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Thursday's Market Minute: RussellMania 2020
Thursday, December 24, 2020 - 9:13am | 208Read More...Russell 2000 futures have been the breakout name of the four major equity indices this quarter. Small-cap futures are up more than 30% since the beginning of November and rocketed into all-time highs above the 2,000 level yesterday. However, technical indicators may be pointing to a slowdown in...
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Comparing The Russell 2000 Vs The S&P 500
Tuesday, October 27, 2020 - 2:00pm | 1596Read More...By Erik Norland The Russell 2000, a measure of small-cap US stocks in the Russell 3000 index, often outperforms the large-cap S&P 500 during times of economic turbulence. Since the Russell 2000® began tracking the performance of small-cap stocks in 1979, the stock index has broadly matched...
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'Deflationary Undercurrent': Stock Market Update For The Week Ahead
Monday, September 7, 2020 - 8:40am | 2091Read More...The Past Week, In A Nutshell What Happened: Last week ended negative on relative weakness from the technology sector. Remember This: “August benefited from multiple tailwinds, resulting in one of the best Augusts on record. Those tailwinds look stretched and at risk, however,” said Brad...
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'Psychological Milestone': Stock Market Update For The Week Ahead
Sunday, August 23, 2020 - 1:56pm | 2252Read More...The Last Week In A Nutshell What Happened: “The market has taken us on a roller coaster ride that no one would have believed — from the depths of March 2020, when we dropped to a level last seen in 2016 (e.g., $2,237.40 on the S&P 500) to a 51% rally back to reclaim an all...
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'A Subdued Market': Stock Market Update For The Week Ahead
Sunday, August 16, 2020 - 5:34pm | 2456Read More...The Last Week In A Nutshell What Happened: “This is a subdued market. We have recovered from the shock, but there have been a lot of sectors not really participating that much on the upside,” said ARK Invest CEO and CIO Catherine Wood. Remember This: “2020 is a year that is...
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What The 2020 Russell Reconstitution Tells the Market
Wednesday, July 1, 2020 - 11:46am | 919Read More...The newly rebalanced Russell U.S. Indexes took effect on June 29. Russell reconstitution is a closely watched annual market event that impacts more than $9 trillion[1] in investor assets benchmarked to or invested in products based on the Russell U.S. Indexes. Countless ETFs, mutual funds,...
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Airlines, Telecom, Industrial Stocks Seeing Strength On Infrastructure Spending Hopes
Tuesday, June 16, 2020 - 10:14am | 2160Read More...Key Takeaways: Optimism trade is back amid infrastructure, Fed bond-buying hopes Fed’s Powell to testify before the Senate starting later this morning Oracle earnings tonight follow yesterday’s strong results from Lennar (Tuesday Market Open) Major indices executed a 180-degree turn...
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Tuesday's Market Minute: Small-Caps See A Big Move
Tuesday, June 16, 2020 - 9:34am | 219Read More...Stocks came roaring back after last week’s sharp dip, with many traders noting strength in Russell 2000 futures. Small-caps have long been the underperformer of the four major equity index futures, but the /RTY has experienced a swift increase of almost 8.5% on heavy volume since Sunday...
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'So Far And So Fast': Stock Market Update For The Week Ahead
Sunday, June 14, 2020 - 3:30pm | 1619Read More...The Past Week, In A Nutshell What Happened: “A sell-off had become inevitable because the market had come so far and so fast, and because it involved pricing for perfection,” said John Authers, a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. Remember This: “Sooner or later we will get a real...
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The Companies Set To Join The Russell Index July 1
Tuesday, June 11, 2019 - 3:35pm | 278Read More...OncoCyte Corporation (NYSE: OCX) is set to join the Russell 2000, Russell 3000 and Russell Microcap Indexes July 1. The Russell 3000 Index is a capitalization-weighted stock market index maintained by FTSE Russell that seeks to benchmark the entire U.S stock market. The following ...
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Market Forecasting Software: Expect The S&P, Dow Jones, And Russell Indexes To Regain More Of Last Week's Losses
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 - 12:37pm | 892Read More...The S&P 500 is coming off its best quarter in five years, but that didn’t stop the market from opening Q4 by having it’s most volatile week since February. Last week was obviously a tough one for investors, but the major indices appear to have bounced back in the last few days. The...
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Here's Why Longfin Crashed 40% Today
Tuesday, March 27, 2018 - 3:02pm | 590Read More...Longfin Corp (NASDAQ: LFIN)’s run in the Russell 2000 Index came to an abrupt and unexpected end this week, sending shares plummeting and investors wondering what actually happened. Adding to the curious nature of Longfin’s short-lived run in the Russell index is the timing of a couple...
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Here's Why The Strength In Small-Cap Stocks Won't Last
Thursday, July 20, 2017 - 11:48am | 314Read More...Small-cap stocks as measured by the iShares Russell 2000 Index (ETF) (NYSE: IWM) hit an all-time high this week, but investors should look to take some of their profit off the table, at least according to Rich Ross of Evercore ISI. Taking a step back, the Russell 2000 has been showing some signs of...
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Russell 2K Initially Soared During The 'Trump Rally'; Is It Time To Buy Again?
Wednesday, March 15, 2017 - 11:54am | 443Read More...The Russell 2000 index was one of the most notable winners in the early days of the "Trump rally" and soared 16 percent after the 2016 presidential election. According to CNBC, the index gained as investors assumed President Trump's pro-growth and domestic-friendly policies would have...
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A Spectacular Small-Cap ETF For The Trump Rally
Tuesday, November 29, 2016 - 8:25am | 560Read More...The "Trump rally," the term applied to the post-election run-up in equities following the U.S. presidential election, ebbed a bit Monday. One trading day does not define a trend, but it is fair to say some asset classes have enjoyed the stunning election results. ETF Strategies Post-Election That...
