FSGS News and Press, FIRST TR ETF VI From 10/02/25

2025-10-02 02:55:00 ET When interest rates fall, not all stocks respond equally. The Federal Reserve’s recent rate cut has ignited a remarkable rally in small-cap stocks, with the Russell 2000 index significantly outpacing the broader market. This dramatic response reveals an imp...

2025-09-30 05:10:00 ET Looking for Alpha in All the Wrong Places Passive strategies have been taking market share from actively managed funds for decades, and the trend is most pronounced for small caps. Currently, 62% of small cap funds are passive, compared to 40% in 2014. Large c...

2025-09-25 00:55:00 ET Markets spent today as tired and anxious as a hungover trust fund kid, vaguely offended by reality. Stocks slid for the second straight day, oil kept climbing, gold sulked, and the Fed wheezed into its microphone about “careful pacing.”... Read...

2025-09-19 12:08:00 ET Yesterday, the small-cap Russell 2,000 finally managed to close at a new all-time high when it broke above prior peaks made in December 2024 and December 2021. The last time the index had a breakout after a long period without one was in late 2020 following the CO...

2025-09-19 02:15:00 ET The bull market is about to turn three years old. Equities bottomed in October 2022, a time when inflation uncertainty was high and some big-name tech stocks were in outright crash mode.... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For further details see...

2025-09-12 02:20:00 ET ... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For further details see: The Life Of A Fed Chair

2025-09-11 07:19:00 ET By Mandy Xu Cross-Asset Volatility: Implied volatilities were mixed last week as investors weighed labor market weakness with rising odds of additional Fed easing. A September 25bps cut is now fully priced in (with additional ~10% probability of a 50bp...

2025-09-09 04:30:00 ET The employment report printed weak at 22k vs. 75k expected and the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3%. We had forecasted that the Fed would cut 3 times this year, as ultra-tight Fed policy has caused the housing and construction investment to go into recession (s...

2025-09-08 06:36:00 ET By Joseph V. Amato This quarter has seen a further broadening in the equities story that has unfolded since the start of the year. Future bouts of market volatility are expected, but this story is unlikely to fade. ... Read the full article on Se...

2025-09-05 13:40:00 ET September has historically been a tough month for stocks. But things could be different this time around. David Sekera, Chief U.S. Market Strategist with Morningstar Research, says the markets have entered the month trading at fair value. He discusses potential op...