KXI News and Press, iShares Global Consumer Staples From 02/27/21

The iShares Global Consumer Staples ETF provides exposure to 91 Consumer Staples equities worldwide for an annual cost of 0.46%. In the last 10 years, a U.S.-only Consumer Staples ETF has been the better investment by about 2% per year. However, I am forecasting this trend to reve...

The Consumer Non-cyclicals sector ranks first in Q1'21. Based on an aggregation of ratings of the 136 stocks in the Consumer Non-cyclicals sector. KXI is our top-rated Consumer Non-cyclicals sector ETF and VCSAX is our top-rated Consumer Non-cyclicals sector mutual fund. For...

Our sector ratings are based on the normalized aggregation of our stock ratings for every stock in each sector. The primary driver behind an attractive fund rating is good portfolio management (stock picking) combined with low total annual costs. At the beginning of the first quar...

COVID-19 didn't cause physical retail's steep decline - it just accelerated it. Retail survivors and thrivers will invest in the apps and digital tools that eliminate friction from the shopping experience. Consumers in the U.S., U.K., and Australia consistently rate the in-store s...

The Consumer Non-cyclicals sector ranks first in Q4'20. Based on an aggregation of ratings of the 135 stocks in the Consumer Non-cyclicals sector. KXI is our top-rated Consumer Non-cyclicals sector ETF and VCSAX is our top-rated Consumer Non-cyclicals sector mutual fund. For...

Our sector ratings are based on the normalized aggregation of our stock ratings for every stock in each sector. The primary driver behind an attractive fund rating is good portfolio management (stock picking) combined with low total annual costs. At the beginning of the fourth qua...

Aimed at ramping up relief for the U.S. economy to avert a recession from the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak, Senate Republicans are completing their proposal which, they say, will differ from the Trump administration's but will be similar to the Treasury Department's $1T plan. More ne...

"The market is in our view currently pricing a deep recession for the entire year, with no anticipation of light at the end of the tunnel. Reconciling consensus expectations from a bottom-up perspective and the recent price action, which has a more top-down perspective, we believe that the w...

CNBC's Jim Cramer was recently quoted as saying " this should be the beginning of the end for sector ETFs ". While I agree with Todd Rosenbluth's initial response on Twitter , I felt it important to lay out a few facts and lists of sector ETFs highlighting why their importance to investors wi...

Introduction Given the ample historical evidence, this seems to be a classic scenario surrounding a yield curve inversion before a recession. None of the leading indicators are clearly signaling that this time could be different. - Who Wants To Bet Against The Yield Curve: Is This ...