IWD News and Press, iShares Russell 1000 Value From 07/21/21

Since value stocks are widely perceived as higher-risk assets, they typically benefit from risk-on market environments after a market shock. On average, value stocks returned 14.4% annualized. relative returns for the highest-profitability group are still far behind the average se...

A majority of BlackRock investors in a recent survey felt that inflation would be transitory. Yet, they also felt the market might overreact to the inflation data, making some portfolio protection prudent. Economically sensitive cyclical stocks have had a very strong run since the ann...

It is impossible to avoid all risks. I attempt to identify as many risks as possible and manage these risks by addressing them. All assets have embedded risks, whether we can identify them or not. Should one invest in growth or value? In examining eleven time periods, the average grow...

As many investors likely have noticed from their most recent quarterly statements, the U.S. stock market overall has been a great place to be invested over the last 10 years. Over the last few years, picking U.S. equity funds based on recent peer-relative performance was not a bad app...

Global PMI signalled regional divergence deepening. Delta variant driven divergence aggravates as price pressures ease. Divergence in growth performance carries key risks, including for emerging market assets. For further details see: Delta Variant Spread Poses Key Risks...

Tracking the benchmark from FTSE Russell, IWD pushed investment minimalism close to the extremes. The index sponsor opted for only one multiple: the Book to Price ratio. P/B is a suboptimal ratio that leads to wrong conclusions. The share of companies that I personally would call ...

On average, stocks in “value” funds have materially lower price/earnings ratios than “growth” funds, the justification for the latter’s higher P/E being that they produce higher earnings. They also appear to be more predictable. Most of the US and mu...

In 2021, energy is where the money is going. Money is flowing out of Momentum stocks this year, and much of it is going into Value names. Commodities are having a strong showing compared to last year. For further details see: If You Want To Know Where The Market Action I...

Strategy and sector exposure. Comparison with my value model. Pros and cons. For further details see: VONV: Russell 1000 Value ETF Review

In recent years, Value has underperformed other factors in global equity markets. However, the sources of Value performance are not identical. The purpose of this analysis is not to identify the reasons for the slump in Value, but to analyze its performance by region and the differenc...