LCTU News and Press, BlackRock U.S. Carbon Transition Readiness ETF From 07/26/23

2023-07-26 22:39:00 ET Summary Q2 2023 was a more favorable environment for Emerging Markets, Europe, Australia and Real Assets managers. There was no single style factor that dominated returns across markets, with country and sector positioning being more relevant. Managers a...

2023-06-15 00:30:00 ET Summary More companies are discovering that policies promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion are good for business. HR departments often get stuck in familiar hiring patterns. Biases are perhaps one of the biggest obstacles to building a diverse workf...

2023-06-10 05:15:00 ET Summary The percentage of unprofitable companies is increasing due to the Federal Reserve's aggressive hiking cycle, increased labor costs, and elevated inflation. Small- and mid-cap companies have underperformed during economic weakness, but their current v...

2023-05-31 21:03:00 ET Summary Large-cap U.S. equities have rallied year-to-date by approximately nine percent (as of May 29th) and appear to show resiliency in the face of a potential recession. The outperformance of the ‘Big 8’ group has seen its market cap weight ...

2023-05-20 06:00:00 ET Summary While virtually no global market segment escaped the turmoil of the past year, US large cap equities were dealt a particularly sharp blow. As defensive industries have cycled into favor, the market turmoil has led many investors to seek a defensive s...

2023-05-16 23:35:00 ET Summary 2023 is now continuing that past pattern of growth and large-cap growth relative performance. If you look at the 10 and 15-year annualized returns across all the US equity asset classes, even straight value vs. growth, the returns are not all that ap...

2023-05-04 02:44:00 ET Summary 2023 has smashed all previous U.S. large-cap stock-market extremes including those of 2021 and 2022. Regardless of whether there is a soft landing or not, current valuations especially for the largest U.S. stocks aren't compatible with contracting ec...

2023-04-26 22:55:00 ET Summary After taking a back seat to various flavors of small-cap and value factors earlier in 2023, the large-company growth risk factor is again leading the horse race, based on year-to-date returns for a set of ETF proxies through yesterday’s close (Apr...

2023-04-26 03:00:00 ET Summary With social trends and new legislation in the spotlight, investors can’t afford to ignore the risks to companies and investment performance. Unlike carbon footprints and governance standards, which can be easily compared across companies or se...

2023-04-23 07:41:00 ET Summary The sudden collapse of two US regional banks and the forced acquisition of Credit Suisse in Europe introduced a third dimension to the existing policy dilemma of balancing inflation and growth objectives: financial stability. In the weeks since banki...