BFTR News and Press, BLACKROCK ETF TRUS From 08/28/23

2023-08-28 02:51:00 ET Summary The forward 4-quarter estimate for the S&P 500 jumped to $232.80 this week from last week’s $231.72. The S&P 500 earnings yield ended the week at 5.28%, versus the 5.30% last week. Since June 30 ’23, the Q2 ’23 bottom...

2023-08-24 06:20:00 ET Summary How many equity risk premiums are out there? The variety is at once a challenge and a tool. It’s a challenge because depending on your modeling preference, forecasting how the stock market will fare relative to some proxy of the "risk-free" ra...

2023-08-23 21:05:00 ET Summary A rising Yield Curve is what we are seeing today. The turn higher began after hitting what appears to be the low point,-1.89%, on May 4, 2023. Consensus opinion is that investing is all about calling the bottom in the S&P 500 or some other asset ...

2023-08-23 20:05:00 ET Summary Nvidia became the highest price-to-sales (P/S) ratio stock in the S&P 500 at the end of March 2023 and up until mid-August 2023, returned a total of 52.6% compared to the S&P 500’s 8.7%. Our past research showed that the highest-multip...

2023-08-21 17:54:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 Index closed at a 2023 high on July 31, but since then the market is down -4.8% in the first three weeks of August. This year, fund flows have favored bond or fixed income investments. From a return perspective though, the market ...

2023-08-21 14:43:00 ET Summary Fitch Ratings' threatened downgrade of a dozen banks in the U.S., including JPMorgan Chase, underscored the growing risks on their balance sheets from the Federal Reserve's series of rate hikes. The rate hikes have resulted in the rapid accumulation ...

2023-08-21 06:30:00 ET Summary Services now represent 26% of Apple’s total revenue and is probably the reason the P/E multiple is expanding on the stock. The 10-year Treasury yield hovers very close to a multi-year breakout above 4.33-4.35%. The mega-caps and the tech s...

iShares today announced its plans to close the following U.S.-listed ETFs on November 2, 2023. The funds will cease trading and no longer accept creation or redemption orders after market close on October 30, 2023. Proceeds of the liquidation are currently scheduled to be sent to shareholders...

2023-08-16 01:39:00 ET Summary Q2 was a resilient quarter on the earnings front (again) which saw both a beat rate and an earnings surprise rate reaching a multi-quarter high. The ‘Magnificent-7’ saw Q2 earnings of $67.1 billion (+38.5% y/y, +11.4 q/q). All thing...

2023-08-15 03:25:00 ET Summary The LERI shows Q2 2023 ended with the highest level of corporate uncertainty in the last year. Retail in the spotlight this week: HD, TGT, TJX, WMT, ROST. Upcoming potential surprise: Salesforce (CRM). This week 1,1190 companies will release ...