SUSA News and Press, iShares MSCI USA ESG Select From 10/08/21

Global equities rose through most of the third quarter but gave up most of their gains in a volatile September. As the forces driving stock returns rapidly change in our COVID-scarred world, we believe active managers can help investors effectively navigate the recovery’s uncer...

The ERTH ETF invests across a portfolio of companies focusing on environmentally sustainable products and services. ERTH has underperformed this year, dragged lower by weakness in some speculative small caps and exposure to lagging Chinese stocks. While the long-term outlook for t...

iShares MSCI USA ESG Select ETF (NYSEARCA:SUSA) - $0.3127. 30-Day SEC Yield of 1.03% as of Aug 31. Payable Sep 30; for shareholders of record Sep 27; ex-div Sep 24. For further details see: iShares MSCI USA ESG Select ETF declares quarterly distribution of $0.3127

Looking at the 2022 “expected” growth rates for S&P 500 EPS and revenue particularly since August ’21, readers are still seeing upward revisions. With 27% of the S&P 500 being tech today, the “earnings weight” is far higher, closer to 22-23%....

This is a quarterly FOMC meeting, which will result in a statement and economic projections. It is likely that the Fed will indicate the beginning of the end for QE starts in November. The Fed may also downgrade its GDP growth outlook. For further details see: The Fed Ma...

As ESG scores and ratings get more traction, researchers are also looking at the factors that allow companies to get high scores and good rankings, and improve them over time. For any variable, no matter how intuitive and obvious its connection to value might be, to generate "excess" ...

On the second anniversary of the Business Roundtable's statement endorsing a "stakeholder" standard for corporate conduct, corporations have been criticized for doing nothing to implement it. But in fact, the opposite has happened: corporations have embraced some stakeholder interests...

The industry is now seeing an expansion in data-driven practices, with new ESG and climate datasets emerging and becoming mainstream. We explore what climate risk metrics are and how they are used today. As a relatively new area of risk analysis, climate data is still developing; cons...

For Q2 2021, the average equity fund and taxable fixed income fund posted a 6.36% and 1.55% return, respectively. Nonetheless, in a quasi-flight to safety and continued search for yield, bond investors pushed the 10-year Treasury yield down 29 basis points (bps) for Q2 to 1.45%. L...

Ivan Martynov/iStock via Getty Images A recent research report indicates that assessing investments and acquisitions by environmental, social, and governance criteria isn't just a question of social consciousness but pays off financially as well. 65% of dealmakers in a survey conducted by adv...