attract buyers in the market as as things stand, upcoming United States Crude Oil Inventories data is projected to fall short of market expectations with newly published data of 395,000, following on from the preceding figure of 1.17 million. New data is set to be published today at 15:30 UTC. United States Non Farm Payrolls projected to come out at 203,000 — worse than previous data of 517,000; data will be released Friday.

Furthermore, United States ADP Nonfarm Employment Change (Feb) will be released today at 13:15 UTC.

Yesterday's bearishness meant that Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF lost 0.49% yesterday before closing at $46.81. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (down 0.333%), iShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF (down 0.039%) also underperformed yesterday.

IShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF has been pretty quiet for the last a month, trading mostly flat and moving by only 0.02 cents on average.

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF | Closed yesterday's session at $46.81

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF traded as high as $52.11 before shedding 5.35% lower over the past six months.
Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF's bearish run has lasted 3 days so far (-5 cents).
Shareholders to attain annual dividend yield of 9.54% this year

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF has shed 5.35% over the past six months. Based on current prices, VTIP investors are currently earning an annual dividend yield of 9.54% after the fund distributed a quarterly dividend of $1.12 per share for all eligible shareholders as of Tuesday, December 27th. The most recent payment was made on Thursday, December 29th.