FTCS News and Press, First Trust Capital Strength ETF From 08/03/22

The second quarter was dominated by negative market sentiment amid worries over skyrocketing inflation and the risks of a global recession. The broad market selloff over the past few months led almost all markets to finish the second quarter with negative returns in U.S. dollars and l...

Illinois Tool Works is one of the best dividend growth stocks to add to a portfolio in a bear market to generate significant long-term returns. A mid-single-digit organic growth rate for the full year and strong results for the second quarter support the dividend growth prospects of t...

FTCS pursues cash-rich, debt-light large-cap U.S. companies capable of delivering returns on equity of at least 15%. FTCS keeps portfolio risk in check adding a volatility screen to its strategy. Financial flexibility-centered strategies are now more relevant than ever. Still,...

First Trust Capital Strength ETF (FTCS) - $0.1794. 30-Day SEC Yield of 1.20% as of May. 31. Payable Jun 30; for shareholders of record Jun 27; ex-div Jun 24. For further details see: First Trust Capital Strength ETF declares quarterly distribution of $0.1794

Stocks had a ripsnorter of a rally last week and a lot of people are pondering the question in the title over this long weekend. Sentiment is certainly negative right now by several measures. Sentiment surveys (AAII, Investor’s Intelligence, etc.) are universally negative becau...

In this market, I believe it is key to focus on quality dividend growth and buybacks given lower stock price valuations and an expected decline in real dividends. CSX offers high-quality dividend growth and buybacks thanks to strong free cash flow and a sustainable business model. ...

Portfolio focuses on stocks with high quality balance sheets, substantial ROE, and low volatility. “Offense sells tickets, defense wins games, rebounding wins championships”. First Trust Capital Strength has $8.2 billion in AUM and is in the top 100 of ETF asset accumula...

Beyond the broad S&P benchmark, 45% of NASDAQ 100 stocks are already off more than 50%, which only happened as part of the larger-than-historically-average bear markets of 2000-02 and 2008-09. The last eight times the S&P 500 was down in a calendar year, bonds finished the yea...

The debate between high yield and dividend growth investors is fascinating and I try to service both sides. In today's article, I discuss a case of high dividend growth. Moody's business is currently suffering from uncertainty, but the long-term growth trend is based on double-digit E...

Inflation expectations have kept the Federal Reserve center stage as they commenced their interest rate rising cycle in March. The war in Ukraine and Omicron’s spread in China impacted inflation and supply chains differently, but both delay supply chain normalization. Regar...