FTXD News and Press, First Trust Nasdaq Retail ETF From 12/07/21

Historically, viruses tend to mutate and become less deadly over time. Consumers are buying again, so I still expect this holiday shopping season to set all-time records. The good news was that the October and September payroll reports were revised up to 546,000 and 379,000. ...

As a discrete data point, and when compared to 2020, more consumers did shop in stores than online. How consumers experience the physical store now will determine how they use it going forward – especially as the online shopping experience continues to improve. According to...

New Covid-19 variant from South Africa caused an emergency meeting of WHO that spooked the financial markets on “Black Friday,” putting a damper on the biggest retail sales day of the calendar year. The good news is that even though the ETF spread widened for DVY on Frid...

Today marks the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season as investors size up Black Friday to determine the current mood of the U.S. consumer. While fears of a new COVID variant are overshadowing the shopping bonanza, many consumers will still be looking around for bargains. A variety ...

For the week ending Nov. 21, the average promotional discount was 33.4%, compared with two months prior at 37.0%. Due to inflation, several retailers are already dealing with higher COGS. They are concerned about inflation and the supply chain crisis. The Census Bureau reported th...

Holiday shopping trends are are on track to make a comeback this year, with 158.3M people (nearly 2M more people than last year) expected to shop from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday. That's according to the latest report from the National Retail Federation, which estimates consumers wi...

Treasury yields rose initially on news that Fed Chair Powell has the nod for a second term. Breadth is brutal beneath the euphoric surface, with many former retail darlings tumbling into well-deserved repricing cycles. The U.S. dollar has been rising against the basket of global c...

Both Rivian Automotive and Lucid Group are typical “bubble stocks.” Many investors clearly think that Lucid and Rivian are “the next Tesla,” and therefore they will race up in price to have similar market valuations. Due to an acute shortage of lithium-ion ...

If my assumption is correct, the COVID-19 crisis pushed the global markets into a 6+ month Summer, Autumn, and Winter seasonal cycle. My belief is the COVID-19 crisis created a full Kondratieff Seasonal rotation in the global markets. As we explore the Kondratieff Seasonal cycles ...

Wednesday's October retail sales report showed a strong retail sales increase, month over month (MoM) of 1.7% and a year over year (YoY) increase of 16.3%. Quarterly earnings reports are peaking and inflation is creating a favorable variance to reported earnings for companies. In ...