IAK News and Press, iShares U.S. Insurance From 05/15/24

2024-05-15 16:08:36 ET Summary Investing in the insurance sector is a smart idea due to its resilience and steady cash flows. The SPDR® S&P Insurance ETF provides exposure to the insurance industry and is less sensitive to inflation. The KIE ETF offers a diversified a...

2024-05-11 18:28:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method.  This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...

2024-05-10 09:10:00 ET Summary The ClearBridge Recession Risk Dashboard shows progress as wage growth indicator moves from red to yellow. With this cooling of wage growth, you’ve seen this move from red to yellow, and ultimately this is a positive dynamic that would help co...

2024-04-25 15:15:00 ET Summary The first quarter was a more favorable environment for active managers in U.S. Large Cap, U.S. Small Cap, Emerging Markets, the UK, Europe, Australia, Canada, Long/Short and Global Real Estate, while being more challenging for Global, Global ex-U.S., Jap...

2024-04-24 05:05:36 ET Summary IAK is a buy due to its long-term track record of performance and relatively low correlation to the market overall, as measured by beta value. The insurance industry, particularly in the Asia Pacific region, is expecting solid growth. Several of IAK'...

2024-04-22 10:00:00 ET Summary You might not think of insurance as such a key input to their overall consumption basket. The impact of the insurance industry is felt far beyond what individual consumers pay for individual policies and extends broadly throughout the supply chain as...

2024-04-17 15:19:07 ET Summary Central Securities Corp outperformed the S&P 500 as an actively managed closed-end fund. The fund has benefited from a highly concentrated portfolio with an overweight exposure to the financial sector and insurance industry. We urge caution t...

2024-04-16 10:30:00 ET Summary The rise in rates last week pushed the 10-year to its highest level since the peak at 5% in October of last year. Gold has been setting new highs, trading above $2400 at one point on Friday before succumbing to some profit taking. Year-to-date, t...

2024-04-09 08:05:00 ET Summary Market and industry trends are shining on US financial stocks, whose fortunes might be changing for the better across diverse sub-industries. Sentiment has started to shift. Financial stocks rallied in the last five months, signaling growing investor...

2024-04-03 10:29:55 ET Summary Insurance stocks, including the Invesco KBW Property & Casualty Insurance ETF have been performing well, with a 33% return over the past nine months. The Travelers Cos is a major holding in the KBWP ETF and has seen strong earnings growth and a l...