IAK News and Press, iShares U.S. Insurance From 03/27/23

2023-03-27 08:00:00 ET Summary I don’t think there is a financial reason to withdraw your funds from a small bank, especially if your deposits are below the FDIC limit. The fall in interest rates due to economic growth concerns has seen investors shift back to the assets th...

2023-03-25 02:50:00 ET Summary On March 22, the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) hiked interest rates by 25 basis points to curb inflation despite turmoil in the banking industry. While the full impact of the turmoil in the banking industry and the Fed’s response is still unknowa...

2023-03-24 14:00:45 ET iShares U.S. Insurance ETF ( NYSEARCA: IAK ) ( IAK ) - $0.2765 . 30-Day SEC Yield of 1.31% as of Feb. 28. Payable Mar 29; for shareholders of record Mar 24; ex-div Mar 23. For further details see: iShares U.S. Insurance ETF (IAK) de...

2023-03-24 03:30:00 ET Summary Rising rates are posing challenges to the asset side of banks’ balance sheets. The rapid and aggressive tightening of monetary policy will undoubtedly put some borrowers at risk. Stephen Dover provides answers to crucial questions to help ...

2023-03-22 14:00:00 ET Summary At the last FOMC announcement on February 1st, the Fed hiked base rates by 25 bps. After a decade of using their customer deposits for free, most institutions are unprepared for the rapid repricing. The appetite for loan securitization has dried ...

2023-03-22 12:11:00 ET Summary Reverberations for the economy remain a threat, but for the moment the odds of contagion risk that spreads across the financial system seem to be receding. Fears of wider, global crisis swirled as Switzerland-based Credit Suisse looked set to implode...

2023-03-22 04:22:00 ET Summary The simplest thing that can be said about current financial market and banking conditions is this: the unwinding of this Fed-induced, yield-seeking speculative bubble is proceeding as one would expect, and it’s not over by a longshot. Silicon ...

2023-03-21 06:53:00 ET Summary Banking turmoil has cast aside the Fed and inflation as the key macro risk. With Q1 earnings just a few weeks away for many large and small Financials sector companies, volatility likely persists in the near term. We spotted one regional bank wit...

2023-03-21 04:20:00 ET Summary Major bank failures are occurring in the US and Europe. Bank failures are common in major recessions, and all fractional reserve banks are at risk. This banking crisis could be worse than the Great Recession. High inflation puts the Fed betwe...

2023-03-21 02:35:00 ET Summary By calling into question the value of a significant portion of the country's bank deposits, the recent failure of one or more regional banks is equivalent to a sudden tightening of monetary policy. If the Fed does not offset this effective tightening...