iShares Core Total USD Price, Forecast, Insider, Ratings, Fundamentals & Signals

New york--(business wire)--e*trade financial corporation (nasdaq:etfc) today announced a significant expansion of its commission-free exchange-traded fund (etf) lineup, all of which are non-proprietary: since august 1, 2017, e*trade has added 80 commission-free etfs from seven providers to its commission-free etf program. with these additions, e*trade now offers a total of 225 commission-free etfs—a 51% increase. new additions include etfs from indexiq, ishares, janus henderson, john hancock investments, legg mason, nushares, and pimco. e*trade customers can further diversify their portfolio with domestic, international, fixed income, and specialty equity etfs without paying commissions. “it’s often said that a balanced portfolio is greater than the sum of its parts,” said rich messina, svp of investment product at e*trade financial...

New york--(business wire)--blackrock (nyse:blk) will transition the primary listing venue for 50 ishares etfs. “as we have stated previously, diversification is an important element of ishares listing strategy,” said samara cohen, americas head of ishares capital markets at blackrock. “a thriving market for etfs requires a robust, resilient ecosystem, with multiple participants committed to continuous innovation and improving the client experience.” “blackrock maintains strong relationships with all major exchanges, and we applaud nyse arca, bats and nasdaq for their ongoing work towards improvements in trading during all market conditions.” the following funds are scheduled to move on or about august 1st, 2017: nyse to bats former exchange new exchange nyse to nasdaq former exchange new exchange current shareholders are not required to take any actions as a result of these changes...

New york--(business wire)--blackrock, inc. (nyse:blk) today set a new market standard for long-term investors by reducing prices across its growing u.s. ishares core etfs. institutions, individuals, and financial advisors are increasingly putting low-cost etfs at the center of their long-term investments. now, with the department of labor (dol) fiduciary rule coming into force, financial advisors are sharpening their focus on the quality and cost-efficiency of funds. blackrock expects these advisors will use etfs more and more as active tools and alongside high-conviction active funds to build better portfolios for clients. we also expect financial advisors will increasingly turn to core etfs for long-term holdings, where value matters most...

New york--(business wire)--blackrock, inc. (nyse: blk) announced today that the board of trustees of ishares trust has authorized share splits for a number of ishares etfs. the board has approved share splits for 11 ishares etfs for shareholders of record as of the close of business on july 19, 2016, payable after the close of trading on july 22, 2016: the share splits will lower the share price and increase the number of outstanding shares. the total value of shares outstanding is not affected by a split. ishares core etfs were launched in october 2012 as a branded suite of etfs for buy-and-hold investors looking for a simple, low cost way to invest over the long-term in stocks and bonds. since launch, buy-and-hold investors ranging from global institutions to u...

New york--(business wire)--blackrock, inc. (nyse:blk) today announced changes to its u.s.-listed ishares core product suite designed for long-term, buy-and-hold investors. building on the success of the ishares core etf suite launched in october 2012, these enhancements are part of the continued evolution to provide investors with broad, competitively-priced etf exposures. the changes include: lower expense ratios on seven core funds, as low as 0.03% greater diversification through international bonds with the launch of ishares core international aggregate bond etf (iagg) enhanced exposure to the total u.s. stock market with a new, broader benchmark for ishares core s&p total u.s. stock market etf (itot) ruth weiss, head of u...

IUSB tracks the Bloomberg U.S. Universal Index (LC07TRUU) which includes investment-grade and high-yield U.S. dollar-denominated bonds. The fund is overweight Treasuries and Agency MBS bonds (57% of holdings) and has a duration of 5.8 years, making it sensitive to interest rates. The ETF has a low expense ratio (0.06%) and low volatility (annualized volatility of 6.4%).

U.S. Weekly FundFlows Insight Report: Equity ETFs Attract Largest Weekly Net Inflows Since Dec. 20, 2023 For Fund Flows Week

Barron's First New-Year Roundtable, published 1/11/24, listed 8 stocks of note for 2024. The follow-up article published 1/22/24 mentioned 27 more and included a buy-recommendation from Andrew Bary for BP.

Barron's First New-Year Roundtable, published 1/11/24, listed 8 stocks of note for 2024. The follow-up article published 1/22/24 mentioned 27 more and included a buy-recommendation from Andrew Bary for BP. Barron's interviews of eleven financial-industry Roundtable-pros over those two-weeks tapped 35 predictions along-with the BP-feature. Four funds were missed by YCharts screen of active-stocks. Seven-selections paid no-dividends, leaving 23 in-the-pool. The combined Barron's two-part list tracked-by YCharts as of 2/8/24 projected ten-top analyst-estimated net-gains from ORCL, INTC RTX, GPN, DE, OSK, WTFC, FANG, BP & topped-by EG ranging 6.0%-27.58%.

At the close of LSEG Lipper's fund-flows week, U.S. broad-based equity indices reported mixed to negative returns.

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF offers exposure to the entire bond market, including junk bonds. IUSB has a similar performance to the largest "total" bond market ETF, BND, with a slight outperformance over the past 5 years. IUSB is a suitable choice for passive investors who prefer to buy and hold a broad market bond index.

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF is worth considering as stocks become more volatile and bonds are catching a bid. The IUSB ETF provides broad access to the total U.S. Dollar-denominated bond market with a low expense ratio and a 5.22% yield. The fund's diversified holdings and focus on AAA-rated securities make it an enticing option for investors seeking income potential and risk management.

Bond ETFs represent approximately 20% of the industry assets. Yet they have gathered more than 40% share of the net inflows in the first nine months of 2023.

Investors were net purchasers of fund assets for the second week in a row, injecting a net $5.8 billion for the week ended Wednesday, May 3. Equity ETFs experienced net outflows for the first week in four, handing back a little less than $7.8 billion for the most recent fund-flows week.

IUSB: Broad, Diversified Bond Fund, Growing 4.2% Yield.