IWO News and Press, iShares Russell 2000 Growth From 05/18/24

2024-05-18 07:00:00 ET Summary Edward Yardeni, President of Yardeni Research, has been - and remains - bullish on the stock market given a Federal Reserve that will likely retreat to the sidelines, strong consumer spending, and a solid growth outlook. Jose Torres, Senior Economist...

2024-05-17 13:00:00 ET Summary Buffett’s cash and short-term investments (read T-bills) exceed $189 billion as of Q1, 2024. The problem with the valuation dilemma is that historically, such has preceded market repricings. With the current market capitalization-to-GDP ra...

2024-05-17 07:05:00 ET Summary The dollar's recovery begun yesterday has extended into today's activity. Japan's markets were mixed, but South Korea, Taiwan, and Australian and New Zealand shares fell. The spring EC forecast recognized that fragile recovery is taking hold in t...

2024-05-17 01:00:00 ET Summary Following a run of stronger-than-expected inflation prints, S&P Global Market Intelligence analysts now expect an initial rate cut by the Federal Reserve at December's meeting. Forecasts of initial policy rate reductions have been pushed ba...

2024-05-17 00:00:00 ET Summary The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) nonfarm payrolls has averaged monthly gains of over 233k over the past year. By all standards, that is a healthy number, especially considering the federal funds rate has been above 5% over that same time per...

2024-05-16 12:30:00 ET Summary The move shows central banks aren’t waiting for the Federal Reserve to cut rates, and it indicates confidence that the European Central Bank will cut in June. The Eurozone Services Purchasing Managers’ Index hit an 11-month high in Apri...

2024-05-16 11:20:00 ET Summary Wednesday’s CPI report was a big relief for the Fed after 4 consecutive upside surprises. The key metric was core CPI, which came in at 3.62% year over year vs last month’s rate of 3.8%. The problem is, inflation is almost exactly i...

2024-05-16 10:54:17 ET Summary Some permabears have projected that a 2008-like financial crisis is potentially on the horizon. However, some of the key sectors that triggered that financial crisis are in substantially better shape than they were heading into the Great Financial Cr...

2024-05-16 07:20:00 ET Summary After months of worsening data on CPI inflation, we got still bad, but less bad, data today for April by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Core services CPI, which accounts for about 60% of total CPI, increased by 5.3% YoY in April, roughly the same ho...

2024-05-16 01:21:20 ET Summary April inflation resists Fed efforts, printing at 0.3% for the month and 3.4% for the year. Two waves of inflation: transitory "Demand-Pull" and long-lasting "Cost-Push" caused by excessive money printing. Fed's plan to unwind $8 trillion balance ...