DDIV News and Press, First Trust Dorsey Wright Momentum & Dividend ETF From 03/28/24

2024-03-28 20:00:00 ET Summary A reader asked last week what was driving the S&P 500 earnings growth. The fact is the biggest market cap stocks, some of which have the larger earnings weights, are pushing the market higher. It’s a healthy economy, as evidenced by Q4 &#x...

2024-03-27 11:09:12 ET More on First Trust Dorsey Wright Momentum & Dividend ETF Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on First Trust Dorsey Wright Momentum & Dividend ETF Dividend scorecard for First Trust Dorsey Wright Momentum & Dividend ETF Read the f...

2024-03-26 07:05:00 ET Summary We consider gold bullion and the S&P500 Index to be effectively at opposite ends of an investment seesaw. In the middle of last year, we thought that the low-$3000s for the US$ gold price was a plausible target for the first half of this year. ...

2024-03-26 06:40:00 ET Summary Inflation, interest rates, and the markets. What corporate earnings tell us about the US economy. Investment opportunities beyond the tech space. ... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For further details see: Wh...

2024-03-25 12:30:00 ET Summary S&P 500 index reaches all-time high after Federal Reserve confirms interest rate cuts in 2024. That confirmation was like lighting off a rocket on Wall Street. The index rose nearly 0.9% after the Fed's "dot-plot" projection of future interest ra...

2024-03-25 07:10:00 ET Summary Readers should reasonably expect solid Q1 ’24 earnings results from the S&P 500 when earnings begin around April 10th, with the financial sector. S&P 500 Q4 ’23 earnings were supposed to grow 4% as of early January ’24, a...

2024-03-18 22:50:00 ET Summary Three weeks ago, the year-to-date performance numbers for the S&P 500 Equal Weight index and the S&P 500 market cap-based index were 2.48% and 6.69%, respectively, a difference of 4.21%. As of last Friday (below), those numbers are 3.81% and ...

2024-03-18 15:05:00 ET Summary The Magnificent Seven year-to-date average return is 13.8% versus the S&P 500 Index return of 7.6%. The market is experiencing bullish rotation where lagging sectors and stocks are attracting investor interest. However, from a seasonality per...

2024-03-18 13:05:00 ET Summary As trading weeks go, the second week of March 2024 resembled a disappointing roller coaster ride for investors. The S&P 500 climbed to a new record high of 5,175.27 on 12 March, 2024, but then went on to lose 1.1% of that new high value by the en...

2024-03-15 20:35:00 ET Summary Looking at the weekly close of the 10-year US Treasury yield, the final yield print this week at 4.30% is the highest weekly closing yield since the 4.47% close in late November ’23. The forward 4-quarter estimate (FFQE) this week improved to ...