FAB News and Press, First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund From 03/25/24

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...

2024-03-23 03:35:00 ET Summary It’s typical for risk assets to rally when central banks pause rate hiking efforts and finally start easing policy. Eventually, the reason they start easing come to dominate headlines and thwart soft landing hopes. Higher interest rates and yi...

2024-03-19 12:20:00 ET Summary Rising liquidity, a resilient economy and strong household balance sheets have supported corporate earnings and stocks over the past year. And, while the leading indicators of the business cycle suggest a rebound in growth is likely later in 2024, th...

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 ...

2024-03-15 20:05:00 ET Summary Investors have been waiting for a broadening out of the rally for even longer than they’ve been pricing in (and then pricing out) rate cuts. The S&P 500 closed at overbought levels for 40 straight days through the close on 3/14. We wou...

2024-03-11 21:10:00 ET Summary While a 25% surge in the S&P 500 in four months sounds like a big rally, we were down over 10% in the previous three months, so it is not that big a move since July 31. This time around, we did not have an overall recession, even though some part...