IJR News and Press, iShares Core S&P Small-Cap From 06/20/24

2024-06-20 02:55:00 ET Summary If you are wringing your hands over large-cap stocks due to high market concentration and lofty valuations, allocating to small-cap stocks may give you some piece of mind. Relative to their own history, small-cap stocks are trading at a big discount ...

2024-06-17 15:45:31 ET Summary The Russell 2000 Index has been a poor long-term investment due to the method by which it is re-constituted. For the past 25 years, the Russell 2000 Index has exhibited lower returns and higher standard deviations in the months of May–August. ...

2024-06-17 11:33:18 ET More on the markets S&P 500 (And Russell 2000) Earnings Look: It's A Quieter Period Between Now And Quarter End S&P, Nasdaq, Dow dip as yields rise after solid manufacturing data The Soft-Landing Theme Is Collapsing Nvidia Is Hi...

2024-06-13 10:57:13 ET More on iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF IJR Could Be Equity Market's Canary In A Coal Mine (Technical Analysis) IJR: Good Small-Cap Index ETF, But Better Choices Out There IJR: It May Be Time To Shine For Small Caps Seeking Alpha...

2024-06-12 18:34:33 ET Summary At today's FOMC meeting, the Fed held interest rates steady and signaled that it's likely to cut less than the market thinks. This is somewhat surprising given that the econometric models I run are suggesting that the Fed has room to cut. Between...

2024-06-12 11:45:00 ET Summary All markets – stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities – provide us with valuable information about the economy. The broader the index, the more representative it is of the economy as a whole. The way indexes are constructed makes a b...

2024-06-11 21:08:37 ET Summary Small cap stocks are struggling compared to large cap peers, with Apple Inc. worth more than the entire small cap market combined. Small cap ETFs are vulnerable in the stock market, with signs indicating they may lead the broader market down. The...

2024-06-11 08:45:00 ET Summary Understanding behavioral finance and economics can greatly improve your investing success. Two classic anomalies to be aware of are the quality-minus-junk anomaly and the disposition effect. The quality-minus-junk anomaly is easily exploited by i...

2024-06-10 23:07:04 ET Summary iShares Core Growth Allocation ETF has a balanced portfolio of fixed income and equity funds. AOR has yet to reach its price peak from late 2021, while the S&P 500 index has already surpassed its peak. AOR is not a growth-oriented fund and is...

2024-05-31 20:50:00 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...