IWD Stock Recent News

Earlier this week, we reminded advisors and end clients to do homework. Don't just rely on an ETF's descriptive name, like growth, to tell you what you own.

IWD invests in value stocks in the Russell 1000 index. A significant portion of its portfolio consists of sectors that are sensitive to the strength of the economy. IWD's current valuation is towards the high end of its historical average.

U.S. equities stumbled in August, but investors in multifactor ETFs may have been able to protect achieved gains and limit losses. The benchmark Russell 1000 fell 1.5% last month, while its value-tilted sister index the Russell 1000 Value slumped 2.4%.

History suggests value stocks will continue to be well positioned in the current economic environment. The current economic environment is characterized by above-average inflation and widening market breadth.

Designed to provide broad exposure to the Large Cap Value segment of the US equity market, the iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF (IWD) is a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on 05/22/2000.

Value stocks were beating growth equities on Wednesday, continuing their outperformance during the trading session after the Federal Reserve announced its decision to raise its benchmark interest rate as widely expected. Shares of the iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF IWD, +0.15% were up 0.4% in late afternoon trading, while the iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF IWF, -0.38% was down about 0.1%, according to FactSet data, at last check.

Amid the Dow Jones rally, value stocks have made an impressive comeback, with investors looking for bargains.

The strong surge in mega-cap technology stocks has helped the Nasdaq composite post its strongest fund-flows week return since the week ended February 1. The preliminary flows figures through the first five months of the year show that equity funds (including ETFs) have handed back a net $77.5 billion. While we are not out of the woods yet, with just two days to spare, investors can finally cross off one of the more pressing issues from their list of worries after President Joe Biden signed the bipartisan debt ceiling bill on Saturday, June 3.

Active ETFs represent just a 6% share of the ETF markets, but advisors are gravitating toward them. The products have emerged as one of the fastest-growing categories within the ETF industry.

Designed to provide broad exposure to the Large Cap Value segment of the US equity market, the iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF (IWD) is a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on 05/22/2000.