FTXL News and Press, First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF From 03/24/23

2023-03-24 00:47:00 ET Summary Volatility has picked up, but is still tame by historic standards. Positive trend for semiconductors and homebuilders has continued. Luxury goods makers have also held up well. Amid the recent heightened volatility in the market...

2023-03-22 08:54:00 ET Summary Technology and healthcare are good examples of sectors that can play different equity-allocation roles than you might expect. Unlike income-oriented defensive sectors, which are sensitive to changes in interest rates, some of the highest-quality low-...

2023-03-21 10:32:00 ET Summary With about $500 billion in outflows from the smaller banks, if one were to estimate the total value of all emergency facilities from the Fed and other agencies – even though that number is changing by the day – one can say that the Fed tigh...

2023-03-20 15:15:00 ET Summary SVB collapse, consequences, and implications for technology. Role of productivity improvement in addressing inflation. What we learned from industrial tech earnings - identifying focus areas within our macro framework. The collapse of t...

2023-03-16 01:24:00 ET Summary The crisis has broader macroeconomic implications and serves as a potent reminder that the banking system, asset markets, and the broader economy are all intrinsically linked via interest rates. Recession risks have increased because of the likelihoo...

2023-03-10 06:04:56 ET Global semiconductor industry billed $41.3B in January 2023, down 5.2% compared to December 2022 total of $43.6B and down 18.5% Y/Y according to Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). Region-wise M/M sales: Americas -7.9%, Europe +0.6%, and Japan -2.1%, As...

2023-03-09 10:14:00 ET Summary For technology stocks, 2022 marked the worst performance year since the bursting of the dot-com bubble in the early 2000s. We are optimistic in the long-term outlook for technology stocks. As the sector looks to rise from the rubble of 2022, we b...

2023-03-09 02:50:00 ET Summary Rates of change matter, especially for tech companies, and we would expect investors to react favorably to accelerating growth. In healthcare, we continue to find investment opportunities in a difficult macro environment. If the U.S. enters a tra...

Summary Fourth-quarter results showed consumers balked at higher prices. Together, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft command roughly three-quarters of the cloud market and we find the soft results for all three to be a potential canary in the coal mine for the economy. We expect the foc...

Summary Outside of a brief period last summer, the Technology sector has seen its relative strength line sit in negative territory for nearly the whole of the past year. While Tech’s relative strength is not as weak as it once was and is closing in on the first positive readings ...