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at MarketWatch.com (Mar 22, 2013)
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at MarketWatch.com (Oct 3, 2012)
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at CNBC.com (Mar 22, 2011)
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IJR vs. ETF Alternatives
IJR Description
The iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of U.S. small-cap stocks, as represented by the S&P SmallCap 600® ("the Index").
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- In Your Portfolio: Core Building Blocks: A Guide to ETFs That Divide the U.S. Stock Market by Market Cap
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- Monday, May 20, 3:11 PM The Russell 2000 (IWM) cracked 1,000 for the first time this morning, but the small cap sector is far from over-loved by the fund managers who invest in it, according to Credit Suisse's Lori Calvasina - they ended Q1 with cash holdings at a near 10-year high. Indexing (IJR, IWO, IWN XSLV are some others) beats most active management, but Calvasina screened for stocks owned by fewer than 50 small-cap funds with $500M-$1.5B market cap, and with favorable investment ratings. No surprise the answer is heavy on mREITs - MTGE, AMTG, PMT. Also coming up: OMX and WFR. Comment!
- Thursday, May 9, 3:24 PM "Our enthusiasm is clearly a notch below where we were at the beginning of the year," write Credit Suisse analysts, starting to see a bit of froth creep into small caps. At 16.4x earnings, the Russell 2000 (IWM) "has admittedly lost its valuation appeal." For now, they're buyers on dips, but should the index near the 1,000 level, valuation pressure will really start to be felt. 3 Comments
- Wednesday, May 1, 2:23 PM "The canaries in the market coal mine are gasping for air," says CNBC's Melissa Lee, as mild declines in the Dow (DIA -0.5%) and Nasdaq (QQQ -0.2%) belie sharp drops in small caps (IWM -1.8%) and mid caps (MDY -1.1%). The S&P 500 has widened its lead over the Russell 2000 to about 200 basis points YTD. 1 Comment
- Friday, April 26, 9:26 AM Small-caps have a fan in Goldman Sachs which is out with a report today forecasting a 14% gain in the Russell 2000 (IWM) over the next 12 months vs. just 6% for the S&P 500 (SPY). The S&P is outperforming YTD by about 50 bps. 2 Comments
- Monday, April 15, 12:38 PM The S&P (SPY) and Dow (DIA) have continued to notch record highs, but small caps (IWM -3%) - which led the way higher for much of the year - rolled over a few weeks ago and are falling especially sharply today. Technicians fret. 1 Comment
- Sunday, April 14, 8:25 AM The reconstitution of the Russell indexes coming up in June, Credit Suisse aims to anticipate who's in and who's out. The rules-based approach of the Russell 2000 has allowed arbitragers to profit each summer by front-running the moves, making the Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) a poorer play for small cap fans than IJR . Expected among the top 25 adds are ARCP, SRPT, PBYI, ACAD, and WSTC. Among the top 25 deletes: CPST, FCEL, CHKE, OMER, and EML. Comment! [Quick Ideas]
- Wednesday, April 3, 8:00 AM Something for the technicians to have a look at is this chart from ukarlewitz noting small-caps (IWM) have joined the industrials (XLI) and semiconductors (SMH) in slipping below their long-term uptrend line. Oversold in an uptrend tends to get bought, he says. It's a key time. 3 Comments
- Monday, April 1, 1:32 PM Technicians spot a troubling divergence, with the Russell 2000 (IWM) falling 1.3% to start the new quarter while the DJIA (DIA) remains flat. Some believe small-caps lead - both on the way up as with the current bull run, and on the way down - and today's relative decline continues a pattern begun last week. 2 Comments
- Tuesday, March 26, 1:27 PM Small-cap stocks are set to outperform, according to Goldman research showing the IWM outperforms the SPY by an annualized 8.1% in quarters following a steep drop in the VIX. The "acute" decline in the VIX YTD "provides a tailwind to small-cap performance in 2Q13." A must-read for small cap index fans is SA author Ploutos' piece suggesting IJR is your best bet. 3 Comments [Quick Ideas]
- Friday, March 22, 12:29 PM Lagging the solid rise in stocks today are small caps, the Russell 2000 (IWM) up 0.1% while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq post better than 0.5% gains. Thus far in 2013, IWM is about level with the S&P, but is about 300 bps better on a Y/Y basis. IJR - maybe better for small cap fans - has outperformed both. Comment!
- Monday, March 18, 4:57 AM Ron Rowland offers additional highlights on the recently expanded lineup of commission-free ETFs over at Fidelity including the following caveat: Funds not held for 30 days by retail investors or 60 days by RIAs using Fidelity as a custodian will be subject to a $7.95 per-trade commission. Some RIAs have complained that the longer holding period directed at them is unfair. Rowland spells out the full list of affected ETFs here. Comment!
- Thursday, March 14, 12:48 PM The VIX is low, but it's not at an all-time low. Small cap volatility, however, hits what looks like a record low with the Russell 2000 (IWM, IJR) VIX declining to 13.97, says Stifel's Dave Lutz. For the year, the IWM is up 12%, outpacing the SPY by more than 200 basis points. Comment!
- Thursday, March 14, 8:44 AM Guggenheim increases expense ratios on 4 ETFs on account of "higher acquired fund fees associated with the S&P benchmarks these ETFs track". The affected funds (with new expense ratio in parentheses) are: RFV (0.40%), RZV (0.38), EWMD and EWSM (0.43%). Two Russell and MSCI ETFs seeing a decline in fees are: EWRS (0.43%) and EWEM (0.70%). 1 Comment
- Tuesday, March 12, 2:38 PM The fee wars continue to heat up with Schwab lowering the expense ratio on its U.S. Small Cap ETF (SCHA) by 20%, to 0.08% (prospectus). Vanguard's VB charges 10 basis points while iShares' IJR charges 0.16%. Round-trip transaction costs even the playing field somewhat with the average bid-ask cheapest for IJR (0.02%) followed by VB (0.03%) and SCHA (0.04%). Comment!
- Thursday, February 21, 3:18 PM Fidelity is closing its Small Cap Value Fund ($3.5B AUM) to new accounts as of March 1. "We believe closing the fund will give (the managers) an opportunity to build upon the fund's long-term performance." The fund has outperformed IWM and IJR over any number of time frames. Comment!
- Tuesday, February 19, 9:10 AM Owners of the Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) may be able to declare arbitragers as dependents on their tax returns. Sharp traders have been gaming the rules-based rebalancing of the popular small-cap index for sweet profits each summer. Small-cap fans should instead take a look at IJR - it's performed better thanks to inclusion rules that may make more sense and are less likely to be arbitraged. Comment! [Quick Ideas]
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David Penn
7 ETFs You Need to Know for Wed is up at TradingMarkets http://tinyurl.com/2g48vmk small cap ETFs pulling back intraday IWM IWO IJR - View all 0 replies
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ETFdesk
WaysToPlay: No Job Growth for Small Business Spurs Recovery Doubt http://bit.ly/a3OfHG $IJR $SDD #ETF #MKT #Trading - View all 0 replies
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Low Sweat Investing
IJR IWM - Sad news. Beautiful investing theory destroyed by an ugly fact. "Two Smallcap Index ETFs: Beautiful Meets Ugly" Dec1 Editors' Pick - View all 0 replies
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