CIBR News and Press, First Trust NASDAQ CEA Cybersecurity ETF From 10/19/22

Summary How far will policy rates need to go to tame inflation and is a recession imminent? Until central banks see a significant decline in wage growth, they’re likely to keep conditions tighter for longer. There’s evidence that conditions may continue to suppor...

Summary CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks are major competitors in a strong growing market, both seemingly offering great opportunities for investors, but bearing also specific risks. CRWD reported a stellar performance over the past years, massively outperforming PANW, but this ...

Summary Investors have a lot to digest these days trying to navigate recession fears, interest rate hikes, inflation, consumer strength, and corporate earnings. Conflicting reports on the health of the economy have markets unsure whether to focus more on the Fed’s hawkishne...

Summary The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index relapsed and is back to where it was in July 2020. The massive valuation overshoot in the recent everything bubble – and hence the downside now – is hard to appreciate until quantified and compared historically. Last ...

Summary Few sectors escaped this year’s global equity selloff in Q3. Those most vulnerable to the punishing effects of the recent spike in interest rates have paid an especially heavy toll. Real estate, telecom, utilities and tech were the worst performers in most marke...

Summary Reversing the gains from earlier in Q3, September’s market rout brought U.S. and global equity indexes back into bear market territory. Uncertainty, volatility, and recession risk are elevated, but investors should keep in mind that innovations and opportunities oft...

Summary Equity market volatility persisted in the third quarter as investors came to terms with a new reality of high inflation and rising interest rates. For most of this year, equity markets have violently traded on this unholy trinity of rising inflation, rate hikes and growth ...

Summary With markets still being a little too expensive as rates rise, you have to find rare areas where earnings growth is possible. Besides the technological angle, there's a regulatory angle to cybersecurity that investors might consider. The issue is that valuations are hi...

Summary Further normalization of headline inflation and aggressive monetary tightening in other regions should keep the U.S. dollar relatively stable, which bodes well for technology companies and other growth-oriented names. The global energy crisis will likely make climate chang...

Summary Markets are entering a new era, where inflation slowing growth are the new normal. Why we may be entering a period of deglobalization. Why the next decade may look very different from the last for investors. Equity markets have been grappling with hig...