ESGL News and Press, Invesco ESG Revenue ETF Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II From 12/24/19

What a difference a year makes. The fourth quarter of 2018 appeared to be the smashing end of the great bull market. An inverted yield curve, weakening macro data, very negative sentiment, and a Federal Reserve intent on hiking rates, even as the China trade war heated up, gave plenty of reas...

By Edward D. Perks, CFA, Chief Investment Officer, Franklin Templeton Multi-Asset Solutions, Sonal Desai, Ph.D., Chief Investment Officer, Franklin Templeton Fixed Income, Stephen H. Dover, CFA, Head of Equities Our senior investment leaders have a cautiously optimistic outlook for 2020. ...

A recession is unlikely in 2020, but possible. The economics profession did not predict most past recessions, so the absence of a downturn in current forecasts cannot be too comforting to business leaders planning operations for the upcoming year. Contingency plans for a recession continue to ...

Introduction With Friday’s report on November personal income and spending, we have the last major coincident indicator for conditions in 2019. So, where are we and why? Let’s take a look. 2018’s higher interest rates, downturn in housing, and oil patch echo-bust showe...

Premise: Winners are not Good Teachers In the Northern Hemisphere, this is the season where sports fans look forward to identifying the best team to crown as champion of their league. They celebrate the stars that did exceptionally well, but because we don't like to pick on those that are do...

Housing Starts Starts rose 3.2% in November to a 1.365 million annual pace, which is up 13.6% over the past year, while permits rose 1.4% to an expansion high of 1.482 million. Permits are up 9% for single-family homes and 15% for multi-family homes. The rise in permits has led builder sen...

More fresh all-time highs, a winning streak ending at five days long, and the announcement of a trade agreement between the US and China in the past week have all contributed to sending bullish sentiment in AAII ‘s weekly survey to 44.1%. That is its highest level since October 2018 an...

The October Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) released on Tuesday reported a 235,000 increase in job openings to 7.3 million. The survey continues to show the economy is functioning at a level with more job openings than unemployed individuals. This can be seen in the following ...

Thesis The SPDR S&P 500 Trust ETF ( SPY ) surged to an all-time high this week, in part driven by the US and China partial trade agreement officially announced on Friday, December 13. Another factor has contributed to the strength in US equities since the start of Q4 - the Fed and its ...

As you know, I've been monitoring initial jobless claims closely for the past several months to see if there are any signs of a slowdown turning into something worse. Simply put, if businesses aren't laying employees off, those same people are consumers who are going to continue to spend, whic...