FDIS News and Press, Fidelity MSCI Consumer Discretionary Index From 06/05/23

2023-06-05 14:10:00 ET Summary In the latest reading this week, the unemployment rate rose from 3.4% to 3.7%, which suggests some economic pain to come. Recent market developments reflect concerns regarding the consumer sector. A break of 4200 on the S&P is forcing investo...

2023-06-05 11:46:02 ET Wall Street’s largest consumer discretionary exchange traded fund tracked higher on Monday morning taking the fund to its highest trading point in 4-months. The Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund ( NYSEARCA: XLY ) with its $15.88B assets...

2023-05-22 17:22:00 ET Summary Data and statements put out by U.S. consumer companies during the Q1 earnings season teach us that consumption trends are very category-specific. Volumes have softened in some branded, staple products, but in general, elasticity has been better than ...

2023-05-17 02:20:00 ET Summary Total retail sales, seasonally adjusted, rose 0.4% in April from March, and 1.6% from a year ago. Gasoline prices have plunged by over 12% from a year ago, even as the price ticked up in April from March. The food CPI dropped for the second month...

2023-05-17 01:40:00 ET Summary We got two big data points on May 16th on the economy and both pointed to sluggish trends in growth. Retail sales and industrial production have a strong correlation with weak economic growth and both came in unusually weak last month. Industrial...

2023-05-17 00:00:00 ET Summary Markets are being shaped by disparate trends from falling energy prices to rising interest rates. During first-quarter earnings season, company reports indicated that these crosscurrents are intensifying business challenges—and making it harde...

2023-04-26 15:15:00 ET Summary Quality was the star performer in most markets in the first-quarter rollercoaster ride, with most of the factor's outperformance coming in March. Quality broadly outpaced its respective broad-market benchmarks and all other factors in Q1, most signif...

2023-04-22 03:30:00 ET Summary Given current market uncertainties, K2 Advisors remains defensive in terms of market outlook and beta positioning. While many managers experienced losses around recent rates volatility, the opportunity set may become clearer as policymakers grapple w...

2023-04-21 16:28:00 ET Summary Yesterday’s release of the Leading Economic Index from the Conference Board appears to settle the matter in favor of recession, but real-time analysis isn’t as clear-cut as this indicator suggests. The consultancy forecasts “econ...

2023-04-12 00:08:00 ET Summary A negative US 10-year minus 3-month yield spread has signalled every incoming recession of the last 60 years. In the real world, global PC shipments were -29% year over year in the first quarter, and the average work week in March’s payroll re...