IUSV News and Press, iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF From 10/08/22

Summary Skewness in asset returns is a perplexing phenomenon and evokes different behavior from investors. Our theory is that skewness tends to move based on investor preferences. Investors in growth stocks may be pursuing lottery-like payouts, especially when such stocks are ...

Summary YTD, the S&P 500 is now down 24% while bonds have their own double-digit losses. Like stock valuations, currency valuations aren’t great timing tools but over a 3-year period after becoming undervalued, the outperformance is strong. Consumer defensive stocks...

Summary As the Fed walks the line between curbing inflation and averting recession, anxious investors are seeking to balance the two risks. The question now is how fast can inflation fall and where does it come to rest? We don’t see a quick retrenchment or a return to the o...

Summary Performance charts can mislead investors because sometimes they include rare one-off gains or losses early in the time series. Analyzing rolling returns lessens the importance of buying just at the right time. This article looks at six-month rolling returns for 73 U.S. ETF...

Summary With inflation at the highest level in decades and volatility continuing to surge, equity investors are questioning their next moves. At the beginning of the year, financial conditions were very loose by any means historically, and we've very rapidly moved from loose finan...

Summary The upheavals in the stock markets are likely to persist as the monetary landscape undergoes tectonic shifts. Even the value strategy which worked so well is showing signs of weakness. In these conditions, it becomes important to hedge. This thesis makes the case f...

Summary The main economic data release for the trading week is the US inflation report. The UK economy is in a precarious position and facing a recession. Chinese President Xi is expected to meet with Russian President Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in U...

Summary The strategic case holds that factors may help from both a return perspective and as a source of diversification. The recent performance turn will likely convince more investors that subpar factor performance in recent years was cyclical, not structural. Higher-quality...

Summary It's now clear that the July/August rise in equity markets was a bear-market rally that quickly fizzled out. There are just too many headwinds to get overly bullish here: high inflation, rising interest rates, Putin's war on Ukraine that has broken global energy & food...

Summary There are nearly 70 U.S. Value ETFs trading today. Sorting through them all is a huge task unreasonable for most investors. This article will help you narrow down your choices based on strategy, weighting scheme, fees, diversification, assets under management, volatility, ...