OEF News and Press, iShares S&P 100 From 01/23/23

Summary XLG is a simplified version of an S&P 500 ETF, selecting only the top 50 companies and reconstituting each June. XLG's fees are 0.20%, with $1.81 billion in assets under management. XLG has historically underperformed SPY and other mega-cap ETFs like OEF and MGC. The strateg...

Summary US Large Cap stocks are still in a short-term downtrend but the long-term uptrend is intact. International Large Cap stocks are in a short-term uptrend versus US Large Cap. The trend has been driven by the falling dollar. US Large Cap value is in a short-term uptrend versus ...

Summary For 40 years, steadily declining inflation and interest rates buoyed equity returns. That changed abruptly last year. Investors must now adjust expectations to a new macroeconomic and market landscape that will require a fresh mindset to reach long-term goals. By...

Summary In today's issue of the 1-Minute Market Report, I examine the market bounce since the October low, and highlight the areas of the market that are leading the way higher. On Thursday, for every stock that was down, there were 26 that were up. For the first time since August...

Summary OEF is essentially a slimmer, more concentrated version of the S&P 500. That’s a double-edged sword, depending on the performance of the very large stocks that sit at the top of its allocation. The performance of the largest stocks in the S&P 500 gets ma...

Summary With inflationary pressures and recessionary fears remaining top-of-mind, equity managers see no short-term end to the bumpy ride in markets. One of the key risks cited by equity managers in our third-quarter report is the possibility of inflation remaining stuck at high l...

Summary Performance charts can mislead investors because sometimes they include rare one-off gains or losses early in the time series. Analyzing rolling returns lessens the importance of buying just at the right time. This article looks at six-month rolling returns for 73 U.S. ETF...

Summary The main economic data release for the trading week is the US inflation report. The UK economy is in a precarious position and facing a recession. Chinese President Xi is expected to meet with Russian President Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in U...

We've tended to prefer European markets in the search for value, and the state of the S&P right now gives a pretty clear indication of why. There are lots of outstanding questions about the direction of the economy, but ETFs that track the S&P, like the OEF, are rallying despi...

The second quarter was dominated by negative market sentiment amid worries over skyrocketing inflation and the risks of a global recession. The broad market selloff over the past few months led almost all markets to finish the second quarter with negative returns in U.S. dollars and l...