FJP News and Press, First Trust Japan AlphaDEX Fund From 03/12/24

2024-03-12 14:30:00 ET Summary The US market's Shiller P/E of 34 as of March 1st is in the top 1% of history. Total profits are at near-record levels as well. If margins and multiples are both at record levels at the same time, it really is double counting and double jeopardy. For...

2024-03-11 17:50:00 ET Summary Japan's fourth quarter GDP was revised up to avoid a technical recession, and yet it still missed market expectations. We believe sluggish private consumption should remain a concern for the BoJ in order to change its policy direction. We therefo...

2024-03-07 12:30:00 ET Summary On March 6, the Bank of Canada announced it would hold its key interest rate at 5%, the highest since 2007. Roughly 20% of Canadian mortgages are up for renewal in 2024 and more than that in 2025. As consumers struggle to make ends meet, financia...

2024-03-06 06:30:00 ET Summary China's National People's Congress convened this week and set a growth target of 5%. There are rumors that the US Federal Reserve’s March dot plot will show expectations for an average of only two rate cuts in 2024. Bank of Japan (BOJ) off...

2024-02-23 09:51:00 ET Summary Japan's private sector activity broadly stagnated in February according to flash PMI data, attributed to a combination of slowing services activity growth and an acceleration in manufacturing output contraction. A sharper decline in goods new orders,...

2024-02-20 20:20:00 ET Summary The biggest economic news last week was that the Labor Department reported on Tuesday that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.3% in January and 3.1% in the past 12 months. Overall, the annual pace of the CPI continues to decelerate, but not at the...

2024-02-17 05:13:05 ET Summary January's CPI data confirm that inflation is anything but dead and buried. It's worth noting that despite January's notable 0.8% rise, Import Prices were still down 1.3% YOY. Medical Care Services gained 0.7%, with Health Insurance prices jumping...

2024-02-17 02:10:00 ET Summary Our annual global real GDP forecast for 2024 has been revised up from 2.3% to 2.5%. Global PMI data continues to point to a gradual improvement in economic conditions. Core inflation rates have continued to fall but the outlook is more unce...

2024-02-13 02:03:00 ET Summary There are some similarities between then and now, but not so much in the stock market. The short-term trend of the 10-year yield is now neutral, having broken the short-term downtrend. In the shorter term, sentiment is now too bullish and a corre...

2024-02-10 05:11:50 ET Summary China's consumer prices fell last month at the fastest pace since the global financial crisis, piling pressure on the government to step-up support for a stumbling economic rebound that's roiling markets. Total New Loans of a record $684 billion were...