FCA News and Press, First Trust China AlphaDEX Fund From 02/10/24

2024-02-10 01:55:00 ET Summary A third consecutive monthly acceleration in global output growth was supported by faster emerging market expansion. Emerging markets continued to lead growth at the start of the year, with improvements seen in India and Brazil, while mainland China a...

2024-02-08 11:30:00 ET Summary China's January CPI inflation was weaker than forecast at -0.8% YoY, which marks the lowest level since September 2009. We expect this to mark the bottom of the current cycle. China's pork cycle also indicates that the drag from pork prices will ...

2024-02-07 19:18:00 ET Summary Global output growth accelerated for a third straight month in January, according to the S&P Global PMI surveys. Financial services reported by far the strongest expansion of the major industries tracked by the global PMI, fueled in turn by resur...

2024-02-07 18:49:00 ET Summary Chinese equities are extremely cheap and priced for bad news. We believe this environment may present opportunities for active managers. Valuation-focused and contrarian, opportunistic managers are rotating into China, focusing on beaten-down interne...

2024-02-07 18:15:00 ET Summary The worldwide PMI surveys compiled by S&P Global Market Intelligence indicated a further deterioration of global trade in December, thereby extending the sequence of decline to nearly 2 years. The seasonally adjusted PMI New Export Orders Index p...

2024-02-07 17:07:00 ET Summary What has been driving recent weakness in the Chinese markets? Why China's economy continues to struggle? China's stimulus efforts: Go big or go home? China's economy has been struggling, despite stimulus efforts by Beijing. Haining Zha,...

2024-02-07 07:08:00 ET Summary The Chinese economy is stabilising, but the only fireworks will come from the new year celebrations, which begin on February 11, as momentum remains weak. China’s GDP growth for the fourth quarter rose from 4.9% year-on-year to 5.2%, bringing ...

2024-02-07 04:32:00 ET Summary Following a sharp decline in the technology sector in January, policymakers in China are reviewing draft legislation titled, “Measures for the Administration of Online Games.”. Investor expectations for the timing of US interest-rate cu...

2024-02-07 00:08:00 ET Summary The decline in bond yields and policy rate expectations that closed 2023 underwent a sharp reversal, but that failed to dampen sentiment in equity markets. The pullback in Fed rate-cut expectations was amplified by Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s...

2024-02-06 15:17:12 ET Summary Global electric car sales Dec. 2023 up 40%YoY to 22% share. China sales up 46% to 37% share. Europe down 29% to 28% share. USA up 42% to 9.8% share. EV market news - A record 1.2 million BEVs were sold in the U.S. Britain ZEV mandate thresholds rise ...