IWB News and Press, iShares Russell 1000 From 12/03/20

In a banner month for global equity markets, the Russell 2000 clinched a historic milestone of its own. The US small-cap index climbed more than 18% in November, the best monthly gain since its inception in 1984. The small-cap index also outpaced the Russell 1000's 11.8% increase ...

Traditionally, large trade deficits are evidence of loose monetary conditions and resulting unsustainable spending patterns. No doubt about it, this crisis period is unique. More than three trillion worth of Fed liquidity injections coupled with a more than three trillion fiscal defic...

The world, including investors, is searching for clarity regarding future direction, but there are too many turning points that will be reached in the weeks and months ahead. There is also no guaranty as to how the initial readings of a turning point will be interpreted or whether the...

There is little to be worried about currently in the next four quarters' expected S&P 500 EPS and revenue growth. Energy, Health Care, Technology, and Utilities are the sectors that have seen downward pressure on their expected EPS growth rates. 2021 will likely have a very di...

If we live long enough, almost all of life's activities are cyclical, alternating from favorable to unfavorable. The name of the game is to be able to participate in the favorable. Economic and stock market cycles are not identical, but they tend to "rhyme". If stock prices do their j...

With coronavirus infections and lockdown risks now on the rise, could a second wave of downgrades be on the horizon? We see further signs of wavering in forward-looking EPS revision trends. As current valuation levels imply, investors appear to be looking beyond the depressed near...

So far for most of the month of September, the large-cap value stock space has outperformed large-cap growth. Since the beginning of the month, the industrials and materials sectors are outperforming, and these are economically sensitive sectors. The sector laggards are growth-oriente...

By Michael J. Fleisher Value stocks have lagged growth stocks for some time, but the disparity has become particularly acute this year. Growth stocks have rebounded from their March lows, while value stocks generally remain below the breakeven point as measured by the Russell 1000 Growth a...

By Scott Krauthamer and Robert Milano During the coronavirus downturn and rebound, US growth stocks outpaced value stocks by a record margin. Now growth stocks seem expensive, but that depends on how you look at it. So are these trends likely to continue-and how should investors position a...

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...