FBZ News and Press, First Trust Brazil AlphaDEX Fund From 04/17/25

2025-04-17 05:45:00 ET Summary Most Latin American countries will be subject to the 10% baseline tariff imposed by Trump that entered into force on April 9. We anticipate second-round effects, as growth in trading partners outside the region, such as the US, mainland China and Eur...

2025-04-15 11:20:00 ET Summary While global LEIs were still broadly rising at the end of Q1, momentum had begun to fade. We should now prepare for a sharp downturn. Trump’s tariff shock and its implications for global goods and capital mobility have effectively reset the cl...

2025-04-03 02:15:00 ET Summary Impact effect? Risk-off, and lower Treasury yields. No break of prior ranges on market rates, but it smells like they want to go lower ahead. On forex, the new global trading regime still argues for a stronger dollar, but it won't be easy to convince...

2025-03-29 05:45:51 ET Summary A disconcerting environment turned notably more so this week, with market instability becoming more serious. The longer the Trump administration ignores mounting market distress, the clearer it becomes that moving full speed ahead with agenda priorit...

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2025-03-25 02:40:19 ET Summary Tariffs are the centerpiece of a radical plan of U.S. reindustrialization and self-sufficiency - fundamental to MAGA. With already elevated inflation at risk of a tariff and trade-war acceleration, central bankers and their QE cure-all will confront ...

2025-03-15 04:10:18 ET Summary The thesis holds that a multi-decade super cycle Credit Bubble - over recent years succumbing to 'terminal phase excess' - has turned increasingly fragile. Treasury Securities increased $589 billion during Q4, with a one-year growth of $2.040 TN. ...

2025-03-12 02:40:00 ET Summary Job losses are concentrated in the developed world, where payrolls have been cut to the greatest extent since the pandemic downturn in 2020. The headline JPMorgan Global Composite Purchasing Managers Index Output Index has fallen to 51.5 in February ...

2025-03-08 03:30:35 ET Summary The term exorbitant privilege refers to the benefits the United States has due to its own currency (the US dollar) being the international reserve currency. In the U.S., policymakers overcame bouts of speculative excess and fragility, ready to mitiga...

2025-03-08 02:25:00 ET Summary Two longtime headwinds may be turning into tailwinds for emerging market stocks: The Chinese economy and the US dollar. We are increasingly bullish on Chinese equities. In addition to the potential for beneficial fiscal policy, China’s lea...