IJS News and Press, iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Value From 08/21/23

2023-08-21 11:15:00 ET Summary Stocks are now down from their late July peak by about 5%. This pullback/correction, like the bear market last year, was driven by higher rates, specifically real rates. An accelerating economy and rising earnings sound like good news because tha...

2023-08-17 04:54:00 ET Summary Any equity market pullback will likely be brief due to the short and shallow nature of the expected U.S. recession, and the subsequent swift recovery will demand an agile and proactive response from investors. A substantial amount of corporate bonds ...

2023-08-16 01:30:00 ET Summary One can evaluate small-cap returns as measured by the Russell 2000 Index or small-cap returns measured by the S&P 600 Index. S&P's profitability criteria seems to be an important difference in the S&P 600 Index's outperformance. Over ...

2023-08-01 14:00:00 ET Summary The S&P 500-tracking ETF finished July up 3.27%, leaving it up 20.62% YTD on a total return basis. Looking at US sectors, Energy and Financials did the best in July, while Health Care and Real Estate were up the least. Outside of the US, we s...

2023-07-17 12:57:00 ET Summary A few weeks ago, it appeared to me that stocks were starting a correction. I was clearly wrong about that as the S&P 500 and NASDAQ have moved higher since then and the rally has broadened out. Small cap, real estate, and commodities continue to ...

2023-07-12 00:30:00 ET Summary Small-caps have caught a bid over the last few days with the Russell 2,000 ETF (IWM) rallying more than 3% since last Thursday’s close. While large-cap indices have recently traded to 52-week highs, small-caps are still well below 2023 highs m...

2023-06-14 07:31:00 ET Summary This year’s equity market rally had been driven by a select few names, dubbed the "Magnificent Seven," overshadowing other industries. June brings a ‘breadth’ of fresh air with small caps and mid-size companies finally joining th...

2023-06-13 05:30:00 ET Summary The annual Russell Reconstitution has caused many small-cap stocks to surge, and institutional buying pressure is anticipated to filter down from the eight largest NASDAQ companies that have been hogging most of the money. Rising crude oil output in ...

2023-06-08 01:05:50 ET iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF ( NYSEARCA: IJS ) - $0.3943 . 30-Day SEC Yield of 2.07% as of April. 30. Payable Jun 13; for shareholders of record Jun 08; ex-div Jun 07. For further details see: iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Va...

2023-06-05 09:20:00 ET Summary The stock market surged last Friday after the employment report showed a gain of over 300k jobs while the year-over-year change in average hourly earnings fell to 4.3%. The rally in REITs and small-cap value may be more important because sentiment is...