IEZ News and Press, iShares U.S. Oil Equipment & Services From 04/26/23

2023-04-26 10:58:35 ET With a further decline in Wednesday's intraday action, oil prices ( CL1:COM ) have erased the gains posted earlier in April and fallen below a key technical barrier. The slide has weighed on ETFs tied to the commodity. Oil declined 2% in Wednesday's tradin...

2023-04-21 17:34:00 ET Summary What can breakeven inflation rates tell us about oil prices, energy stocks, and market direction? It turns out it’s a lot more than you think. With employment back to pre-pandemic levels, the monetary impulse has reversed, the supply-demand im...

2023-04-19 08:00:00 ET Summary Texas leads the U.S. in oil and natural gas production and has the greatest oil and natural gas reserves of any state. In 2022, Texas accounted for 64.4% of total U.S. energy exports, with a trade dollar value of $244 billion. The Alerian Texas W...

2023-04-18 03:35:00 ET Summary The financial media has been warning that first quarter earnings forecasts may be decelerating from their original estimates at the start of the quarter, but I do not see that from the analyst community covering our stocks. That’s why itȁ...

2023-04-17 10:30:00 ET Summary The joint stock-bond rally this year has put renewed focus on portfolio construction approaches. We think a new macro regime needs a new approach. U.S. stocks rose last week but lost steam on Friday on the market partly pricing out potential rate cut...

2023-04-12 02:45:00 ET Summary December Non-OPEC oil production decreased by 317 kb/d to 50,784 kb/d. The largest decrease came from the US, 276 kb/d. Output is expected to reach 52,569 kb/d in December 2024, which is 167 kb/d higher than the December 2019 peak of 52,402 kb/d. ...

2023-04-05 03:44:00 ET Summary U.S. oil production increased by 437 kb/d to 12,462 kb/d, a post-pandemic high. From the beginning of April 2021 through to the week ending July 29, 2022, the US added horizontal oil rigs at a rate of close to 3.76 rigs/wk and peaked at 551 rigs in t...

2023-04-03 15:55:48 ET Energy ( NYSEARCA: XLE ) is the overwhelming leader on Monday's S&P 500 sector leaderboard, +4.6% , with crude oil spiking after Saudi Arabia and other OPEC+ producers unveiled a surprise decision to cut production by a combined 1.16M bbl/day. ...

2023-04-03 12:43:19 ET Exchange traded funds focused on the oil and gas sectors showed significant strength Monday as a surprise production cut from OPEC caused oil ( CL1:COM ) prices to jump 6% , touching a more than two-month high. As a result, ETFs that have their price actio...

2023-04-01 08:25:00 ET Summary Factors are the primary market drivers of asset-class returns. The year 2022 was a memorable one for investors, but for not altogether positive reasons. One bright spot, however, was the relative outperformance of equity risk factors versus other pop...