OEF News and Press, iShares S&P 100 From 08/03/22

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...

iShares S&P 100 ETF (OEF) - $0.5689. 30-Day SEC Yield of 1.28% as of April. 29. Payable Jun 15; for shareholders of record Jun 10; ex-div Jun 09. For further details see: iShares S&P 100 ETF declares quarterly distribution of $0.5689

Stocks had a ripsnorter of a rally last week and a lot of people are pondering the question in the title over this long weekend. Sentiment is certainly negative right now by several measures. Sentiment surveys (AAII, Investor’s Intelligence, etc.) are universally negative becau...

For moderate risk appetite investors, iShares S&P 100 ETF (OEF) looks like a perfect pick to take advantage of the stock market selloff. Its portfolio composition makes it less risky in a volatile environment and offers strong growth potential during bull markets. A low expens...

XLG owns the top 50 stocks in the S&P 500, making it a solid choice for mega-cap investors. Fees are competitive at 0.20%, and the Index reconstitutes annually in June. XLG is extremely concentrated with 71% in the top 20 holdings, but historically, it's tracked the S&P 500 an...

Beyond the broad S&P benchmark, 45% of NASDAQ 100 stocks are already off more than 50%, which only happened as part of the larger-than-historically-average bear markets of 2000-02 and 2008-09. The last eight times the S&P 500 was down in a calendar year, bonds finished the yea...

Inflation expectations have kept the Federal Reserve center stage as they commenced their interest rate rising cycle in March. The war in Ukraine and Omicron’s spread in China impacted inflation and supply chains differently, but both delay supply chain normalization. Regar...

Pick any barometer of costs these days, and the story is the same: Prices are up - and in a dramatic fashion. The first thing that jumps out is the dismal performance of most asset classes during periods of low growth and high inflation - otherwise known as stagflation. A solid fo...

iShares S&P 100 ETF (OEF) - $0.6129. 30-Day SEC Yield of 1.18% as of Feb. 28. Payable Mar 30; for shareholders of record Mar 25; ex-div Mar 24. For further details see: iShares S&P 100 ETF declares quarterly distribution of $0.6129

58 Companies in the S&P 100 are trading below their 200-day SMA. Analyzing the short-term and long-term prospects of three companies. Long-term prospects look good for General Motors, Starbucks, and Colgate-Palmolive. For further details see: Watching 3 Companies In ...