Weekly Market Recap – Week Ending September 5, 2025 The first trading week of September began with volatility but closed more moderately as markets digested economic data and sector-specific news. Technology, small caps, and gold miners stood out as leaders while energy lagged. www.ValuEngine.com as always for access to all of the research on over … Read more
Weekly Market Recap – Week Ending August 29, 2025 Markets ended the week on a mixed note, with sector ETFs largely stable but with notable strength in Energy, Financials, and Small Caps. On the stock side, technology and select growth names posted outsized gains over the past 30 days, highlighting continued investor appetite for innovation-driven … Read more
Our quick answer from a quantitative perspective is no. Of the 15 Sectors covered in reports by ValuEngine, the Technology sector ranks fourth in expected 12-month price return according to our forecast model. Our sector ratings are equally weighted indicating that this broad sector has strongly rated stocks throughout the market cap spectrum and beyond … Read more
The twist is that iShares ETFs are used throughout this analysis. This way we can analyze the first half of the year while also reviewing iShares unique history along with their strengths and weaknesses for investors in the context of today’s ETF marketplace. This article also relies heavily on the nomenclature system of ETFdb.com, a … Read more
The markets have soared in the past two weeks with word of tariff relief. It was accompanied by reduced concern about a potential recession and greater confidence in US corporate earnings engines. Adding to this optimism is that corporate administrative costs in dealing with regulatory red tape and fears of SEC fines have been relegated … Read more
Our last blog discussed safe harbors amidst the current storm of market volatility. The idea presented was to investigate the strong buy stocks with the lowest betas. This week we home in on a sector that is typically low volatility and low growth. Currently we find fairly competitive earnings growth in this sector. We look … Read more
Market volatility last week was the highest it has been in 2025. While it sent a portion of investors heading for the exits, many more looked to shift assets from large-cap technology stocks and cap-weighted ETFs into less volatile investments. For example, low beta stocks and low beta ETFs have seen increased interest as investors … Read more
I will often feature stocks rated buy or strong buy in highly rated sectors. This one is a departure. The healthcare sector is most commonly represented by the Select Sector SPDR Healthcare ETF, XLV. It faced a challenging year in 2024, underperforming the S&P 500 Index by a staggering 22.4%. This massive performance shortfall resulted … Read more
As classified by ETF Database (etfdb.com) by VettaFi, there are currently 92 dividend focused US ETFs with nearly $460 billion under management. If you are seeking dividend income from your ETFs, which should you take a close look at? That’s the objective of the analysis in today’s research blog entry. All 5,200+ stocks US and … Read more
Targeting Tech Stocks Below The Magnificent Seven Although the rise of the largest technology stocks known as “The Magnificent Seven” has not yet reached return levels experienced midway through 2023, they are off to another relatively strong start as a group. One stock that has stood out in particular is Nvidia (Ticker: NVDA) which has … Read more