IMCB News and Press, iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF From 06/10/24

2024-06-10 22:15:00 ET Summary Because the stock market moved sharply and registered fresh all-time highs in the S&P 500 and NASDAQ, many wonder if they have missed the boat. The issue is that we have three companies with $3 trillion (or very close to it) in market cap, and as...

2024-06-10 09:06:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 index closed up by 1.53 over its previous week's close and even recorded a new record high of 5,354.03 in the middle of the week. The European Central Bank pulled the trigger on implementing a new series of rate cuts in a move aimed a...

2024-06-10 06:30:00 ET Summary Today's market sentiment is almost apathetic compared to the frenzy of the late 1990s. The "weak breadth" conundrum lasted almost five full years in the late 1990s accompanied by the similar narrow leadership within the S&P 500 at that time as we...

2024-06-08 03:20:00 ET Summary Many consider the PMI a key economic indicator, but it is not. The PMI, currently below 50, reflects market pessimism. The pessimism appears to be easing, and the next couple of reports could bring us over 50. Many consider the PMI a ke...

2024-06-07 12:10:00 ET Summary The consistent and persistent strength in S&P 500 earnings is pretty remarkable. There is little change in the general trend of S&P 500 earnings as what looks to be an almost perfect economy, as reflected in the S&P 500’s eleven se...

2024-06-05 20:20:00 ET Summary In May, the S&P Total Return index was up almost +5%, a bounce back and some, but we question the foundation for which this move up is built. According to the folks at S&P Down Jones Indices (link), Q1 earnings per share for the S&P 500 i...

2024-06-05 07:59:00 ET Summary 2024 earnings are off to a strong start with a resilient Q1 earnings season which exceeded analyst expectations for the fifth consecutive quarter. The current earnings growth rate of 8.0% surpassed the start-of-quarter estimate of 5.0%. The Magni...

2024-06-03 23:50:00 ET Summary Once again, stocks did not disappoint on Friday as the S&P 500 Index delivered another rare 100 point plus daily range. Based on futures trading, Friday’s range in both the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ 100 indexes was slightly larger than th...

2024-06-03 12:36:00 ET Summary Despite the Salesforce miss and the drop in software stocks last week, the trends in technology sector earnings remain positive. There is nothing about the S&P 500 EPS data that seems to indicate a problem with the US economy, at least as of toda...

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...