IWS News and Press, iShares Russell Mid-cap Value From 05/30/24

2024-05-30 07:20:00 ET Summary The dollar initially extended yesterday's North American recovery but unwound most of the gains in the European morning. The yen's recovery arguably helped the Chinese yuan rise for the first time since May 15. After falling more than 1% yesterda...

2024-05-30 03:42:00 ET Summary Money Supply is a very important indicator that helps show how tight or loose current monetary conditions are regardless of what the Fed is doing with interest rates. Money Supply should dip some heading into the summer before rebounding later in the...

2024-05-30 03:05:00 ET Summary It's important for investors to distinguish between market bubbles and regular market cycles. Market cycles are driven by fundamental economic factors and are an inherent aspect of market dynamics. In contrast, a market bubble is marked by unsustaina...

2024-05-29 14:05:00 ET Summary Even after today’s decline, the S&P 500 still sits on a year-to-date gain of over 10%, indicating just how strong the first five months of 2024 have been. The Dow has followed a much weaker path, as it’s barely holding on to gains f...

2024-05-29 12:15:00 ET Summary History shows that the reality of election years is often far less interesting than perception. Markets tend to do fairly well in election years, and we have minimal instances of significant drawdowns in the six months prior to general elections. ...

2024-05-29 08:40:00 ET Summary The legendary baseball catcher Yogi Berra could sure help us out in understanding the current investing environment. Having a 'bearish engulfing pattern' is no guarantee of seeing a bearish reversal. I think that if we rise above 4.74% on the 10-...

2024-05-29 07:05:00 ET Summary Leading billionaires like Warren Buffett seem to think the market is due for a sharp correction. We take a look at leading market valuation models. We also share our approach that we believe maximizes our risk-reward profile in the current enviro...

2024-05-28 11:55:00 ET Summary One of the most disappointing aspects of modern day investing is we seem to have all become momentum investors. My dividend discount model predicts that the fair value of the S&P 500 is approximately 5800. The overall S&P 500 can deliver ...

2024-05-28 09:45:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 closed at 5,304.72 on the Friday before 2024's Memorial Holiday weekend. In between May 17 and May 24, the index set a new record-high close of 5,321.41 on May 21. The Atlanta Fed's GDPNow tool's forecast of annualized real GDP gr...

2024-05-28 08:55:00 ET Summary Demographic divergence – a mega force that most investors don’t think about from a capital spending perspective – shapes infrastructure needs across economies. Digital disruption and AI are already creating a massive and immediat...