Is IYM a buy? - Seeking Alpha

Quote & Headlines Market Currents StockTalk

Today 5d 1m 3m 1y 5y 10y

52wk high:

52wk low:

EPS:

PE:

Div Rate:

Yield:

Market Cap:

Volume:

146 people get IYM articles and Market Currents by email alert.

Get email alerts on IYM »

HEADLINES:

Investors Stay Focused On Their Silver Linings Playbook
Scott Martindale • Thu, May 16 • 3 Comments
S&P 500 Sector Breadth Levels
Bespoke Investment Group • Mon, May 13 • 3 Comments
Bulls Start Their Move Into Cyclicals
Scott Martindale • Thu, May 9
Is It Time To Rotate From Defensive Sectors Into Riskier Assets?
Visual Capitalist • Wed, May 8 • 5 Comments
Emerging Markets Vs. Domestic Markets: Can The Chart Recover?
Emerging Money • Fri, May 3
S&P 500 Sector Trading Range Charts
Bespoke Investment Group • Fri, May 3
A Case For Owning Commodities When No One Else Is
Frank Holmes • Thu, May 2 • 1 Comment
Key ETF Performance In April And Year To Date
Bespoke Investment Group • Tue, Apr 30 • 1 Comment
Stocks May Stumble, But Will Not Fall
Scott Martindale • Thu, Apr 25
Quantitative Investments: A Momentum Strategy Using U.S. Equity Sectors
Rajeev Seth • Wed, Apr 24 • 4 Comments
S&P 500 And Sector Trading Range Charts
Bespoke Investment Group • Wed, Apr 24
Breadth Drops
Bespoke Investment Group • Thu, Apr 18 • 2 Comments
Tech Slips Into The Red
Bespoke Investment Group • Thu, Apr 18
Stocks Succumb To The 'New News'
Scott Martindale • Thu, Apr 18 • 1 Comment
Don't Be A Retail Lemming, Buy At The Bottom: Steve Palmer
The Energy Report • Fri, Apr 12 • 4 Comments
Extreme Overbought Territory
Bespoke Investment Group • Fri, Apr 12 • 5 Comments
Bulls Reclaim Their Mojo As Healthcare Leads
Scott Martindale • Thu, Apr 11 • 2 Comments
Skittishness Neutralizes Bullish Conviction
Scott Martindale • Thu, Apr 4
Long-Term Sector Charts
Bespoke Investment Group • Wed, Apr 3 • 3 Comments
Mosaic: Expecting Strong Potash Sales And Expanding P/E
Nick Chiu • Tue, Apr 2 • 5 Comments

To learn more about Seeking Alpha Pro, click here.

Tuesday’s ETF To Watch: iShares U.S. Basic Materials
Eric Dutram • Tue, Aug 3, 2010
Which Materials ETF Is Best for You?
Richard Shaw • Sat, Jan 2, 2010 • 21 Comments
Bullish - But Watchful - on the Russell 2000
Ian Wyatt • Wed, Jul 18, 2007
In Search of Low (or Negative) Correlation Between Asset Returns
Suna Reyent • Wed, Mar 7, 2007 • 20 Comments

Investors Stay Focused On Their Silver Linings Playbook
Scott Martindale • Thu, May 16 • 3 Comments
S&P 500 Sector Breadth Levels
Bespoke Investment Group • Mon, May 13 • 3 Comments
Bulls Start Their Move Into Cyclicals
Scott Martindale • Thu, May 9
Is It Time To Rotate From Defensive Sectors Into Riskier Assets?
Visual Capitalist • Wed, May 8 • 5 Comments
Emerging Markets Vs. Domestic Markets: Can The Chart Recover?
Emerging Money • Fri, May 3
S&P 500 Sector Trading Range Charts
Bespoke Investment Group • Fri, May 3
A Case For Owning Commodities When No One Else Is
Frank Holmes • Thu, May 2 • 1 Comment
Key ETF Performance In April And Year To Date
Bespoke Investment Group • Tue, Apr 30 • 1 Comment
Stocks May Stumble, But Will Not Fall
Scott Martindale • Thu, Apr 25
Quantitative Investments: A Momentum Strategy Using U.S. Equity Sectors
Rajeev Seth • Wed, Apr 24 • 4 Comments
S&P 500 And Sector Trading Range Charts
Bespoke Investment Group • Wed, Apr 24
Breadth Drops
Bespoke Investment Group • Thu, Apr 18 • 2 Comments
Tech Slips Into The Red
Bespoke Investment Group • Thu, Apr 18
Stocks Succumb To The 'New News'
Scott Martindale • Thu, Apr 18 • 1 Comment
Don't Be A Retail Lemming, Buy At The Bottom: Steve Palmer
The Energy Report • Fri, Apr 12 • 4 Comments
Extreme Overbought Territory
Bespoke Investment Group • Fri, Apr 12 • 5 Comments
Bulls Reclaim Their Mojo As Healthcare Leads
Scott Martindale • Thu, Apr 11 • 2 Comments
Skittishness Neutralizes Bullish Conviction
Scott Martindale • Thu, Apr 4
Long-Term Sector Charts
Bespoke Investment Group • Wed, Apr 3 • 3 Comments
Mosaic: Expecting Strong Potash Sales And Expanding P/E
Nick Chiu • Tue, Apr 2 • 5 Comments

There are no Transcripts on IYM.

