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Russ Koesterich: When you’re watching horror movies, the time to worry is when things become eerily quiet. Last Friday, the market’s own measure of fear, the Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index (VIX), hit its lowest level since last July. This is the financial equivalent of eerily quiet. Read more…
Russ Koesterich: Last year, mega-cap companies were cheaper and more profitable than their smaller counterparts. That’s why I continuously advocated for mega-cap, quality stocks as a defensive play amid last year’s market volatility, economic shocks and political paralysis. Ultimately, investing in mega Read more…
Russ Koesterich: Call #1: Underweight US utilities sector: The US utilities sector was a top performer in 2011, gaining roughly 15% compared with a flat performance for the broader market. Read more…
Russ Koesterich: Call #1: Maintain long-term overweight global equities: In December, equity markets exhibited a marked improvement, which has continued into 2012. Read more…
Michael Johnston: Growth and evolution have been recurring themes in the exchange-traded universe in 2011, as investors are now faced with a diverse product lineup of over 1,400 ETPs. Read more…
Russ Koesterich: Call #1: Maintain long-term overweight global equities “Why own stocks in the first place?” Many investors are asking this question in light of the long-term stagnation in global equity markets, recent market volatility and the surprising outperformance by bonds in 2011. Read more…
Noel Archard: In a recent post I wrote about ETFs and their names. I explained that while a name can give investors an initial hint as to what type of exposure an ETF offers, it’s worth “looking under the hood” to see what a fund holds before deciding to add it to your portfolio. Read more…
Russ Koesterich: Call #1- The rally was justified – and stocks still look cheap: Domestic stocks have now jumped around 20% from the October low, while emerging markets and European equities have jumped by approximately 25%. This is a big move, but is it justified? I believe so, and here are three Read more…
Russ Koesterich: Call #1: Negative TIPS in the long term; Maintain neutral TIPS in the near term Read more…
Kevin Feldman: In my last post on the resurgent popularity of dividend investing, I talked about why the strategy of buying “dividend aristocrats” has surged in popularity over the past decade. This time I’d like to explore the challenges of picking individual stocks and the risk in shunning growth for value. Read more…
Kevin Feldman: Last week a colleague asked me if, given all the focus on investing for income this year, the “i” in iShares might come to stand for income. He was kidding, but he had a serious point too: With government bonds generating historically low yields—the 10-year Treasury broke Read more…
Russ Koesterich: Call #1: Maintain Overweight Equities, Mega Caps, Germany, the Netherlands & Brazil Read more…
BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK) yesterday (3/31/11) launched the iShares High Dividend Equity Fund (NYSE:HDV). The new ETF provides exposure to high quality income-producing U.S. securities Read more…
Thirty new ETFs and eight new ETNs arrived in March. This was the best month for new product introductions since 43 arrived in June 2008. No products were closed in March, marking the third 
iShares announced the latest addition to its ETF lineup on Thursday, rolling out a fund that seeks to deliver exposure to U.S. companies that have consistently delivered relatively high dividend 
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