IVEG News and Press, iShares Emergent Food and AgTech Multisector ETF From 07/26/23

2023-07-26 11:50:00 ET Summary While Q1 2023 ended with the banking instability threatening to erase market gains, U.S. equity markets recovered, and the Syntax US 500 Large Cap Index rose 8.9 % in Q2, driven predominantly by an AI-induced rally. Cooling inflation numbers and expe...

2023-07-24 01:30:00 ET Summary Russia rejoining the BSGI would be a 'game changer' event, reducing the risk to Ukrainian and Russian ports, and to the Kerch Strait Bridge. The suspension of the BSGI is likely to result in a sharp increase in food prices in several East African cou...

2023-07-17 20:29:00 ET Summary The UBS Constant Maturity Commodity Index (CMCI) underperformed the Bloomberg Commodity Index (BCOM) in Q2 2023 but continues to outperform year-to-date by over 3.5%. The declines in all commodity indexes during Q2 2023 was mostly due to the poor eco...

2023-06-19 22:20:00 ET Summary The Russell 1000 and the S&P 500, the two main broad US large-cap indexes, are both up about 15% this year. But the growth and value versions of these two indexes have produced very different results. The dollar was down last week, presumably on ...

2023-06-15 16:30:00 ET Summary China’s disappointing recovery following the COVID-19 reopening this spring has been the major reason for the declining commodities markets in May. The UBS Constant Maturity Commodity Index declined 5.78% and the Bloomberg Commodity Index decl...

2023-05-16 01:05:00 ET Summary April showed a slight downturn for commodities. The gains of the agriculture and livestock sectors were not enough to offset industrial metals, the weakest sector. Lingering economic growth concerns triggered by the March regional banking crisis and ...

2023-05-12 00:25:00 ET Summary New regulation aiming to curb deforestation and land degradation from commodity production could have significant consequences for companies and investors. Agricultural production has put forests, vital to human survival, under severe threat of defor...

2023-04-13 02:45:00 ET Summary The UBS Constant Maturity Commodity Index (CMCI) was down slightly in the first quarter of 2023, declining by 1.15%. On a relative basis, CMCI had a good quarter compared to the Bloomberg Commodity Index (BCOM). BCOM declined by 5.36% in the quarter ...

Summary Resource equities exhibited strong relative gains this quarter, outperforming both global equities and bonds during the three-month period. During the quarter, the greatest contributions to absolute performance came from the oil & gas sub-sector - including the top three ind...

Summary December was a mixed month for commodity index strategies overall. Natural gas was the strongest commodity for most index strategies. The precious metals sector was the strongest performing sector in December, rising over 5%. Natural Gas Contributes From Rebalance ...