FJP News and Press, First Trust Japan AlphaDEX Fund From 01/31/24

2024-01-31 10:30:00 ET Summary The core Personal Consumption Expenditures price index fell to its lowest level since March 2021. Euro area business optimism about the coming year improved for a fourth consecutive month in January. Last week brought several announcements from r...

2024-01-29 12:25:00 ET Summary We think stock momentum can run for now as inflation cools and the Federal Reserve readies to cut rates. So we up our overall U.S. stocks view to overweight. Tech stocks led the S&P 500 to consecutive record highs last week. Robust U.S. Q4 GDP gr...

2024-01-27 01:02:00 ET Summary Long regarded as an undervalued and overlooked market, Japan has been undergoing a profound transformation. Japanese investors historically have been some of the most risk-averse in the world. When you think about a global portfolio allocating to...

2024-01-25 23:45:00 ET Summary The early PMI data for January signalled a marked cooling of inflation pressures in the US economy, in turn linked to a waning of elevated price growth in the services economy. The latest price data from the PMI point to inflation falling below the F...

2024-01-25 00:19:00 ET Summary The fourth quarter of 2023 was a more favorable environment for active managers in the UK, Europe, Emerging Markets, U.S. Small Cap and Listed Infrastructure, while being more challenging for U.S. Large Cap, Global, Global ex-U.S., Japan, Australia, Cana...

2024-01-24 11:05:00 ET Summary Japan's private sector expanded for the first time since October, though led mainly by services growth, according to the latest flash PMI data. Positive signs have been observed across other forward-looking indicators, notably including the PMI backl...

2024-01-23 11:38:00 ET Summary The Bank of Japan stood pat on monetary policy today as widely expected. But the market is now paying attention to a more positive tone on the wage and inflation outlook, as well as an upgrade to the FY2024 inflation outlook which lays the groundwork...

2024-01-22 22:35:00 ET Summary The wobbly start to January was the long overdue correction that we did not see in November or December, when pullbacks were one-day wonders. Not every index set a record last week, but the majors did, like the Nasdaq 100, the S&P 500 and the Dow...

2024-01-22 12:50:00 ET Summary Geopolitical fragmentation is accelerating, as seen with recent events in Asia and the Middle East. We see it keeping inflation pressures elevated longer term. U.S. stocks climbed to record highs last week. The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield rose as mar...

2024-01-20 02:05:00 ET Summary The improving news on inflation is paving the way for monetary policy pivots over the coming months. Global consumer price inflation forecasts for 2024-25 have been slightly reduced. We have revised down our forecast of US core Personal Con...