DGRS News and Press, WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Dividend Growth Fund From 11/02/22

Summary Halloween is a scary time, and the stock market has experienced a frightening 2022 as well. Given the horrific -19% decline in the stock market (S&P 500 index) this year, arguably much of the current and future dreadful news is already expected and discounted into toda...

Summary Is the Fed ready to consider slowing its pace of rate hikes? Why the Fed will likely stay Hawkish at least for the time being. The Fed is likely to overshoot in its inflation fight for a simple reason: All of its data is backward looking. The U.S. Fed...

Summary Though recessionary fears are top of mind, we believe those with a contrarian view or the confidence to remain invested amid the volatility can still benefit from small-cap allocations. U.S. small caps are notoriously a junky market, with a preponderance of unprofitable co...

Summary It is no surprise that with a retreat of 10-year Treasury yields off the highs of 4.33%, the stock market had a big rebound last week. When it is up to the bond market to decide what happens to stocks, then it is up to Jerome Powell, who will be delivering his FOMC press c...

Summary Inflation remains high, and the labor market is still very tight. The quits and jobs opening rate from JOLTS shows that openings and quits have fallen in the last few months. The economy may be slowing, but there is still considerable wage pressure adding to inflation....

Summary The number of open positions in the private sector increased to 9.668 million in September, up from 9.240 million in August. Private sector layoffs and discharges also decreased in the latest month, dropping to 1.247 million, down from 1.405 million in August. The numb...

Summary Adjusted for inflation, September 2022's estimated median household income of $78,595 represents a new record peak for this demographic characteristic, exceeding the previous peak of December 2021 by $641. We see that real earned income increased during the third quarter o...

Summary Most of the media tends to focus on the results of the 30-stock DJIA, which gives you a distinct happy view that this senior index is up +14.40% from its low point, which is in the mid-range for rallies after a sizable decline. A much larger sample found in the S&P 500...

Summary Despite some headline misses in big tech, markets ended the week with a significant rally and the Dow realized its fourth consecutive winning week. This week, we get Q3 results from 167 S&P 500 companies from a smattering of sectors. November 3 is predicted to be t...

Summary Virtually all of the Q3 2022 GDP growth was attributable to a lower trade deficit that added 2.77% to GDP growth. Most of that came from higher petroleum exports, due largely to one million barrels per day being released from the SPR. In two to three years, I expect energy...