IYY News and Press, iShares Dow Jones U.S. From 07/15/24

2024-07-15 13:20:00 ET Summary Consumer spending drives just under 60% of Canadian GDP growth, and consumer spending fell across all categories in June–discretionary and essential. Fewer Canadians have renovated their homes amid a sluggish housing sector, while food service...

2024-07-15 11:20:00 ET Summary The CPI for June came in lower than expected. Inflation fell 0.1% in June, and for the trailing 12 months it came in at 3.0%. The annual increase for the core CPI rate was the smallest since April 2021. While not yet at the Fed’s 2% long-term ...

2024-07-15 09:50:00 ET Summary The Consumer Price Index actually fell in June by 0.1%, but the year-over-year change was still 3%, a full percent higher than the Fed’s target. The Producer Price Index was a negative surprise, with a headline reading of +0.2% and a core read...

2024-07-15 08:55:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 notched its 37th record high on Wednesday of last week. The best-performing groups last week were the small caps. The Goldilocks scenario would be a continuation of the broadening out to include small and mid-caps, while still kee...

2024-07-15 08:30:01 ET Summary Following a cooler than expected CPI print, the Russell 2000 had third-best day relative to S&P 500 on record, with SmallCap/Value outperforming Growth. Expectation of lower Fed rates are driving SmallCap/Value outperformance, supported also by a...

2024-07-15 07:15:00 ET Summary A new Trump term would likely bring a flurry of change and activity, whereas a second Biden term is more likely to see a more predictable consolidation of first-term legislative initiatives. On trade and tariffs, we see the clearest signal of all tha...

2024-07-15 06:58:00 ET Summary As North American activity is about to begin, the dollar is mostly little changed. Outside of Hong Kong and Taiwan, most Asia Pacific equities advanced. European benchmark 10-year yields are mostly 1-3 bps softer, while the 10-year Treasury yield...

2024-07-14 06:15:00 ET Summary The Implied correlation index is at a historic low, indicating stocks trading independently. Rising realized volatility levels in S&P 500 may lead to increased implied volatility risks. S&P 500 technically overextended and fundamentally o...

2024-07-14 02:20:00 ET Summary The soft-landing phase appears to be ending, and the deceleration appears to be intensifying. Given the delay of plenum, comments by Xi, and the disappointing economic performance post-Covid, expectations or hopes were running high for new stimulativ...

2024-07-14 00:30:00 ET Summary Consumer sentiment dropped to an 8-month low in July, according to the preliminary report for the Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index. The index fell 2.2 points from June's final reading to 66.0. The Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index is a monthly s...