FPA News and Press, First Trust Asia Pacific ex-Japan AlphaDEX Fund From 09/08/23

2023-09-08 07:40:00 ET Summary Global PMI data shows a rising number of sectors slipping into decline in August, indicating a broad-based economic malaise. Consumer services, which led the growth revival in Q2, is now experiencing a decline in new orders due to rising interest rat...

2023-09-05 13:13:00 ET Summary Global manufacturing output fell for a third straight month in August, signaling a slight easing in the rate of contraction. One factor providing support to production and facilitating the fulfilment of back orders was a further improvement in supply...

2023-08-14 13:30:00 ET Summary After making a new 2023 high on July 31, the market is now in the process of consolidating its gains and expanding its participation. The Death Cross ended on February 2, 2023. We are now in a Golden Cross configuration, with the 50-day above the 200...

2023-08-08 04:00:00 ET Summary Emerging markets are filled with opportunities for growth. EM equities started the second half of 2023 on a good note. All major equity benchmarks in the Latin American region also posted gains, with macroeconomic data taking centerstage in the r...

2023-08-02 23:43:00 ET Summary The JPMorgan Global Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index compiled by S&P Global, held steady at 48.7 in July. Leading the weakness of global production was an intensification of the recent downturn in global goods trade. In this environme...

2023-07-31 02:57:00 ET Summary After a brief pullback in the first week, July is now back in positive territory. After taking a rest, the S&P Top 7 came roaring back. The most recent inflation and GDP reports were better than expected. In this week's issue of the...

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 ...