ISCF News and Press, iShares Edge MSCI Intl Size Factor From 10/13/23

2023-10-13 10:15:00 ET Summary We are value investors. In constructing portfolios for our clients, we seek out companies that we believe are trading in the market at significant discounts to their underlying value. These businesses must offer significant profit potential and be run by...

2023-09-29 03:20:00 ET Summary If the United Auto Workers strike lasted an entire quarter, it could result in a flat quarter for US gross domestic product. However, strikes tend not to last for very long. A short-term spending bill may help avoid a US government shutdown. But even...

2023-07-20 01:45:00 ET Summary tronger global economic growth in 2023 has so far been spurred by resurgent post-pandemic spending on services such as travel and tourism. Manufacturing output slipped into decline in June, as a short-term production boost from improved supply availa...

2023-05-16 11:45:00 ET Summary With increasing economic uncertainty and market volatility in the first quarter of 2023, the probability of a mild recession beginning in the second half of the year or early next continues to rise. Global supply chain disruptions stemming from the C...

2023-05-10 23:50:00 ET Summary A further acceleration of services sector growth pushed the pace of global expansion to a 16-month high in April. All major economies reported robust service sector growth, in all cases outperforming manufacturing which consequently remained broadly ...

2023-03-20 10:16:54 ET Summary I presented a contrarian all-weather portfolio in an article series last year. This is a quick take on its performance during the banking crisis and the brutal 2022 market. The S&P dropped, but the all-weather portfolio gained and outperformed a ...

Summary My December 2019 article, “Mean Reversion + Valuation = Opportunity,” cited cheap, out of favor assets including U.S. value and small caps, international, emerging markets, natural resources, MLPs and gold. All 13 asset classes outperformed the S&P 500 in 2022....

Summary Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF is an actively managed international small-cap exchange-traded fund. AVDV has 59% of its asset value in 3 sectors: industrials, materials and financials, almost in equal weight. The heaviest country is Japan, with 27%. Since its ...

Summary There were ample causes for this global downdraft in equity markets. Global equity markets look likely to face a global recession in 2023, which appears to have already begun in the final quarter of 2022. Equity markets will face a tough global environment in 2023, particula...

Summary Inflation continues to moderate, not only here, but also in Europe. Despite the negative economic reports and the reaction to the Fed rate hike, the US Dollar barely budged for the week. Value yet again outperformed Growth in the last week, this time by a spread of almost 1%...