EFIV News and Press, SPDR S&P 500 ESG From 11/09/22

Summary What strong jobs numbers may mean for interest rates going forward. U.S. employment data may have been mixed, but likely not enough to sway the Fed. How do we know we've reached peak job creation? Resilient job markets in both Canada and the U.S. coul...

Summary The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the seasonally-adjusted number of employed teens rose by just 27,000 in October 2022, with 5,592,000 teens counted as having jobs during the month. The BLS counted 2,193,000 working younger teens and 3,229,000 older teens within ...

Summary Equity investors have sustained significant losses this year and are facing a long list of new uncertainties. Although interest rates have risen sharply over the past two years, they’re quite low from a historical perspective. Looking back two decades from Octob...

Summary For the sixth year in a row, FTSE Russell asked global asset owners for their views and practices across a range of sustainable finance issues: 184 participated, and represent up to £3 trillion in AUM in assets. Mitigating long-term investment risk was given as the le...

Summary The convergence of energy security and the climate agenda is likely to be a focal point at COP27. The Russia-Ukraine conflict has caused severe energy supply disruption in the EU and forced a near-term policy divergence between energy security and the climate agenda. A...

Summary There is a midterm election. But we are also at a pivotal point of the business cycle where the U.S. Fed is on a warpath against high inflation, 30-year fixed mortgage rates have more than doubled, leading economic indicators are slowing, and equities and government bonds are ...

Summary The view that inflation will be around for some time is growing. The recent CPI numbers have come in hotter than expected. The elephant in the room remains that restrictive monetary policy means that liquidity is vanishing and the risk-reward for loaning money on a pro...

Summary The midterm election is historically a negative for the president’s party, and this year is expected to be no different. Thinking people might consider how a shift in US Senate seats can ameliorate the most significant monetary contraction and real estate-led global...

Summary The headline index fell to 91.3 from last month’s reading of 92.1 versus expectations of 91.4. The headline index is now just off the bottom decile of readings, as most components are likewise historically depressed. Sales components have experienced far greater...

Summary The headline number for October came in at 91.3, down 0.8 from the previous month. The index is at the 10th percentile in this series. A decline in Small Business Sentiment was a long leading indicator for the previous two recessions. By Jill Mislinski ...