FOVL News and Press, iShares Focused Value Factor From 01/11/24

2024-01-11 00:45:00 ET Summary Important earnings season ahead as investors look for signs that we are headed for a soft landing. The LERI shows corporate uncertainty easing to its lowest level since 2015. Banks on deck this week: Expectations are for improved lending, investm...

2024-01-10 09:20:00 ET Summary Low interest rates lead to asset inflation and sometimes asset bubbles like those we saw in late 2020 and throughout 2021. Cutting rates to stimulative territory as soon as inflation hits 2% could cause it to reaccelerate. Instead, the plan shoul...

2024-01-09 00:05:00 ET Summary These tech heavyweights delivered impressively in 2023. But the good news, in our view, looks priced in. Envy of the rest of the S&P 500, the “Magnificent Seven” - including Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla...

2024-01-08 19:55:00 ET Summary There was no Santa Claus rally in the last week of 2023 and the first two trading days of 2024 – which mark the technical definition of a Santa Claus rally. The last trading day of 2023 was down and so was the first trading week of 2024. B...

2024-01-08 08:00:00 ET Summary The stock market rally in 2023 was primarily enjoyed by seven large-cap technology stocks, but I expect the rally will ultimately widen in 2024 for both stocks and bonds. The Federal Reserve is projected to shift from tightening to accommodation as i...

2024-01-06 08:15:00 ET Summary Global equity markets experienced a surge in 2023 driven by economic growth and investor confidence. US equity returns exceeded expectations despite concerns about higher rates, inflation, and geopolitical tension. In 2024, investors should focus...

2024-01-06 02:10:00 ET Summary While the ‘Magnificent 7’ accounted for the majority of the S&P 500 gains in 2023, this narrow performance concentration is finally showing signs of broadening out. The so-called “Magnificent 7” accounted for most of t...

2024-01-05 20:15:00 ET Summary Using the last “live” report from IBES data by Refinitiv, the new “forward 4-quarter estimate” (FFQE) will be somewhere close to $243.98. The S&P 500 earnings yield jumped to 5.19% this week, using that “FFQE&#x...

2024-01-05 02:00:00 ET Summary The year started out with a massive run up in treasury yields that began in mid-2020 nearly resulted in financial catastrophe for the US banking industry. 2023 was another year in which geopolitics remained center-stage for global investors. For ...

2024-01-04 00:30:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 is still within 2% of its record closing high reached exactly two years ago on January 3rd, but beneath the surface, there have been some big moves. While the S&P 500 is down 1.9% from its high, over that same period, the ‘...