XT News and Press, iShares Exponential Technologies ETF From 02/15/23

Summary Loosening Big Tech's labor stronghold may help level the global playing field. We believe many of our international holdings will be able to capitalize on dislocated labor markets. International investing offers the opportunity to access markets with technology innovators wh...

Summary ChatGPT is a potentially transformative artificial intelligence (AI) breakthrough, crossing one million users within five days of launch. ChatGPT is an advanced form of generative AI, which can have human-like conversations, create content, images and audio. Generative AI co...

Summary Last year’s market volatility was driven primarily by uncertainty over inflation and interest rates. In last year’s downturn, technology stocks were at the epicenter of market volatility. After years of steady gains, investors now acknowledge that technology stocks...

Summary Tech in 2023 likely to perform better than 2022. Recession fears and the tech sector. Can big tech get control of their costs? Some of the biggest names in tech were among the stocks getting swept up in the market volatility of 2022. Will this year be diffe...

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 Technology suffered badly from compares against 2021 results. Currency can impact expenses as well as revenue, and that translation impact on expenses is not always detailed or quantified in an earnings release. The tech weakness and higher Treasury yields are resulting in s...

Summary Global business conditions worsened in the penultimate month of the year according to the JPMorgan Global Composite PMI, compiled by S&P Global. New order expansions were seen in merely three of the 21 sectors tracked by the global PMI - software & services, pharmaceutic...

Summary U.S. equity markets are grappling with the highest inflation in decades, critical central bank policy decisions, and slowing economic growth. Energy’s positive dispersion can be attributed to the outperformance of energy stocks this year, which has propelled the S&P E...

Summary U.S. midterm elections: Win, lose or draw for markets? What sectors may benefit from a divided government. Will equity markets get the post midterm election bump? For further details see: U.S. Midterm Elections: Win, Lose Or Draw For Markets? ...

Summary Why the declines in tech on the S&P 500 may be hiding strength in other sectors from investors. The energy sector may still provide opportunities for investors. Insurers are not suffering the same challenges as other financials in the current high-rate environment....