IVE News and Press, iShares S&P 500 Value From 10/15/23

2023-10-15 06:30:00 ET Summary The investment environment has undergone a sweeping alteration, calling for significant capital reallocation. The decline in interest rates over the past 40 years has been overlooked as a major driver of investment profits. Credit instruments may...

2023-10-12 04:19:00 ET Summary The first half of the year has been far better than expected when comparing expectations at the start of the year which was a more doom and gloom narrative along with the possibility of an earnings recession. For the first time in six quarters, earni...

2023-10-10 12:20:00 ET Summary Measured in relative terms for 2023, growth shares continue to dominate the performance race, based on a set of factor ETFs through Oct. 9. This year’s leader is iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF, a large-cap fund that’s up more than 20% y...

2023-10-09 23:21:00 ET Summary For the past 30 years, implied volatility and yield curves have been locked in a repeating cycle. S&P 500 options volatility appears to alternate between high and low volatility regimes. Implied volatility on S&P 500 options has been exce...

2023-10-07 00:51:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 Index's forward price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple of 18.8 times is 8% greater than the historical median valuation of 17.3 times, and in the 68th percentile relative to history. Both the regular return on equity (ROE) and the intangibl...

2023-10-06 22:17:00 ET Summary The window of weakness for stocks is closing, could this presage of a blow-off top to close out the year? The risk for stocks could again be to the upside. A constructive correction in crude oil. One: The window of weakness is closing...

2023-10-06 05:11:00 ET Summary During the Q2 2023 earnings season, we profiled 6 companies that had unusual earnings dates. Salesforce crossed our radar ahead of their Q2 report with a confirmed earnings date that was outside of their historical range. Norwegian Cruise Line co...

2023-10-05 12:56:26 ET Summary iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF may be vulnerable in the short term and past its cycle prime. The IUSG ETF offers low-cost exposure to a broad range of U.S. growth stocks and has outperformed the S&P 500 Index over the past decade. Howev...

2023-10-03 22:55:00 ET Summary Since January 1, 2000, through September 30 ’23, the S&P 500 has returned 6.61%, which is below average, if we looked at arithmetic returns for the S&P 500 since 1970. What should give readers pause is the annual returns for the S&...

2023-10-03 22:16:00 ET Summary Risk premiums simply did not matter in a yield-scarce environment when the TINA (“there is no alternative”) narrative dominated markets. Since Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) were introduced in 1997, long-term real rates ...