The iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSEARCA:IWM) is the default way most investors get small-cap exposure. It tracks the Russell 2000 Index, holds roughly 2,000 U.S. small caps, and has anchored most small-cap portfolios since its…
Core inflation rate came in at 2.9% year-over-year yesterday. This stopped interest rate hike expectations from being anchored, and the 10-year Treasury closed last week near 4.6%. That backdrop is still supposed…
A mega-IPO is about to land in a market already running hot, and one Wall Street strategist sees it as the catalyst that forces investors to broaden their bets. Carol Schleif, Chief…
The market is on its longest winning streak since 1985, AI enthusiasm is running at levels one strategist calls “unbelievable,” and the IPO window has cracked open wide. Into that backdrop, Robert…
The Federal Reserve has not been generous with rate cuts lately, and the Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) has the kind of interest rate sensitivity that makes that hurt. Small-cap value names…
Small caps are finally getting their moment. The iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSEARCA:IWM) is up 12.11% year to date and 31.51% over the past year, a sharp rotation away from the mega-cap…
The Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund ETF (NYSEARCA:VB) does not hold penny stocks. VB tracks the CRSP US Small Cap Index, where the median holding is a company worth several billion dollars. With…
Income investors who own WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Dividend Fund (NYSEARCA:DES) are buying into a narrow proposition: that the small-cap corner of the U.S. market has enough cash-generating companies to support a credible…
The iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSEARCA:IWM) and the Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF (NASDAQ:VTWO) hold the same 2,000 small-cap stocks in the same weights and track the identical benchmark. On paper they are…
The iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSEARCA:IWM) and the Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF (NASDAQ:VTWO) hold the same 2,000 small-cap stocks in the same weights and track the identical benchmark. On paper they are…
The CBOE Volatility Index (CBOE:VIX) is up 2.2% today to hover just above 17, snapping back from Friday’s close as renewed Middle East tensions and crude price spikes reintroduce risk premium into…
The PHLX Gold/Silver Sector Index (^XAU) is edging lower this Friday morning by 1% even as gold spot prices tick higher to $4,644/ounce, a split tape that captures how investors are processing…
The CBOE Volatility Index (^VIX) has slipped below 17 to 16.55, settling comfortably into the 15 to 20 range that markets consider business as usual, a remarkable turnaround after a bruising stretch…
The CBOE Volatility Index (^VIX) is in a whipsaw trajectory, trading between 17.32 and 18.73 in today’s session alone, a range of 8.2% in this uncertain market climate. The move lands amid a…
Stocks opened in a holding pattern, with the S&P 500 (^GSPC) heading into the trading session fractionally lower after rising to all-time highs last week. Three forces pull in opposite directions: the…
