Russ Koesterich

iShares Global Chief Investment Strategist Russ Koesterich reiterated a bullish view of energy stocks, citing reduced crude oil inventories and less spare capacity among OPEC oil producers as two reasons to be constructive on energy names long-term. The comments were made in a post on the iShares...

Thanks to ample global macroeconomic headwinds and elevated broader market volatility, investors have sought shelter with the utilities sector in 2012. Looking solely at performance, normally slow-moving utilities ETFs have impressed in recent months as the Utilities Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLU)...

In a recent blog post, iShares Global Chief Investment Strategist Russ Koesterich said he is neutral on high-yield bonds. Koesterich notes junk bonds "are close to fair value" and he recommends that "investors generally maintain a benchmark weight," according to a note on the iShares blog. Despite...

Not to beat a dead horse, but oil futures, futures and their corresponding ETFs have seen better days. With enthusiasm for the Spanish bank bailout all but evaporated, West Texas Intermediate is again trading below $84 per barrel and Brent crude, the global benchmark, is trading below $99 a barrel...

Following up on a strong 2011 that saw $50.2 billion in dividend increases, according to Standard & Poor's data, dividend increases surged to a record $24.2 billion in the first quarter of 2012, a year-over-year increase of almost 28% and the good times haven't stopped there. As one example, in...

Amidst yet another Europe-induced market calamity, investors are once again embracing the boring-is-beautiful propensities of dividend stocks. Think about it: How many times over the past couple of weeks have you heard someone extol the virtues of dividend stocks and ETFs? A lot. The fact that...

There's no doubt the pace of new emerging markets bond ETF introductions has been impressive in 2012. Since the start of April alone, iShares, the world's ETF issuer, has introduced four international bond funds. Van Eck Global, the fifth-largest U.S. ETF firm and parent company of Market Vectors...

In a note published on Monday April, Russ Koesterich, iShares Global Chief Investment Strategist, reiterated his view that income investors should consider emerging markets bonds for their fixed income portfolios. Last week, Koesterich said yield-starved investors are faced with a catch-22: "Accept...

In a recent blog post iShares' Russ Koesterich said yield-starved investors are faced with a catch-22: "Accept lower income or take on additional risk to generate incremental yield." Emphasizing that investors must assess their individual objectives and risk tolerance levels, Koesterich said he...

There are plenty of emerging markets acronyms so how about one for the developed world? iShares' Russ Koesterich coined a catchy one with CASSH. That is Canada, Australia, Singapore, Switzerland and Hong Kong. That's a group of developed markets that offer better growth prospects than Europe,...