AFSM News and Press, First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII - First Trust Active Factor Small Cap ETF From 07/11/24

2024-07-11 13:36:00 ET Summary Companies will be updating their annual revenue and earnings guidance, providing tangible outlooks for the U.S. and global economies. The FOMC’s outlook for inflation has become more uncertain, despite the need for more certainty about inflati...

2024-07-11 13:20:00 ET Summary In June 2024, the AIER Everyday Price Index declined 0.17 percent to 290.4. The largest monthly price increases among EPI constituents occurred in tobacco and smoking products, recreational reading materials, and housing fuels and utilities. The ...

2024-07-11 07:20:00 ET Summary The unemployment rate rose to 4.1%, its highest level since November 2021. The closely watched headline unemployment rate is a calculation of the percentage of the civilian labor force, age 16 and older, that is currently unemployed, which rose to 4....

2024-07-11 06:50:00 ET Summary The focus today is on the US CPI report - Another soft reading is expected, and it may strengthen ideas of a Fed cut in September, which ostensibly give it time to cut again before the end of the year. The dollar is trading with a softer bias against...

2024-07-11 05:50:00 ET Summary The SP500 vs PMI, IndPro from Feb 1977 demonstrates the consistency of investor fears vs declines in the SP500 and the many recoveries large and small since. The PMI often declines when there is no decline in IndPro (Industrial Production that it is ...

2024-07-11 01:05:00 ET Summary The 10Y is back in the 4.25% to 4.30% area, and looking for an excuse to dip lower. The CPI report will decide, and the expectation is it will provide a route for lower yields (but watch services prices). In contrast to the US, eurozone mark...

2024-07-11 00:30:00 ET Summary Anticipation is high for the release of US CPI data, which is expected to influence market movements, especially the US Dollar Index (DXY). The market has priced in a 71.8% chance of a September rate cut, and if inflation aligns with or falls below f...

2024-07-10 12:40:00 ET Summary In the second quarter of 2024, big tech companies drove the S&P 500 up 4.3%, while the Russell 2000 index of economically representative small and midsize stocks fell 3.6%. The five most expensive S&P 500 companies now make up a record 29% of...

2024-07-10 12:30:00 ET Summary French election: The second round of the legislative election was won by the far-left after the first round had gone to the far-right. UK election: The Labour Party more than doubled their seats in the House of Commons and Sir Keir Starmer is the new...

2024-07-10 10:42:00 ET Summary The diverging trends for the United States' international trade continued in May 2024. For China, the level of trade between the two countries is expected to fall in the months ahead as a new series of the Biden administration's anti-free trade tarif...