IWR News and Press, iShares Russell Mid-Cap

2024-07-19 09:30:00 ET Summary Over the last few years, a handful of “Mega-Capitalization” stocks have dominated market returns. Given the speed at which technology and the economy rapidly change, such suggests that leaders of the last decade may not be the leaders o...

2024-07-19 06:34:07 ET Summary The recent labor market data continues to point to a borderline recession. The rotation out of mega-cap tech stocks points to a Gen AI bubble burst. Thus, the S&P 500 is facing a recessionary bear market with a bubble burst. Two ris...

2024-07-19 04:10:00 ET Summary In the week ending July 13th, initial jobless claims were at a seasonally adjusted level of 243,000, an increase of 20,000 from the previous week's figure. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.2 percent for the week ending ...

2024-07-18 15:18:25 ET More on the markets Euro Trades Quietly Ahead Of ECB Meeting Q2 Earnings Season Kicks Off With Mixed Bank Results The Oil Market Is An Early Indication Of Stock Market Direction Bullish sentiment hovers near 52-weeks high on rate cut ho...

2024-07-18 14:50:00 ET Summary We are concerned that the U.S. Federal Reserve may wait too long to follow other major central banks in making its first cut. We think political and market volatility is likely to rise in the second half of the year, with the potential to persist wel...

2024-07-18 07:40:00 ET Summary Fed Funds rate currently above T-Bill rates, historically follows T-Bill direction with a margin for flexibility. Fed's belief in market psychology of "Fed in charge", historical misses in predicting recessions. The Fed will cut its rate once the...

2024-07-18 06:30:00 ET Summary More data was released indicating greater disinflationary progress in the US - which, in my view, means we will get a Federal Reserve rate cut this quarter. I think this will be a rather positive earnings season. S&P 500 companies are forecasted ...

2024-07-18 03:20:00 ET Summary Q2 S&P 500® EPS growth expected to come in at 9.3%, the highest rate in over two years. Banks kicked things off with mixed results, but overall top- and bottom-line results were good enough to boost S&P 500 growth rates. Peak weeks f...

2024-07-17 22:10:00 ET Summary The combination of the Great Financial Crisis period and the Covid era created some of the most interesting economic experiments in history, which also resulted in some of the worst narratives in finance and economics. In the wake of the Financial Cr...

2024-07-17 21:45:00 ET Summary Government borrowing and the national debt are barely getting a mention in the US election campaign, yet a failure to change trajectory risks further debt downgrades, more market volatility and higher borrowing costs. This will pose ec...