KXI News and Press, iShares Global Consumer Staples From 06/08/23

2023-06-08 14:50:00 ET Summary To date, 202 of the 204 companies in our Retail/Restaurant Index have reported their EPS results for Q1 2023, representing 99% of the index. Luxury retailers saw healthy sales growth driven by international shoppers, while dollar stores focused on gr...

2023-05-24 00:03:00 ET Summary The shock waves of scarcity have swept across the world, from empty shelves in supermarkets to dwindling natural resources, creating a stark reality that we've begun to call the era of "Peak Everything." Our energy landscape is a case in point, as en...

2023-05-22 17:22:00 ET Summary Data and statements put out by U.S. consumer companies during the Q1 earnings season teach us that consumption trends are very category-specific. Volumes have softened in some branded, staple products, but in general, elasticity has been better than ...

2023-05-17 02:20:00 ET Summary Total retail sales, seasonally adjusted, rose 0.4% in April from March, and 1.6% from a year ago. Gasoline prices have plunged by over 12% from a year ago, even as the price ticked up in April from March. The food CPI dropped for the second month...

2023-05-17 01:40:00 ET Summary We got two big data points on May 16th on the economy and both pointed to sluggish trends in growth. Retail sales and industrial production have a strong correlation with weak economic growth and both came in unusually weak last month. Industrial...

2023-05-16 14:35:00 ET Summary Both the Consumer Price Index and Producer Price Index data for April confirmed that the strong but lumpy disinflationary trend continues. The US is now at a point where the Fed funds rate exceeds inflation. Historically that has signaled the end of ...

2023-05-15 02:00:00 ET Summary As the economy begins to accelerate, value companies begin to outperform. The market continued to favor many of the more value-oriented or economically sensitive sectors of the market. The financial sector fell to the bottom of returns as balance...

2023-04-28 10:11:11 ET Proctor & Gamble ( NYSE: PG ) was among the list of companies that beat expectations this earnings season, providing an upbeat view of the consumer segment at an uncertain time. With worries about the economy, the consumer products maker provides an i...

2023-04-21 16:28:00 ET Summary Yesterday’s release of the Leading Economic Index from the Conference Board appears to settle the matter in favor of recession, but real-time analysis isn’t as clear-cut as this indicator suggests. The consultancy forecasts “econ...

2023-04-14 14:19:43 ET Wall Street investors will closely be watching key earnings in the upcoming trading week as some of the largest companies are set to deliver Q1 results. Some of those names include Bank of America ( NYSE: BAC ), Lockheed Martin Corporation ( NYSE: LMT ...