IWB News and Press, iShares Russell 1000 From 08/03/22

The second quarter was dominated by negative market sentiment amid worries over skyrocketing inflation and the risks of a global recession. The broad market selloff over the past few months led almost all markets to finish the second quarter with negative returns in U.S. dollars and l...

Throughout June, trading activity on Tradeweb European ETF marketplace reached EUR 55.1b, while the proportion of transactions processed via Tradeweb’s Automated Intelligent Execution tool was 82.8%. All asset classes saw net selling for the second consecutive month. Activity i...

Credit Suisse says 2Q earnings season should be robust but noisy. The equity strategy team is looking for +5.5% growth in S&P 500 ( SP500 ) ( NYSEARCA: SPY ) 2Q EPS, but said Monday with tough comps that number obfuscates underlying strength. "While managements w...

CII leans towards a heavier tech weighting but has still been holding up relatively well. The fund's covered call strategy seems to be providing some downside protection here, as well as a reduced allocation to tech. The distribution seems reasonable and sustainable at this time d...

The stock market selloff has brought multiples down to just marginally above the 50-plus-year average, Credit Suisse says. "At the start of the year, the 100 most expensive stocks in the S&P 500 (SP500) (SPY) traded at a premium of 25.8x multiple points to the rest of the market," U.S. eq...

May proved to be another strong month for European ETF trading on Tradeweb. Total consolidated U.S. ETF notional value traded in May 2022 was a record USD 59.4 billion, narrowly beating the platform’s previous best performance in March 2022. A record 2,076 unique tickers tr...

iShares Russell 1000 ETF (IWB) - $0.6244. 30-Day SEC Yield of 1.29% as of April. 29. Payable Jun 15; for shareholders of record Jun 10; ex-div Jun 09. For further details see: iShares Russell 1000 ETF declares quarterly distribution of $0.6244

We discuss the texture of IWM’s portfolio. We highlight how IWM is weakly positioned relative to its peers. IWM does not fare well during periods of heightened risk aversion. The risk-reward for IWM’s dominant sectors does not look great. IWM is not far away ...

Stocks had a ripsnorter of a rally last week and a lot of people are pondering the question in the title over this long weekend. Sentiment is certainly negative right now by several measures. Sentiment surveys (AAII, Investor’s Intelligence, etc.) are universally negative becau...

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?...