IWP News and Press, iShares Russell Midcap Growth From 05/23/24

2024-05-23 10:16:00 ET Summary The employment situation for U.S. teenagers dipped slightly in April 2024. The seasonally adjusted number of 16-19 year olds counted as having jobs decreased from the previous month's total by 23,000 to 5,839,000. Although it dipped, the jobs tre...

2024-05-23 05:57:51 ET Summary Mid-caps and small-caps are expected to catch up to mega-cap momentum trades, making the iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF worth considering. The ETF is well-diversified with 330 holdings and a modest expense ratio of 0.23%. The top sectors in t...

2024-05-23 02:00:00 ET Summary The price-to-earnings ratio of the Magnificent Seven is not yet at levels seen during the 1999 tech bubble, but historical observations can elude forecast accuracy. The S&P 500 Index today is the most concentrated it's been since the 1950s. A...

2024-05-23 00:20:00 ET Summary Two driving forces are now simultaneously pushing in the direction of higher long-term real interest rates. While investors and commentators often tend to conflate the two, I think it is useful instead to distinguish them clearly. They are rising inv...

2024-05-22 12:30:00 ET Summary Recent data indicates the US economy has been cooling modestly and disinflationary progress has resumed, which should help hasten the start of rate cuts. There is a significant amount of cash that is likely to start moving to stock and bonds once the...

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 11:05:00 ET Summary If you want to understand why stock prices behave as they do, you need to start with what the expectations for future dividends are doing. We reveal how the expectations of dividend growth through each quarter of 2024 has changed since we started tra...

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 02:34:00 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 ...