IJJ News and Press, iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value

2024-07-01 01:30:00 ET Summary Q2 ’24 S&P 500 earnings will start in the next two weeks, with big banks expected to start reporting by Friday, July 12th. The technology sector still faces a very weak comp in Q2 ’24, versus the Q2 ’23 numbers. Energy se...

2024-06-30 13:10:00 ET Summary Markets, over more than 120 years, have experienced a long-term advance despite war, recession, oil shocks, political assassinations, and much more. Military conflicts test investors’ resolve to stick to their investment plan, but history sugg...

2024-06-30 00:30:00 ET Summary The S&P 500's strong first half, with gains exceeding 15%, has pushed its valuation even higher. Four stocks in the S&P 500 have a lower earnings multiple than the 4.9 percentage point gap between the average and median multiple of the index&...

2024-06-29 09:00:00 ET More on the markets S&P 500's stellar H1 sputters in the homestretch amid concerns over breadth, valuation Catalyst Watch: Tesla deliveries, Constellation Brands earnings, and the June Jobs Report The PCE Report Suggests Three Rate Cuts Sta...

2024-06-29 00:10:00 ET Summary It’s labor force data week, with JOLTS due out Tuesday, ADP out on Wednesday, jobless claims out Thursday and the all-important June nonfarm payroll report will be out Friday. The unemployment report has risen from a low of 3.2% post-pandemic ...

2024-06-28 06:15:00 ET Summary Historically, the US stock market, on average, has performed well in the early stages of a Federal Reserve easing cycle. The expectation of an easing cycle and the normalization of the yield curve could help to again broaden market participation. ...

2024-06-25 08:50:00 ET Summary Goldman Sachs recently upped its price target to S&P 6300 for the end of this year, along with Evercore ISI upping its year-end target to 6000. Valuation contractions happen during recessionary and bear market periods. A bullish scenario enti...

2024-06-25 07:35:00 ET Summary The future for dividends to be paid during the remainder of 2024 by the firms that make up the S&P 500 dimmed since our previous update. This negative change in expectations took place during the past week, in the days ahead of the effective end ...

2024-06-24 05:30:00 ET Summary Forward revisions for the S&P 500 continue to be positive across all time trends, i.e., sequential, 4-week rate of change, and the 12-week rate of change for the quarterly estimates that were added for 2025, around April 1 ’24. A number of...

2024-06-22 23:57:00 ET Summary The bulls have long rationalized that low rates and increased liquidity justify overpaying for the underlying fundamentals. The fiscal policies implemented after the pandemic-driven economic shutdown created a surge in demand that further exacerbated...