IWS News and Press, iShares Russell Mid-cap Value From 05/16/24

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 ...

2024-05-16 01:20:00 ET Summary The pace of core inflation slowed in April, but more progress is needed. After an unexpectedly strong first quarter for U.S. inflation, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for April showed some disinflationary progress, albeit still from elevated levels. ...

2024-05-16 01:15:00 ET Summary “Higher for Longer” should read “Normal for Longer”. The post-Covid, post-globalization era ushers in a world of permanently higher inflation. A record 4.1 million “baby boomers” reach retirement age in 2...

2024-05-15 22:25:00 ET Summary The April CPI reading delivered the first (slight) downside inflation surprise since the turn of the year, easing niggling concerns that inflation was starting to trend upwards again. Headline CPI slowed to 0.3% month-on-month, slightly weaker than t...

2024-05-15 15:50:00 ET Summary Key market catalysts to come: Rate cuts and the U.S. election. The implications of U.S. - China trade tensions. Rate cut divergence: US vs Canada. ... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For further details see: R...

2024-05-15 15:01:28 ET Summary April Consumer Price Index increased 0.3% from March, largely driven by shelter and gasoline prices. Given such data, rate cuts in 2024 are unlikely in my view, leading to gloomy projections for major equity indices. The very thin Excess CAPE Yie...