IJT News and Press, IJTiShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF From 03/08/24

2024-03-08 04:50:00 ET Summary In the last four months, we’ve seen quite a bit of change to the ClearBridge Recession Risk Dashboard, with four indicators moving from recessionary red to yellow caution. We still think that the odds of a recession are 40% as the historical p...

2024-03-08 04:50:00 ET Summary From 2009 to 2021, the large caps in the S&P 500 and the small caps in the Russell 2000 moved more or less in lock-step. We are seeing a similar divergence in U.S. labor market data as well with a huge gap developing between two different surveys...

2024-03-07 06:30:00 ET Summary When the regional banking woes unfolded in March 2023, we argued that the challenges were not likely to be systemic. We continue to think that the challenges facing regional banks are likely contained, though near-term market volatility is always pos...

2024-03-02 20:30:00 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...

2024-02-25 20:25:50 ET Summary Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth Index Fund ETF holds 300+ small caps showing high growth metrics relative to peers. The portfolio is well diversified, and quality metrics and performance since inception are superior to the benchmark. Anothe...

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...

2024-01-25 13:57:00 ET Summary The iShares MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETF is the best-performing factor fund in 2024, up 6.1% YTD. Meanwhile, small-cap and value are taking a hit so far in 2024. Optimists are hoping, again, that attractive valuation is the catalyst that renews s...