CATH News and Press, Global X S&P 500 Catholic Values Custom ETF From 04/05/23

2023-04-05 02:22:00 ET Summary Earnings expectations have weakened this year; however, we still expect lower earnings per share growth than consensus expectations. Profit margin changes are a key driver of earnings growth. We expect further margin weakness ahead. Our weak earn...

2023-04-04 15:36:00 ET Summary At the beginning of last year, interest rates stood at 0% and today the benchmark interest rate stands at 5.0%. The S&P 500 rose +3.5% last month, and the technology-heavy NASDAQ index catapulted even more (+6.7%). But not everyone escaped unscat...

2023-04-03 18:41:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 closed out the first quarter of 2023 on a high note, rising 1.4% on Friday, 31 March 2023 to end the week up by 3.5% from its previous week's close. Reports of cooling inflation as measured by Personal Consumption Expenditures on Frid...

2023-04-02 03:43:00 ET Summary Bank shares plunged in the wake of the SVB meltdown, for understandable reasons, while Big Tech was off to the races, for reasons we will explore in further detail below. Stock price valuations are heavily influenced by interest rates, and a reductio...

2023-04-01 10:29:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 earnings yield fell to 5.37% this week, but it should increase with the 'quarterly bump' next week in the FFQE. The only sector to see an increase in the expected full-year 2023 EPS growth (so far in 2023) is Communication Services. ...

2023-03-29 03:30:00 ET Summary While US large cap equity indexes have generally fared well over the past five years, the Russell 1000 Invesco Dynamic Multifactor Index [RB1] has posted standout returns. The Russell 1000 Index — an unbiased barometer for the broad US large c...

2023-03-29 03:27:00 ET Summary We believe credit fundamentals should weaken in the unfolding environment, but to a manageable extent, given their strong starting point. Recent results show companies meeting lowered expectations with a slowing macro environment weighing on forward ...

2023-03-29 01:49:00 ET Summary The action in the bond market suggests that traders are increasingly betting on a recession and a Federal Reserve easing of rates in the US. When bond yield fell in December 2022, potential home buyers who had been on the fence took the plunge. T...

2023-03-29 01:35:00 ET Summary Investors are asking if the tide is still going out, whether credit seizures in the economy and markets are getting worse, or if the situation is improving. A comparison of the pace of investment grade debt issuance in 2022 and 2023 reveals a flatlin...

2023-03-28 04:55:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 earnings yield is 5.57% vs last week’s 5.66% and as of 12.31.22, 5.81%. Obviously, we are most interested in what’s happened since March 6, 2023, or around the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, and as readers can see, the...