Small-Cap Weakness Latest Threat to Stock Market Rally

at CNBC.com (Mar 2, 2012)
The Guru's Corner: Investing in chemicals

at MarketWatch.com (Apr 22, 2011)
ETF Investing: ‘Copper top’ could spell weakness for broad market

at MarketWatch.com (Mar 13, 2011)
Miner stocks hammer materials ETFs

at MarketWatch.com (Mar 10, 2011)
Weekend Investor: Three top 2010 sectors to own in 2011

at MarketWatch.com (Dec 10, 2010)
Jim Lowell: Earnings tricks and political treats

at MarketWatch.com (Oct 4, 2010)

IYM vs. ETF Alternatives

IYM Description

The iShares Dow Jones U.S. Basic Materials Sector Index Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the basic materials economic sector of the U.S. equity market, as represented by the Dow Jones U.S. Basic Materials Index.
See more details on sponsor's website

Sector: Basic Materials

Country: United States

Key Info

In Your Portfolio: A Guide to Sector ETFs
Asset Class Performance: Sectors

All
| Earnings
| Dividends
| M&A
| On the move

Tuesday, April 16, 11:29 AM Homebuilder stocks aren't taking much encouragement off the bigger number in Housing Starts today, as the underlying data doesn't appear to be strong enough to offset yesterday's drubbing: BZH -0.7%, TMHC -0.2%, HOV -0.2%, DHI +0.9%, KBH +0.5%, PHM +1.6%, LEN +0.9%, TOL +1%. Building materials suppliers on the other hand don't care what kind of homes are being built, and are having a much better day on the news: LII +2.3%, WSO +2%, SHW +3.3%, LPX +3.6%). Comment!
Tuesday, January 8, 3:29 PM Vanguard's recent expense reduction means 9 of its 10 sector ETFs are now the cheapest available to U.S. investors. With an annual expense ratio of just 0.14%, VOX, VPU, VCR, VDC, VDE, VHT, VIS, VGT, and VAW stack up favorably vs. the 0.18% charged by State Street's Sector SPDRs (XLU, XLY, XLP, XLE, XLF, XLV, XLK, XLI, XLB and XTL which charges 0.35%) and the 0.47%-0.48% iShares sector ETFs (RXI, KXI, IYE, IYF, IYZ, IYH, IDU, IYW, IYM, IYJ) charge. At 0.19%, Vanguard Financials (VFH) is still slightly more expensive than the Financial SPDR (XLF). 2 Comments
Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 8:33 AM The slides from the BHP presentation that's got markets spooked this morning. Slide 7 highlights the company's expectation that Chinese iron ore consumption - after more than quintupling between 2000 and 2012 - is not expected to be much higher in 2020 than it is today. 3 Comments [Global & FX, Commodities]
Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 7:09 AM Miners are leading declines in Europe following a BHP executive's comments that Chinese demand for iron ore is flattening out. Competitor Rio Tinto (RIO) quickly trotted out one of its execs to say solid growth continues in China, but the damage was done. BHP -2.9%, RIO -3.3% premarket. Aussie dollar -1.1%. Comment! [Global & FX, Commodities]
Friday, March 16, 2012, 10:21 AM Taking its signal from rising bond yields, HSBC suggests cyclicals will outperform as higher rates are a sign nominal demand is rising. The main casualties: healthcare and consumer staples. As for being a threat to the entire market, HSBC believes this is only true at real yields above 4% (they're negative now), but "a sharp rise in bond yields is a threat from whatever level." Comment! [Quick Ideas, U.S. Economy]
Monday, March 12, 2012, 3:32 PM "Last year you only had to get 2 things right," says Jeff Saut, "You had to raise cash in March/April and put it back to work during the bottoming sequence of August-October." He believes a similar strategy will work this year, with his preferred sector being the cyclicals, as either the economy moves forward of the Fed unleashes QE3 if it slows. 1 Comment [Quick Ideas, U.S. Economy]
Wednesday, September 28, 2011, 3:07 PM Ugly chart of the day, from Doug Kass: Copper is not confirming the recent rally in stocks to the upper end of the Aug.-Sept. trading range. Unless Dec. copper can recover and hold 3.50, Kass says, then industrial metals will point much lower as the global slowdown spreads. ETFs: JJC -6.6%, IYM -3.5%. Stocks: CLF -7%, FCX -5.9%. Comment! [Commodities, U.S. Economy]
Wednesday, June 29, 2011, 8:36 AM Deutsche calls a floor in steel prices, upgrading AK Steel (AKS) and U.S. Steel (X) to buy on valuation. "We now view steel dynamics and investor sentiment as nearly the inverse of early 2011 when we downgraded the sector." AKS +2.3%, X +2.7% premarket. Comment! [Commodities]
Thursday, February 11, 2010, 3:14 PM Sector ETF strength: Coal– KOL +4.9%. Gold Miners– GDX +4.1%. Steel– SLX +3.7%. Silver– SLV +3%. Homebuilders– XHB +2.5%. Basic Materials– IYM +2.3%. Oil Services– OIH +2.3%.
Sector ETF weakness: Regional Banks– KRE -0.5%. Livestock– COW -0.4%. Comment!
Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 3:18 PM Sector ETF strength: Steel– SLX +4.9%. Gold Miners– GDX +4.4%. Coal– KOL +3.8%. Agribusiness– MOO +3.6%. Basic Materials– IYM +3.1%. Heating Oil– UHN +3.1%. Oil– USO +3%.
Sector ETF weakness: Livestock– COW -0.3%. Real Estate– IYR -0.3%. Agriculture– DBA -0.04%. Comment!
Tuesday, February 2, 2010, 9:57 AM Sector ETF strength: Homebuilders– XHB +2.2%. Solar– TAN +0.8%.
Sector ETF weakness: Regional Banks– KRE -1.2%. Coal– KOL -0.9%. Basic Materials– IYM -0.9%. Comment!
Monday, February 1, 2010, 3:18 PM Sector ETF strength: Steel– SLX +5.2%. Gold Miners– GDX +4.7%. Basic Materials– IYM +3.7%. Oil Services– OIH +3.1%. Semis– IGW +3.1%. Solar– KWT +3%.
Sector ETF weakness: Internet– HHH -2.1%. Livestock– COW -2%. Regional Banks– KRE -0.8%. Biotech– BBH -0.3%. Agriculture– DBA -0.2%. Retailers– RTH -0.1%. Comment!
Monday, February 1, 2010, 10:08 AM Sector ETF strength: Steel– SLX +2.9%. Solar– KWT +2.4%. Basic Materials– IYM +2.3%. Gold Miners– GDX +2.2%. Solar– TAN +2%.
Sector ETF weakness: Healthcare Providers– IHF -1.4%. Heating Oil– UHN -1.1%. Internet– HHH -1%. 1 Comment
Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 1:39 PM Sector ETF strength: Biotech– BBH +2.5%. Regional Banks– RKH +1.6%. Commercial Banks– KBE +1.3%. Financials– XLF +0.7%.
Sector ETF weakness: Coal– KOL -4.4%. Solar– TAN -3.5%. Steel– SLX -3.3%. Gold Miners– GDX -2.6%. Clean Energy– PBW -2.5%. Basic Materials– IYM -2.5%. Comment!
Thursday, January 21, 2010, 3:26 PM Sector ETF strength: Regional Banks– KRE +2.7%. Internet– HHH +1.1%. Commercial Banks– KBE +0.5%.
Sector ETF weakness: Coal– KOL -6.5%. Steel– SLX -5.6%. Basic Materials– IYM -4.1%. Gold Miners– GDX -3.6%. Agribusiness– MOO -3.2%. Gasoline– UGA -2.8%. Healthcare Providers– IHF -2.8%. Comment!
Thursday, January 21, 2010, 10:07 AM Sector ETF strength: Regional Banks– KRE +2.2%. Commercial Banks– KBE +1.9%. Internet– HHH +1.7%. Gasoline– UGA +1.2%. Oil– USO +1.1%.
Sector ETF weakness: Coal– KOL -3.6%. Steel– SLX -2.3%. Basic Materials– IYM -2.3%. Agribusiness– MOO -1.1%. Gold Miners– GDX -1%. Comment!

