IWX News and Press, iShares Russell Top 200 Value From 04/22/21

The NASDAQ gave us a hint about what it thinks of the bond market's sell-off when it tumbled from 14,095 to 12,609 over 16 sessions in February and March. Amid the NASDAQ's stumble, it would have been reasonable for the S&P 500 Value Index to have sold off in sympathy. Value s...

There is always an "it's different this time" story as to why the resurgence will or will not happen, but history is on the side of value investors after more than a decade of severe underperformance. The outlook for value is positive both from a valuation starting point and a likely ...

Value names remain attractively positioned to benefit from the ongoing macroeconomic recovery and positive outlook. Importantly, the growth-to-value rotation remains in early stages relative to historical cycles. The construction of the S-Network Sector Dividend Dogs Index (SDOGX) all...

The S&P 500 Growth Index won the early stages of the "COVID-19 recovery" rally, rising 56.6% through August 4, 2020. Value struggled to keep up, running 38.4% higher. From the bond market's August extreme through March 30, 2021, the S&P 500 Value Index has rallied 27.8%, trudg...

Stocks haven't made a lot of headway since the February peak despite a lot of volatility. But Powell's promise of continued "easy money" certainly didn't hurt. The question that financial markets wanted answering was just how much of a decline in asset prices the Fed will tolerate bef...

So far, 2021 isn’t looking too different from where we ended 2020. But we see the second quarter bringing greater economic re-awakening, underpinning our constructive outlook for U.S. stocks. While future rate-related panics are likely, we expect rates to remain low for some ti...

iShares Russell Top 200 Value ETF (IWX) - $0.2882.30-Day SEC Yield of 0.03% as of Feb. 26.Payable Mar 31; for shareholders of record Mar 26; ex-div Mar 25. For further details see: iShares Russell Top 200 Value ETF declares quarterly distribution of $0.2882

Since the end of last year, the "value" rotation finally did get underway, with the energy sector leading the charge. Historically, when rotations to "value" have occurred, it has accompanied significant market reversions and a break of the previous "bullish" psychology. The accom...

We spoke with Strategas Chief Investment Strategist Jason Trennert on why his team is bullish on the market despite recent volatility and key unknowns like interest rates, inflation, and tax policy. Trennert says they are not overly worried about long-term rates, especially when they&...

This past week, we got to observe Fed Chair Jerome Powell and the US stock market and the US bond market do everything I said they would do in their complicated shuffle of ships-and-icebergs. While bond yields had already begun to rise and compete against stocks, the Fed stayed the co...