IWB News and Press, iShares Russell 1000 From 05/22/22

Citi says investors should still be looking for quality stocks when dealing with the Fed rate hike cycle and a possible recession. "Admittedly, stocks with high-quality attributes have not been immune from this year’s volatility," equity strategist Scott Chronert wrote in a note. "Why?...

The Fidelity High Dividend ETF selects about 100 large-cap stocks screened for three factors: dividend yield, payout ratio, and dividend growth. Fees are 0.29%, and FDVV's trailing yield is 2.91%. I expect the yield to increase to 3.28% after February's Index reconstitution. This arti...

All ETF asset classes saw net buying in April, particularly commodities. North America Equities was April's most actively-traded ETF category. The iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF was the month's most heavily-traded fund. For further details see: Tradeweb Exchange-Tra...

VONV implements a value strategy in the Russell 1000 index. Obviously, it is cheaper than the Russell 1000 regarding valuation ratios. However, the underlying index has failed to bring excess return in two decades. I see two shortcomings in its strategy. For further deta...

ADT has given up all the gained ground since the Google deal in 2020. The company is struggling along as the partnership still has to deliver on tangible results, while ADT has made a convincing move into the solar business as well. There are many moving parts and question marks, ...

Beyond the broad S&P benchmark, 45% of NASDAQ 100 stocks are already off more than 50%, which only happened as part of the larger-than-historically-average bear markets of 2000-02 and 2008-09. The last eight times the S&P 500 was down in a calendar year, bonds finished the yea...

CrowdStrike has a superior business model in cybersecurity. Revenue growth is outstanding and widely exceeding expectations. CrowdStrike is a massively profitable cash-generating machine. Valuation is demanding, and arguably the main negative in the stock. CrowdStrike is a...

It could be a Summer of Love for retail investors that are switching from large-cap to small-cap stocks of late. The market is seeing a period analogous to the late '60s, where small-caps outperformed, according to BofA Securities. Retail participation makes of 20% of the large-cap market (SP...

IWD implements a value-oriented strategy in the Russell 1000 index. Valuation ratios confirm it is cheaper than the Russell 1000. However, it has failed to bring excess return over its parent index. I see two shortcomings in its strategy. For further details see: IWD...

In contrast to their equity and fixed income counterparts, commodity ETFs saw net buying for another month. There were three commodity-based products among the ten most aggressively-traded ETFs in March. Fixed income ETFs dominated the top ten by traded notional volume. For ...