Thomas Pan
China needs to slow economic growth to below 10 percent to avoid overheatin, a cabinet researcher said FXI FXP PGJ XLB IYM UYM CHIM SMN
5/15/10
Reply

• !Report Abuse
View all 0 replies
Add a reply...

140 characters

ETFdesk
WaysToPlay: Morgan Stanley: Global Equity Strategy Investment Themes: 5 for '10 http://bit.ly/8SGkNx $DGT $EEm $EPP $IYM $JJC $PXE #ETF #MKT
1/3/10
Reply

• !Report Abuse
View all 0 replies
Add a reply...

140 characters

Market Trend Signal
The weakness move the Market Trend Signal back to Mild Bull. The top winners yesterday were today's top losers SLV, SLX, IYM
12/17/09
Reply

• !Report Abuse
View all 0 replies
Add a reply...

140 characters

ETFdesk
WaysToPlay: Goldman Research: Where to Invest: http://bit.ly/312K5F XLF BKF IYM XLK QQQ #ETF #MKT #Finance #Investing
10/12/09
Reply

• !Report Abuse
View all 0 replies
Add a reply...

140 characters

ETFdesk
WaysToPlay: Goldman Research Where to Invest: GS likes Tech, Materials, Financials, Energy, & BRICs, SEE ARTICLE XLF BKF IYM XLK QQQ
10/12/09
Reply

• !Report Abuse
View all 0 replies
Add a reply...

140 characters

LATEST REPLIES

IYM iShares Dow Jones US Basic Materials ETF

IYM

iShares Dow Jones US Basic Materials ETF