OEF News and Press, iShares S&P 100 From 05/04/23

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...

2023-04-23 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...

2023-04-13 18:51:03 ET Summary The broad stock market has flopped around, but there has been no sustained positive returns for some time. Not even in OEF, a more mega-cap version of the S&P 500. This has to be frustrating for equity investors used to consistent double-digit an...

2023-03-29 03:30:00 ET Summary While US large cap equity indexes have generally fared well over the past five years, the Russell 1000 Invesco Dynamic Multifactor Index [RB1] has posted standout returns. The Russell 1000 Index — an unbiased barometer for the broad US large c...

2023-03-24 14:28:39 ET iShares S&P 100 ETF ( NYSEARCA: OEF ) - $0.6565 . 30-Day SEC Yield of 1.49% as of Feb. 28. Payable Mar 29; for shareholders of record Mar 24; ex-div Mar 23. For further details see: iShares S&P 100 ETF declares quarterly distrib...

2023-03-14 01:25:20 ET Summary I ran one of my regular chart runs, where I scour the 100 largest US stocks to sort out potential buys and sells. As always, this gives me a good sense of what returns may be available in the next 6-12 months and what risk is attached. My bottom ...

Summary The forward 12-month EPS is a time-weighted average between FY1 (2023) and FY2 (2024). During the height of the pandemic, we saw aggressive downgrades in EPS estimates during March-June 2020 as shown in the 2020, 2021 , and 2022 worm. Both the Russell 1000 and Russell 1000 G...

Summary The Federal Reserve appears to be losing control of the market. Financial conditions have eased dramatically since the December FOMC meeting. The Fed needs to push back against the market before it is too late. It appears that the Federal Reserve is losing control ...

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...