IMCB News and Press, iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF From 05/31/24

2024-05-31 22:45:28 ET Summary SMOT tracks the Morningstar US Small-Mid Cap Moat Focus Index, selecting wide and narrow moat stocks from the 70-97th percentile of the investable market. Its expense ratio is currently 0.49%. SMOT is different from MOAT because it includes narrow mo...

2024-05-29 15:30:00 ET Summary Are tech stocks back for the long term? Outlook for the tech sector. Global stock trends. ... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For further details see: Tech Sector Momentum Returns, But Is It Back For The Long ...

2024-05-29 14:05:00 ET Summary Even after today’s decline, the S&P 500 still sits on a year-to-date gain of over 10%, indicating just how strong the first five months of 2024 have been. The Dow has followed a much weaker path, as it’s barely holding on to gains f...

2024-05-28 11:55:00 ET Summary One of the most disappointing aspects of modern day investing is we seem to have all become momentum investors. My dividend discount model predicts that the fair value of the S&P 500 is approximately 5800. The overall S&P 500 can deliver ...

2024-05-28 09:45:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 closed at 5,304.72 on the Friday before 2024's Memorial Holiday weekend. In between May 17 and May 24, the index set a new record-high close of 5,321.41 on May 21. The Atlanta Fed's GDPNow tool's forecast of annualized real GDP gr...

2024-05-27 03:55:00 ET Summary The market has had another week of indecision, trying to make up its mind whether to cheer another blowout earnings quarter by NVIDIA, the darling of one-day options punters, or worry itself into a corner over comments by Fed officials speculating about ...

2024-05-24 20:30:00 ET Summary This week, the S&P 500 closed at 5,304.72, while the close last week was 5,303.27. The forward 4-quarter estimate for the S&P 500 dropped a little this week to $252.61 from last week’s $252.93. The P/E ratio this week is 21x vs. 21...

2024-05-23 04:15:00 ET Summary S&P 500 earnings growth of 5% was driven primarily by the mega-cap tech+ stocks. We remain positive on technology and internet stocks but expect the earnings growth chasm between these leaders and the rest to close as two divergent business cycle...

2024-05-23 02:00:00 ET Summary The price-to-earnings ratio of the Magnificent Seven is not yet at levels seen during the 1999 tech bubble, but historical observations can elude forecast accuracy. The S&P 500 Index today is the most concentrated it's been since the 1950s. A...

2024-05-22 11:05:00 ET Summary If you want to understand why stock prices behave as they do, you need to start with what the expectations for future dividends are doing. We reveal how the expectations of dividend growth through each quarter of 2024 has changed since we started tra...