IWO News and Press, iShares Russell 2000 Growth From 05/22/24

2024-05-22 11:45:00 ET Summary US economic activity is expected to post a modestly firmer increase in the second quarter. Output for the April-through-June period is projected to rise 1.9%. A possible early sign of trouble for later this year is the ongoing slowdown in labor m...

2024-05-22 07:15:00 ET Summary A hawkish hold by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and a firmer-than-expected UK CPI reading have allowed the New Zealand dollar and sterling to show resilience in the face of the US dollar's broadly firmer tone. US index futures are trading with a so...

2024-05-22 02:32:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method.  This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...

2024-05-21 13:04:00 ET Summary During ripping bull markets, investors often start benchmarking. The rise in indexing has resulted in a concentration of dollars into a decreasing number of assets. While an active manager focusing on “risk” may underperform during ...

2024-05-21 11:30:00 ET Summary When the US Treasury yield curve inverts (short rates rise above long rates) the shift is widely viewed as a reliable forecast that a recession is near. The curve has been inverted since July 2022, the longest inversion on record, but a recession has...

2024-05-21 08:35:00 ET Summary In April, 5.23% of subprime auto loans were 60 days or more delinquent, the worst April on record, and a hair above the prior record of April 2020. Subprime delinquencies were already rising from 2015 through 2019, as subprime lending was getting ver...

2024-05-21 07:10:00 ET Summary The dollar is consolidating but with a somewhat heavier bias today. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index snapped a seven-day rally, and Hong Kong shares and the mainland shares that trade there led the region lower with a 2% drop. The 10-year US Treasury ...

2024-05-20 23:14:02 ET Summary Liquidity is the key factor that drives market performance. Short-term liquidity outlook: Fed tightening is offset by drained reverse repo, while Yellen is building up liquidity to deploy in the fall. Long-term liquidity outlook: The aging popula...

2024-05-20 14:15:00 ET Summary We stay dynamic on a strategic horizon to take advantage of sharp valuation shifts. We go overweight emerging market stocks for the first time since 2020. U.S. stocks hit all-time highs while 10-year yields fell after the CPI data met expectations. W...

2024-05-20 09:35:00 ET Summary American consumers, often seen as a bellwether for the global economy - have been largely resilient and healthy despite sticky inflation and higher interest rates. Can this resilience continue as difficult market conditions persist? At a high lev...