IJR News and Press, iShares Core S&P Small-Cap From 02/23/24

2024-02-23 15:15:00 ET Summary Retail investors have started chasing small-cap stocks in hopes of a rate cutting cycle by the Fed and avoiding a recession. The primary economic data points continue to be very robust. Low unemployment, strong economic growth, and declining rates of...

2024-02-23 08:30:00 ET Summary With significant concentration into a few names, many interesting opportunities may be overlooked in 2024. For managers doing deep fundamental work, multiple opportunities exist across the equities landscape. One clear opportunity relates to continue...

2024-02-23 02:25:00 ET Summary The factors we are most concerned about in 2024 will move investors in a new direction. First, we are concerned about the pace of Federal Reserve (Fed) easing in 2024. If growth continues, and we avoid a recession, we believe sales growth, profitabil...

2024-02-22 12:30:00 ET Summary Both US Consumer Price Index and US Producer Price Index data for January were hotter than expected, but it was no cause for concern, in my opinion. The most recent gross domestic product prints for Japan and the UK show that both economies were tech...

2024-02-19 03:49:14 ET More on China China Might Not Be A Paper Dragon In 2024 FXI: China 2024 - The Year Of The Paper Dragon FXI: An Ugly 2023 And Start To 2024 China New Year holiday spending soars to pre-pandemic levels Option hedges for China vola...

2024-02-15 10:14:52 ET Summary Vanguard S&P SmallCap 600 Value ETF combines two factors of the Fama-French model: value and size. It is well-diversified across holdings, but overweight in the financial sector. VIOV is very close to the S&P SmallCap 600 regarding perfor...

2024-02-14 12:30:00 ET Summary On average, US equity returns have tended to be strongest in January, compared to the other 11 months of the year. When the S&P 500 Index rises in January, full year returns have tended to be positive, leading some to call January a performance p...

2024-02-13 12:46:51 ET More on iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF, iShares Russell 2000 ETF, etc. IWM: Technical Analysis Says You Should Buy Small Caps IWM: Supply-Side Disinflation Benefits Small Caps The Most EEM: Things Changed, I'm Out Investors sell fund...

2024-02-11 23:58:45 ET Summary iShares Russell 2000 ETF tracks small-cap US stocks, which come with high risk and reward potential. The ETF has shown volatility and suffered from the Fed's rate hikes in 2022 but is now ready to re-take its 13-week and 52-week highs. Technical ...

2024-02-08 10:59:44 ET Summary Peabody Energy Corporation has seen a strong performance since its inclusion in the S&P SmallCap 600 index in January. U.S. ETFs have significantly increased their ownership of Peabody, with more buying expected in the coming months. The comp...