2023 Ex-Dividend Dates for Russell ETFs: IWM, IWP, IWB, IWZ, IWR, IWD, IWV, IWS, IWO, IWW, IWC, IWL, IWX, IWY, IWF

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2023 Ex-Dividend Dates for Russell ETFs: IWB, IWC, IWD, IWM, IWO, IWP, IWR, IWS, IWV, IWZ, IWV, IWS, IWO, IWW, IWC, IWL, IWX, IWY, IWFBased on Ishares’ distribution schedule I expect the next ex-Dividend, pay dates for these ETFs to be: 2023 Ex-Dividend Dates Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Possible Income Distribution 23-March 7-June 26-September 20-December 28-Dec 2022 Pay/Distribution Dates Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Possible Income …

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Countdown to new options symbols

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Schwab plans to implement the first phase of the option symbol change-over the 23rd of January.   I’m assuming their software has already been updated and they just need to flip some switch for our client software to start supporting the new format.    This will take some getting used to. A good friend like a SPY January 114 call  symbol:  SPYAJ, will become: Within …

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Are we reliving 2004? Daily level correlation with SPY…

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Last November I posted regarding the interesting correlation (at the day of the month level) between SPY prices in 2003 and 2009. I updated that analysis with the last 44 days of data and things still line up surprisingly well.   Six years later to the day, the SPY closing values are just slightly over  a percent from  each other (112.93 vs 114.19).  The normalized …

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2004 Redux?

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The 12 year chart below shows some interesting correlations between the beginnings of the 2003–20007 bull market and now. In fact the months and SPY values lines up almost exactly. The 2003 bull started in March, and in January 2004 was trading at the 113/114 level (vertical black line) that we are at now. Not that history has to repeat itself, but I think the …

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