FTCS News and Press, First Trust Capital Strength ETF From 09/11/23

2023-09-11 12:25:41 ET Summary Tracking the Capital Strength index, FTCS adheres to the highest standards of quality, representing cash-rich companies with strong capital efficiency. Alas, FTCS has significantly underperformed the S&P 500 index since the previous note. Ana...

2023-08-15 21:41:00 ET Summary The U.S. equity market in 2023 has been driven by the disproportionate outperformance of large cap, growth, and technology-oriented stocks, leading to a significant concentration of market returns. The Large-Cap Growth and technology-oriented segment...

2023-08-10 09:15:00 ET Summary Matrix Asset Advisors is a Value-Driven asset management company. Our investment philosophy and process has allowed us to build a cohesive team of key investment professionals, enabling us to be both opportunistic and responsive. The S&P 500 cont...

2023-07-26 22:39:00 ET Summary Q2 2023 was a more favorable environment for Emerging Markets, Europe, Australia and Real Assets managers. There was no single style factor that dominated returns across markets, with country and sector positioning being more relevant. Managers a...

2023-06-28 08:41:25 ET First Trust Capital Strength ETF ( NASDAQ: FTCS ) - $0.2368 . 30-Day SEC Yield of 1.45% as of May. 31. Payable Jun 30; for shareholders of record Jun 28; ex-div Jun 27. For further details see: First Trust Capital Strength ETF declares ...

2023-06-26 08:41:33 ET Summary FTCS selects 50 large-cap stocks with high cash on hand, low debt loads, high returns on equity, and low realized volatility. Since 2006, it's delivered comparable returns to SPY. Quarterly reconstitutions drive 100%+ turnover rates, so FTCS can chan...

2023-06-10 05:15:00 ET Summary The percentage of unprofitable companies is increasing due to the Federal Reserve's aggressive hiking cycle, increased labor costs, and elevated inflation. Small- and mid-cap companies have underperformed during economic weakness, but their current v...

2023-05-31 21:03:00 ET Summary Large-cap U.S. equities have rallied year-to-date by approximately nine percent (as of May 29th) and appear to show resiliency in the face of a potential recession. The outperformance of the ‘Big 8’ group has seen its market cap weight ...

2023-05-20 06:00:00 ET Summary While virtually no global market segment escaped the turmoil of the past year, US large cap equities were dealt a particularly sharp blow. As defensive industries have cycled into favor, the market turmoil has led many investors to seek a defensive s...

2023-05-16 23:35:00 ET Summary 2023 is now continuing that past pattern of growth and large-cap growth relative performance. If you look at the 10 and 15-year annualized returns across all the US equity asset classes, even straight value vs. growth, the returns are not all that ap...