FOVL News and Press, iShares Focused Value Factor From 12/07/23

2023-12-07 09:15:00 ET Summary Global markets have exceeded expectations in 2023, but the outlook for 2024 is more cautious due to restrictive monetary policy, slowing growth, and geopolitical tensions. The US Federal Reserve's "higher for longer" approach will strain finances in ...

2023-12-05 20:00:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 Equalweight index, which gives each stock in the index an equal 0.2% weighting, is currently trading at the same level it was at back in April 2021. Investors used to getting the standard 8-10% per year in the US stock market have got...

2023-12-04 20:00:00 ET Summary We have seen a big rotation out of tech and into financials, small caps and all sorts of under-performing sectors that have done little so far in 2023, until now. It is a bad idea for 90% of the gains in the S&P 500 index in 2023, going into the ...

2023-12-04 14:34:00 ET Summary S&P 500 rose nearly 0.8% to close at 4594.63, just 4.2% below its all-time record high. The spike in long-term U.S. Treasury yields, stock prices have risen as the outlook for economic growth in the U.S. economy shows signs of slowing. The CM...

2023-12-04 03:29:00 ET Summary The forward 4-quarter estimate jumped this week to $236.41 from last week’s $235.82 and 9/30/23’s $232.95. 2024’s S&P 500 EPS estimate is as of Friday, December 1, ’23, $245.75, versus the 2024 estimate as of 9/30/23 o...

2023-12-01 22:15:00 ET Summary With all this potential recession talk that has lasted two years, you would expect a lump of coal to arrive in your Christmas stocking this year. Quite the contrary, Santa Claus appears to have arrived early this year as evidenced by the +8.9% spike ...

2023-11-30 23:30:00 ET Summary Interest-rate hikes in the United States are on pause but may remain higher for longer with lagged effects likely to manifest in early 2024. There is renewed investor interest in fixed income as the asset class offers the potential for income and tot...

2023-11-28 23:25:00 ET Summary Through October, the year-to-date performance of U.S. small-mid-cap (SMID) equities, in comparison to large-cap equities, has been abysmal. The underperformance of smaller caps didn’t just start this year. Rather, it has extended for well over...

2023-11-28 13:13:00 ET Summary Sectors beyond big tech fueling gains. Why some industrial stocks are getting investor attention. The trends driving markets higher. The so-called magnificent seven tech stocks, including Apple and Nvidia, are often credited with being ...

2023-11-27 23:45:00 ET Summary While I have seen the VIX fall under 10 in more normal times, I don’t believe the present times could be considered normal. Why do I think this correction would be small? Because investors have been looking for dips to buy and dips have not be...