IMCG News and Press, iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF From 05/14/24

2024-05-14 10:10:00 ET Summary Q1 earnings season winds down with retail reports over the next few weeks. The post-peak LERI reading came in at 157, showing US CEO uncertainty remains high. Outlier earnings date for the week ahead: Under Armour. This week 1,739 compan...

2024-05-14 03:40:00 ET Summary Three sentiment indicators reflected additional pessimism from the week prior after the PMI came in at 49.1, a PMI recession signal below 50. Investors should use any short-term dips in sentiment as an opportunity to add capital to accounts. Over...

2024-05-13 16:20:00 ET Summary Lower financing costs and loosening credit availability can help level the playing field between small- and large-cap stocks. Smaller caps are often under researched. Also, a selective approach helps find overlooked opportunities and manage risks. ...

2024-05-13 15:10:00 ET Summary With the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield approximately 4.5%, this represents competition for stocks if income is a focus for investors. Over the course of the last three months the S&P 500 Index utilities sector is up 19.3% followed by energy up 13.7...

2024-05-11 22:30:00 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...

2024-05-10 14:00:00 ET Summary Q4 ’23 ended with a +10.1% growth rate for S&P 500 EPS, so it’s possible we could get to 10% in Q1 ’24, but the fact is that S&P 500 earnings are pretty healthy regardless. Financials have been performing very well. Credi...

2024-05-09 06:00:00 ET Summary Inflation, interest rates and geopolitical uncertainty tend to influence the market more than U.S. election results. Traders tend to conflate their political bias, or a certain election result, as being better for the stock market over the next four ...

2024-05-09 02:45:00 ET Summary Financial markets are mostly still ignoring the presidential race because they face uncertainty and there is no clearly developing trend. Stock markets seem to have overcome fear of the Fed sufficiently to rally after a correction. The bond marke...

2024-05-08 07:20:00 ET Summary As of last week, the total return of the S&P 500 was even with 3-month Treasury bill returns since the valuation peak of January 2022, more than two years ago. We have totally full employment, totally wonderful profit margins. All the things you ...

2024-05-06 21:30:00 ET Summary I am sure we will have more corrections in 2024, but as far as the April edition is concerned, it appears to be over, with the Fed Chairman sounding dovish in his FOMC press conference last week. The Treasury market cooperated, with the 10-year yield...