DSI News and Press, iShares MSCI KLD 400 Social From 09/11/23

2023-09-11 04:51:12 ET Summary Socially responsible investing has evolved into ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) investing, with rating agencies and ETFs using ESG standards. Critics argue that ESG is being used to push political agendas, leading to backlash and proposed...

2023-08-15 21:41:00 ET Summary The U.S. equity market in 2023 has been driven by the disproportionate outperformance of large cap, growth, and technology-oriented stocks, leading to a significant concentration of market returns. The Large-Cap Growth and technology-oriented segment...

2023-08-10 09:15:00 ET Summary Matrix Asset Advisors is a Value-Driven asset management company. Our investment philosophy and process has allowed us to build a cohesive team of key investment professionals, enabling us to be both opportunistic and responsive. The S&P 500 cont...

2023-07-26 22:39:00 ET Summary Q2 2023 was a more favorable environment for Emerging Markets, Europe, Australia and Real Assets managers. There was no single style factor that dominated returns across markets, with country and sector positioning being more relevant. Managers a...

2023-06-10 05:15:00 ET Summary The percentage of unprofitable companies is increasing due to the Federal Reserve's aggressive hiking cycle, increased labor costs, and elevated inflation. Small- and mid-cap companies have underperformed during economic weakness, but their current v...

2023-06-08 00:17:14 ET iShares MSCI KLD 400 Social ETF ( NYSEARCA: DSI ) - $0.1884 . 30-Day SEC Yield of 1.32% as of April. 30. Payable Jun 13; for shareholders of record Jun 08; ex-div Jun 07. For further details see: iShares MSCI KLD 400 Social ETF declares...

2023-05-31 21:03:00 ET Summary Large-cap U.S. equities have rallied year-to-date by approximately nine percent (as of May 29th) and appear to show resiliency in the face of a potential recession. The outperformance of the ‘Big 8’ group has seen its market cap weight ...

2023-05-20 06:00:00 ET Summary While virtually no global market segment escaped the turmoil of the past year, US large cap equities were dealt a particularly sharp blow. As defensive industries have cycled into favor, the market turmoil has led many investors to seek a defensive s...

2023-05-16 23:35:00 ET Summary 2023 is now continuing that past pattern of growth and large-cap growth relative performance. If you look at the 10 and 15-year annualized returns across all the US equity asset classes, even straight value vs. growth, the returns are not all that ap...

2023-05-04 02:44:00 ET Summary 2023 has smashed all previous U.S. large-cap stock-market extremes including those of 2021 and 2022. Regardless of whether there is a soft landing or not, current valuations especially for the largest U.S. stocks aren't compatible with contracting ec...