BFTR News and Press, BLACKROCK ETF TRUS From 06/22/23

2023-06-22 23:15:00 ET Summary Consistent with our January Outlook, we see further mild upside for US equities. However, this year’s constructive price action should not be characterized as a new bull market. Financial assets have enjoyed the window of disinflation that com...

2023-06-22 12:58:00 ET Summary How a recession could impact different asset classes. Why a recovery may be more U shaped than V shaped. Equity markets may not be telling the whole investor sentiment story. The S&P 500 entered bull market territory recentl...

2023-06-22 02:30:00 ET Summary Stocks arguably defied expectations in the first half of the year, with the S&P 500 notching double-digit returns. Companies remain focused on recession and interest rates. In the regime now forming - the post-COVID era - stock valuations, in...

2023-06-20 20:35:00 ET Summary Q2 ’23 earnings for the SP 500 starts in about 3 – 4 weeks, and will start with the financial sector kicking things off for Q2 ’23. Financials: Expected EPS and revenue growth, holding up very well despite the SVB issues. Hea...

2023-06-19 03:37:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 finished Thursday, June 15 at its highest level in 14 months, and its fifth consecutive weekly gain. The long-suffering Commodities asset class led the way higher last week, but is down YTD and since the October low. The top 7 sto...

2023-06-07 02:10:00 ET Summary The run higher in the Nasdaq has become insane. It’s an “echo bubble” from the bubble that popped in November 2021. All of the classic “blow off top” indicators are flashing again. The VIX is back to where it was in...

2023-06-05 06:30:00 ET Summary Nvidia increased their revenue guidance for the July ’23 quarter. Data center revenue and EPS guidance for the fiscal Q2 for NVDA saw sell-side analysts boost the fiscal ’24 EPS estimate by 69% and the revenue estimate by 41%. High-grad...

2023-05-31 22:37:00 ET Summary The top 10 largest companies underperform by an average of -1.5% over the subsequent 10 years. Even though we know that the majority of performance is driven by a handful of stocks over time, indexing works because you have exposure to those handful ...

2023-05-31 02:17:00 ET Summary Several new forces may soon combine to push our energy stocks higher. There is a tremendous amount of cash on the sidelines, which could pour into the stock market and spark a major market rally at any unknown day or hour, as soon as there is a signi...

2023-05-30 12:00:00 ET Summary The traditional 60%/40% portfolio has definitely felt a drag from the bond side of the equation. Expected tech sector EPS growth remains pretty punk for 2023, even after Nvidia’s earnings last week. Technology as a sector does better when ...