IVV News and Press, iShares Core S&P 500 From 06/20/24

2024-06-20 21:39:20 ET Summary The European Central Bank has informed the governments of the European Union to get their budgets under control. The ECB believes that the growing debt levels will "eventually" cause pain as the debt will have to be dealt with. Debt levels contin...

2024-06-20 14:34:55 ET Summary Two of the three major elements needed for a substantial market sell-off are currently in place. Stocks are overvalued viewed from a variety of metrics, and investor complacency hasn't been this high since before the pandemic sent the markets crashin...

2024-06-20 14:08:47 ET Summary Bullish sentiment decreased 0.2 percentage points to 44.4%. Neutral sentiment increased 3.4 percentage points to 33.1%. Bearish sentiment decreased 3.2 percentage points to 22.5%. Neutral sentiment among individual investors about the s...

2024-06-20 09:31:22 ET Summary Nvidia is part of the "Magnificent 7" tech stocks driving market returns, but overvaluation poses risks for future shareholder returns. The market is heavily reliant on these tech stocks, with half of the S&P 500's returns coming from the Magnifi...

2024-06-20 09:13:59 ET Wolfe Research noted that Wall Street's major market averages are on track for a historically strong trading year, but the institution also predicted higher volatility in trading in the back half of 2024.... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For furth...

2024-06-20 07:25:00 ET Summary The Swiss National Bank surprised many with its second consecutive rate cut. Norway's central bank left policy on hold and warned that if the economy performs as expected, it does not anticipate a rate cut until next year. The US dollar is tradin...

2024-06-20 01:11:46 ET Summary Last week, the Fed maintained its view that rates would be cut this year. While the outcome was quite hawkish, I chose to look beyond this and ask what happens after they finally cut rates, so we can prepare. Since 1921, the Fed has initiated 22 ...

2024-06-20 00:20:00 ET Summary Last month, for instance, government employment was up 2.7 percent, year over year, while private employment was up on 1.6 percent. Growth in government jobs has been outpacing private employment (year over year) for the past fourteen months. The...

2024-06-19 23:32:28 ET Summary Retail sales declined in May and were downwardly revised for prior months, suggesting the consumer is in trouble. A better picture of consumer spending comes from the personal spending report that includes services, as well as goods. That picture...

2024-06-19 22:40:00 ET Summary Real Retail Sales are holding at an elevated level, very likely due to consumers being forced to abandon the many small retailers not reported. Industrial Production continues to move sideways at a level similar to prior peaks. The equity markets...