IWF Stock Recent News

FGRO: This Growth ETF Will Get A New Name And Ticker Next Week

Many ETFs in the growth space are hitting new highs. This is because growth funds generally tend to outperform during an uptrend.

Large-cap growth has outperformed small-cap growth, causing the iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF to lag significantly behind the iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF. These two funds used to be highly correlated. What happened, and could IWO catch up again? Small-cap growth companies could do well in 2024. Just don't expect IWO and IWF to correlate again.

In 2023, investing in growth was highly rewarding. We all heard about the Magnificent Seven Stocks that kept climbing higher throughout the year.

If you're interested in broad exposure to the Large Cap Growth segment of the US equity market, look no further than the iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF (IWF), a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on 05/22/2000.

Russell 1000 Growth has recovered most of last year's underperformance. While growth stocks now screen richly on an absolute basis, they remain very investable relative to their attractive fundamentals. The low-cost, highly liquid IWF is a great way to gain exposure to an index of the highest-quality growth names on the market.

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

iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF is a low-cost ETF that tracks the performance of large-cap U.S. stocks with growth potential. IWF's top holdings include Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, NVIDIA, and Alphabet, with a higher weight on Apple and Microsoft compared to other growth ETFs. IWF slightly underperformed QQQ and Vanguard Growth ETF, but outperformed SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF due to its different holdings and sector exposure.

During LSEG Lipper's fund flows week that ended September 27, 2023, investors were overall net redeemers of fund assets for the second straight week, removing a net $16.5 billion. Exchange-traded equity funds recorded $2.3 billion in weekly net outflows, marking the third weekly outflow in four. Exchange-traded taxable fixed income funds observed a $778 million weekly outflow - the macro group's first weekly outflow in three.

On this episode of ETF Prime, host Nate Geraci speaks with a trio of individuals discussing several different ETF topics. His guests include VettaFi's Todd Rosenbluth, who discusses the SEC “Names Rule,” the LNGG ETF, and more.