IYM News and Press, iShares U.S. Basic Materials From 05/10/21

The market has pressed to new all-time highs, and in the near term there is little to dampen optimism - the economy continues to strengthen, bolstered by monetary and fiscal stimulus, improving corporate investment and strong retail consumption. If anything has weighed on investors in...

There's no sector with a clear breaking-up as the Materials sector these days. Commodity prices are soaring no matter when, or where, or who. Energy, agriculture, metals, construction, chemicals - you name it. If you don't feel the rising costs in your pocket as of yet, it's only a ma...

Diversification remains key. Flexible strategies can also take advantage of a more uncertain yield and spread environment. We continue to find reasonable opportunity in both public and private credit markets. We find value in non-agency mortgages and prefer cyclicals to growth sto...

With greater clarity on the sustainability of the economic recovery, we also saw the opportunity set across markets broaden to include sectors beyond those seen as the primary beneficiaries of an economic reopening. As expected, the recovery hasn't been smooth sailing for all, with su...

The pace of recovery has begun to diverge across economies, with vaccination progress and the scale of government stimulus among the biggest swing factors. Macro disparities have also begun filtering into EPS growth expectations. Cyclically sensitive sectors have dominated the upg...

The expected 21Q1 earnings growth rate is currently 24.2%, which has increased from 16.0% at the beginning of the year. All but two sectors have seen positive revisions to 21Q1 growth expectations since the beginning of the year. In 2021, we expect to see a year of high expectatio...

This is a giant bill, and only 39% of it is for infrastructure. Another 29% is industrial policy, the rest housing, healthcare and labor policy. I provide a detailed breakdown of the bill and the macro context behind it. Opportunities abound. I will follow up in the coming week wi...

iShares U.S. Basic Materials ETF (IYM) - $0.4207.30-Day SEC Yield of 1.71% as of Feb. 26.Payable Mar 31; for shareholders of record Mar 26; ex-div Mar 25. For further details see: iShares U.S. Basic Materials ETF declares quarterly distribution of $0.4207

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&...

Growth names profited from ultra-lose monetary policy and massive stimulus spending. With rising rates, that tailwind has ceased to exist. Valuations were very high across many growth names, and now they are coming back down to earth. Value has easily outperformed growth over ...