Domestic equity funds with the lowest fees saw the large majority of inflows in 2019, while funds with high fees saw outflows.... Read More
Equity ETFs accounted for 26% of stock market volume in the U.S. in 2019.... Read More
Nearly all of the stock market's gains are coming overnight.... Read More
The stock market is its most top-heavy in decades.... Read More
Since the mid-February high in the S&P 500, individual stocks have become highly correlated to the overall index, providing very little differentiation and opportunity for outperformance.... Read More
Last week's stunning stock market rally pulled the market to a 50% retracement of the previous decline. Sentiment has turned more positive, with many thinking the March 23 bottom will mark the bottom for the bear market. We continue to believe these are signs of a bear market rally.... Read More
U.S. equity issuance grew by a net $29 billion in the fourth quarter.... Read More
Some historical perspective on stocks' decline this past week... Read More
U.S. equities have outperformed global ex-U.S. stocks by almost 11% since the beginning of 2019.... Read More
The S&P 500's streak of consecutive days without a 1% down day came to an end on Monday.... Read More
Vice stocks outperformed the market for almost two decades. Recently, that trend came to an end.... Read More
A correction back to the 200-day moving average requires a 10%+ correction. From a technical standpoint such a move would keep the bull market intact, but it could provide plenty of theatrics in an election year.... Read More
In the 50 days ending January 3, the average correlation of an S&P 500 stock to the index itself stands at just 0.16.... Read More
U.S. equity issuance shrunk by a net $598 billion in the second quarter, as buybacks and mergers outpaced IPOs.... Read More
With total return data for the S&P 500 going back to 1988, only four years posted better returns through this point of the year - 1989, 1995, 1997 and 2013.... Read More
As equities have rallied in 2019, traders have been afforded a better stock picking environment.... Read More
Although stocks are within striking distance of all-time highs, sentiment is anything but bullish.... Read More
As of June, publicly traded markets were almost 7 times as large as the private equity market.... Read More
U.S. equity issuance shrunk by a net $48 billion in the second quarter, as buybacks and mergers outpaced IPOs.... Read More
Flows usually follow performance over longer periods of time. This has not been the case with financial ETFs in 2019.... Read More