IWB News and Press, iShares Russell 1000 From 09/02/20

You wouldn't know it by the behavior of the stock market recently, but the outlook for the U.S. economy is as cloudy as a Midwest skyline before a downpour. We've moved past the spring lockdowns, but millions are still unemployed, and the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread. The Federal Reserv...

In this episode of Market Foolery , Chris Hill chats with Motley Fool analyst Emily Flippen about the latest headlines and earnings reports from Wall Street. Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) enters a new phase in its COVID-19 vaccine trials. A popular toymaker's stock gets a steep cut. Finally, the...

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Sign up for Let's Talk ETFs on your favorite podcast platform: Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Play Stitcher By Jonathan Liss For all the recent news around active ETF launches - and the news has been significant - ETFs are still an indexer's game. Currently, m...

ESG is arguably one of the great "mega trends" of increasing importance to institutional investors in recent years, and likely over the years to come. The acronym "ESG" stands for " E nvironmental," " S ocial," and " G overnance" metrics used in evaluating an investment alongside financial met...

The following data is derived from trading activity on the Tradeweb Markets institutional European- and U.S.-listed ETF platforms. European-Listed ETFs Total traded volume June proved to be the third best-performing month on record for the Tradeweb European-listed ETF marketplace. Tota...

By James T. Tierney, Jr. US growth companies led the second-quarter rebound, fueled by the five largest technology and new media stocks, which now comprise more than a third of the Russell 1000 Growth Index (R1000G). Investors should be alert to the risks of high benchmark concentration. ...

By Payal Lakhani AT A Glance The Russell US Indexes' annual reconstitution process is critical to maintaining accurate representation of U.S. equity markets. The reconstitution is a major event in the U.S. equity calendar, presenting risk management challenges for some and trade opp...

By Matthew Ziehl, CFA, Portfolio Manager ; Adam Weiner Portfolio Manager and Jason Farrell, CFA, Product Director Small-cap stocks have outperformed large caps since this year's market low, perhaps a sign of a historical pattern. Small-cap stocks have had a tough run versu...

Next week, readers will see the "quarterly bump" in the forward four-quarter estimate with the key metric expected to rise from $127.98 this week to the low $140 area as the forward estimate period will cover Q3 '20 through Q2 '21. Looking at the forward S&P 500 EPS curve , the revisi...