IUSV News and Press, iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF From 02/28/23

Summary The core idea of value investing remains unchanged since its introduction by Graham and Dodd in the 1930s: fundamentally cheap stocks tend to beat expensive stocks on average. The iShares Edge MSCI USA Value Factor ETF tracks the MSCI USA Enhanced Value Index and provides cheap,...

Summary Systematic value investing is the idea that fundamentally cheap stocks tend to outperform expensive stocks over the long term on average. The iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF tracks the Russell 2000 Value Index and offers a simple, transparent, and cheap implementation of the valu...

Summary FNDX holds 700+ U.S. large-cap stocks weighted by leverage-adjusted sales, retained operating cash flow, and shareholder yield. Its expense ratio is 0.25% and the ETF has $10 billion in assets. I prefer forward-looking metrics, but FNDX trades at 17.79x forward earnings and is w...

Summary We think value stocks can outperform as interest rates head higher. Regions and sectors help us find quality within value and growth at a reasonable price. Stocks slid after the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge showed persistently high inflation, reinforcing wh...

Summary IWD and IUSV track the S&P 900 Value Index and the Russell 1000 Value Index. Over the last ten years, IUSV has outperformed by 23% with marginally higher volatility. However, I expect that will change going forward. S&P Value Indices are less value-oriented after last ye...

Summary Value investing is one of the oldest investment styles, and the original idea remains unchanged: cheap stocks tend to outperform expensive stocks on average. Despite weak performance from 2018 until recently, the underlying drivers of the value premium remain still valid and the...

Summary 2022 was a year where, suddenly, the value style of investing dramatically outperformed the growth style. Sector exposure is a detail useful to help in characterizing different index exposures. The S&P 500 Growth Index added Energy sector exposure due to strong price mom...

Summary Not all value strategies are created equal, and some stocks are cheap for a reason. Over the last 25 years, from 1997 to 2022, the MSCI USA Quality Index delivered an 8.6% annual return. In our view, falling earnings estimates, slowing GDP growth and tighter monetary policy ...

Summary 2023 may be an inflection point for the equity markets. When we look at the valuations around the globe at the region or country level, everything looks really cheap. We believe the markets will stay volatile in 2023. By Melda Mergen, CFA, CAIA, Global Head of Eq...

Summary Amid the worst rout for US stocks in more than a decade, Value stocks showed impressive staying power, finishing in 2022 with far smaller losses than their Growth counterparts and the US market overall. Though Value’s outperformance versus Growth spanned most industries i...