WOOD News and Press, iShares S&P Global Timber & Forestry Index Fund From 07/30/22

The materials sector edged higher this week, with S&P 500 Materials index and Materials Select Sector SPDR ( XLB ) both up 4% . Iron ore futures surged over 7% in China on Monday, according to Reuters , extending a previous rally sparked by hopes of an economic rebound...

The full name of the ETF is a little misleading, called the iShares S&P Global Timber & Forestry Index ETF. Timber is a different market from lumber, and really a lot of this ETF's exposures are lumber. Lumber is being eschewed by markets, but demographics make this an int...

The S&P 500 Materials index closed this trading week in green, up around 3% , making it one of the top gainers among 11 sectors. The Materials Select Sector SPDR ( XLB ) was also +2.8% . Copper prices registered their first weekly rise in seven weeks on Friday, a...

International investors interested in buying U.S. real estate are having issues as converting their country’s currency into the USD significantly reduces the amount of real estate they can purchase. Other housing-related commodity markets such as copper -38.09% and lumber -70.2...

The latest readings on inflation came in blisteringly hot. The good news is that a variety of signs suggest inflation relief in the months ahead. A number of signs indicate that pricing pressures are already fading. This may bring some temporary relief for struggling risk asse...

The material sector felt minor contraction this week, with S&P 500 Materials index down 0.98% and the Materials Select Sector SPDR (NYSEARCA:XLB) down 0.30% . Base metal prices fell on Monday, on continuing worries over a potential global recession as well as demand in C...

If higher prices, which have now broadened, are allowed to persist, they can become sticky. A wage-price spiral, where rising wages beget rising prices, which cause further pressure on wages, certainly could allow inflation to be a challenge for longer than expected. In general, tradi...

Materials stocks dropped over 17% in the first half of 2022 , compared with a 21% drop for the SPDR S&P 500 Trust ETF ( SPY ). Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF ( XLB ) was also down over 19% during the period. Industrial metals have had a rough six months, hurt by so...

Basic materials sector plunged 16.3% in Q2 and 10% for the past 12 months. The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 24.3x, lower than its 3-year average PE of 27.1x. Top five gainers in the basic materials sector in Q2 (stocks with a market cap of over $2B): Sigma Lithium ...

Basic materials sector plunged 14.1% for the month of June and 19% on YTD basis. The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 24.3x, lower than its 3-year average PE of 27.1x. Analysts are positive on the Construction Materials industry with annual earnings growth expectation of 19% ove...