IWD News and Press, iShares Russell 1000 Value From 04/01/22

Follow the Money is a series of brief, information-rich posts that I will publish periodically but not on a fixed schedule. After rallying for 9 of the last 11 days, the S&P 500 went from down -13% to down just -3.4%. Growth has been hit hard by the slide in tech stocks this y...

Pick any barometer of costs these days, and the story is the same: Prices are up - and in a dramatic fashion. The first thing that jumps out is the dismal performance of most asset classes during periods of low growth and high inflation - otherwise known as stagflation. A solid fo...

A confluence of negative factors set U.S. stocks up for a difficult start to 2022. However, we see both a short- and longer-term opportunity taking shape. Intraday market volatility has been dramatic and stock selling has become indiscriminate, as is often the case in big market swing...

The Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF selects 100 Russell 1000 securities based on free cash flow yield. Financial companies, other than REITs, are excluded, and fees are 0.49%. At the moment, COWZ is a commodity-driven ETF that's overweight oil and gas, steel, and commodity chemicals. It al...

Our view on U.S. large caps remains unchanged, but it was already negative due to stretched valuations and the interest rate sensitivity baked into that segment’s growth-oriented profile. High inflation, rising rates and slowing growth is a potentially poisonous mix for equity ...

IGA continues to trade at an attractive level with its discount and current distribution yield. This fund has a tilt towards global equities, with geopolitical risks that could keep pressure on the fund. However, the portfolio is also tilted more towards value-oriented positions, ...

iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF (IWD) - $0.7024. 30-Day SEC Yield of 1.75% as of Feb. 28. Payable Mar 30; for shareholders of record Mar 25; ex-div Mar 24. For further details see: iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF declares quarterly distribution of $0.7024

European stocks actually performed better than the NASDAQ last week so maybe it was positive developments in the Ukraine war that spurred the rally. The dollar index fell nearly 1% last week but is still in an uptrend across shorter time frames. What the market does on a week to w...

Eight months ago we made 6 bold, quite controversial (at the time) predictions for the next 12 months. 4 of these predictions have already materialized, and there is a good chance that this is how things will look four months down the road. Let's revisit these predictions, see whi...

The pandemic forced central banks to slash rates and restart the quantitative easing measures first rolled out during the financial crisis. Near-zero interest rates in the United States and negative rates in Europe have compressed net interest income. After several years of strong...