FNK News and Press, First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund From 01/13/23

Summary According to the BLS report, price inflation during the month decelerated slightly, coming in at the lowest year-over-year increase in fifteen months. According to the BLS, Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rose 6.5 percent year over year during December, before seasonal adju...

Summary Initial jobless claims posted another low reading in the latest print, with national seasonally adjusted claims totaling only 205K. That was down slightly from 206K the previous week; a number revised up by 2K. After that revision, this week’s reading was the stronges...

Summary Initial claims for regular state unemployment insurance fell by 1,000 for the week ending January 7th, coming in at 205,000. While the level of weekly initial claims for unemployment insurance remains very low by historical comparison, there have been mixed signals recently, rai...

Summary AIER’s Everyday Price fell 1.3 percent in December following a decline of 0.2 percent in November. Food and home utilities were the top contributors to the rise in December but were more than offset by a plunge in motor fuel prices. The Consumer Price Index, which inc...

Summary The S&P 500 has rallied impressively in the past week leading up to Thursday’s CPI print, and bullish sentiment has lifted along with it. While the reading remains low, the percentage of respondents to the weekly AAII sentiment survey reporting as bullish rose from 20...

Summary The CPI report showed headline inflation was driven lower by energy and commodity prices. However, services inflation was very strong and showed no signs of cooling. Jobless claims continue to suggest a very low unemployment rate. Today's CPI continues to suggest the o...

Summary Recession forecasts are flying left and right lately, but the main pushback is the labor market. Notably, in the last three recessions, the year-over-year change in temp workers turned negative well ahead of the broad measure of private payrolls. Although new filings for une...

Summary We summarize key data and provide in-depth analysis of the monthly Consumer Price Index report released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. All Items and Core CPI inflation were in line with expectations. Deceleration in energy accounted for most of the deceleration in A...

Summary The rate of inflation posts a meaningful decline for a third month in a row. Interest rates are falling across the yield curve, and the probabilities of 25-basis-point increases in February and March have increased. This would result in a lower terminal rate than the Fed is ...

Summary Monetary policy changes move through the economy in 12 to 24-month lags. Would-be sellers are also often reluctant to admit that prices are falling. Eventually, a lack of patience, financial resources, time and other constraints ultimately prompt capitulation selling and, fi...