FPA News and Press, First Trust Asia Pacific ex-Japan AlphaDEX Fund From 07/26/23

2023-07-26 01:56:00 ET Summary In 2022, North America and Western Europe scored highest on the democracy index, and Middle East and Africa scored the lowest. Much of Western Europe, Australia & New Zealand and Canada/United States fall into the least corrupt category, but corr...

2023-07-24 07:00:00 ET Summary Signs that market participation is broadening are continuing to show up. The best performer last week was Commodities, which finally caught a bid after a year-long slide. The worst-performing asset class last week was Asia, led lower by China. ...

2023-07-17 11:10:00 ET Summary We favor emerging market to developed market assets on a brighter macro backdrop. We get granular and harness mega forces, per our playbook. U.S. bond yields slumped last week on softer CPI inflation data. We think still-tight labor markets will comp...

2023-07-12 01:50:00 ET Summary ETFs remain a fraction of the total global financial market in both equities and fixed income, ranging from 4.2%-12.6% of equities and 0.4%-2.7% of fixed income assets by region. ETFs represent 12.6% of equity assets in the U.S., 8.0% in Europe, and ...

2023-07-03 23:50:00 ET Summary The JPMorgan Global Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index compiled by S&P Global, registered 48.8 in June, down from 49.6 in May. The decline indicates an increasingly steep deterioration of business conditions, which have now worsened for ten...

2023-06-28 09:30:00 ET Summary Our base case anticipates a relatively brief and shallow economic slowdown as inflation continues to moderate and monetary policy tightening nears an end. In our downside scenario, we could potentially see a “hard landing,” starting wit...

2023-06-28 08:30:13 ET First Trust Asia Pacific ex-Japan AlphaDEX Fund ( NASDAQ: FPA ) - $0.1343 . 30-Day SEC Yield of 3.24% as of May. 31. Payable Jun 30; for shareholders of record Jun 28; ex-div Jun 27. For further details see: First Trust Asia Pacific ex-...

2023-06-27 03:01:00 ET Summary The pace at which APAC economies reopened their borders has varied significantly, although most had reopened for international tourist travel by late 2022. As COVID-19 border restrictions were gradually relaxed in Thailand and also in many of Thailan...

2023-06-19 03:37:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 finished Thursday, June 15 at its highest level in 14 months, and its fifth consecutive weekly gain. The long-suffering Commodities asset class led the way higher last week, but is down YTD and since the October low. The top 7 sto...

2023-06-12 21:37:00 ET Summary Securities lending balances have declined across the Americas, Europe, and Asia as short covering took place in May. The S&P 500, DAX, and Nikkei index have all experienced gains, reflecting renewed positive sentiment in global markets. Despi...