IGM News and Press, iShares Expanded Tech Sector

2024-07-20 01:15:00 ET Summary The economic strength that has delayed Fed cuts should support a positive backdrop for corporate earnings. The narrowness of market gains remains a concern, with the equity rally seemingly hostage to the performance of Magnificent 7 technology stocks...

2024-07-18 13:40:00 ET Summary Can U.S. markets continue to outperform? Why U.S. markets have strayed "pretty far into overvalued territory". The sector rotation out of big tech and into smaller-caps. Shares of big tech have been losing steam recently after pushing U.S. ...

2024-07-17 07:00:00 ET Summary The reordering of US election outcomes led to a bear steepening in US treasuries. The global easing cycle kicked off with the European Central Bank, Bank of Canada, Riksbank, and Swiss National Bank all beginning interest rate cuts. Financial mar...

2024-07-16 02:55:00 ET Summary The performance of the S&P 500 Equal Weight index (SPXEW) as of Thursday was up 1.17% on the day. Look at the S&P 500, which is weighted by market cap, down 0.88% as of the close on Thursday. What we saw on Thursday in both the NASDAQ 100...

2024-07-15 06:45:02 ET Summary IGM has outperformed the market since October 2022, benefiting from strong earnings growth rates in the technology sector. The fund's valuation is very expensive, with subsectors like application software and interactive media & services having c...

2024-07-13 00:30:00 ET Summary US inflation data caused a significant selloff in US mega-cap tech stocks and a shift towards riskier areas of the market. The ECB interest rate decision is expected to bring no change, but the bank lending survey may shed light on the impact of high...

2024-07-12 04:59:00 ET The artificial intelligence (AI) industry is still very young, but investors have already observed its incredible potential to create value. Nvidia , for example, added $2.8 trillion to its market capitalization since the start of 2023 alone. However, AI is evolvi...

2024-07-06 03:38:00 ET Summary We received a few more data points this week, validating the increasingly consensus view that the economy is slowing. Attention now shifts to the corporate sector, with the second quarter earnings season getting underway next week. It would be ni...

2024-07-04 02:35:00 ET Summary Understanding country, industry and stock concentrations in global equities today is important to monitor risk, interpret what is driving markets and form expectations of market opportunities. US stocks account for over three-quarters of the top 250 ...

2024-07-03 09:41:00 ET Summary Global stocks posted healthy gains in the first half of 2024, although second quarter performance moderated from the previous quarter’s breakneck pace. In a trend that has become familiar to equity investors, large-cap market breadth was again...