FICS News and Press, First Trust International Developed Capital Strength ETF From 07/20/23

2023-07-20 01:45:00 ET Summary tronger global economic growth in 2023 has so far been spurred by resurgent post-pandemic spending on services such as travel and tourism. Manufacturing output slipped into decline in June, as a short-term production boost from improved supply availa...

2023-06-27 16:29:45 ET First Trust International Developed Capital Strength ETF ( NASDAQ: FICS ) - $0.1725 . 30-Day SEC Yield of 1.26% as of May. 31. Payable Jun 30; for shareholders of record Jun 28; ex-div Jun 27. For further details see: First Trust Intern...

2023-05-16 11:45:00 ET Summary With increasing economic uncertainty and market volatility in the first quarter of 2023, the probability of a mild recession beginning in the second half of the year or early next continues to rise. Global supply chain disruptions stemming from the C...

2023-05-10 23:50:00 ET Summary A further acceleration of services sector growth pushed the pace of global expansion to a 16-month high in April. All major economies reported robust service sector growth, in all cases outperforming manufacturing which consequently remained broadly ...

2023-03-25 06:56:31 ET First Trust International Developed Capital Strength ETF ( NASDAQ: FICS ) - $0.0545 . 30-Day SEC Yield of 1.62% as of Feb. 28. Payable Mar 31; for shareholders of record Mar 27; ex-div Mar 24. For further details see: First Trust Intern...

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Summary There were ample causes for this global downdraft in equity markets. Global equity markets look likely to face a global recession in 2023, which appears to have already begun in the final quarter of 2022. Equity markets will face a tough global environment in 2023, particula...

Summary Inflation continues to moderate, not only here, but also in Europe. Despite the negative economic reports and the reaction to the Fed rate hike, the US Dollar barely budged for the week. Value yet again outperformed Growth in the last week, this time by a spread of almost 1%...

Summary While it’s been a tough year, the Federal Reserve has done investors an enormous favor in terms of the attractiveness of a wide swath of fixed-income asset classes that today look a lot more attractive than a year ago. Jay Powell and the FOMC did raise the Fed funds rate ...

Summary Global GDP growth is still expected to be positive in 2022 (excluding Russia) but is expected to fall fairly dramatically in 2023. The U.S. Q3 2022 earnings season has just begun, and the outlook is for lower but still positive revenue and earnings growth. Inflation wi...