FTXL News and Press, First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF From 04/26/23

2023-04-26 15:15:00 ET Summary Quality was the star performer in most markets in the first-quarter rollercoaster ride, with most of the factor's outperformance coming in March. Quality broadly outpaced its respective broad-market benchmarks and all other factors in Q1, most signif...

2023-04-19 03:00:00 ET Summary The Tech sector is in an unusual place in which price has been overbought for the entirety of the past month while short-term breadth has dropped into oversold territory in the past two sessions. Taking a spread of the two measures, that is nearly a ...

2023-04-18 09:43:00 ET Summary Changes to the Global Industry Classification Standard adjusted the sector weights in the S&P 500. Sector futures provide a way to manage risk related to the 11 GICS sectors and gain exposure to changes impacting differing sectors of the market. ...

2023-04-14 08:00:00 ET Summary Internet companies like Meta and Alphabet are actually considered part of the communication services sector after a GICS reclassification in September 2018. Most communication sector ETFs have actually been outperforming technology ETFs YTD. The ...

2023-04-13 01:57:00 ET Summary It is widely acknowledged that the Federal Reserve's monetary policy has a long and variable lag, which means that it takes time for the economy to adjust to rising or falling interest rates. Despite the most recent readings for the PMI and Conferenc...

2023-04-11 13:06:00 ET Summary What's driving investor interest in tech and can it last? Why the upcoming earnings season could prove pivotal for tech stocks. Why tech's long-term outlook is a positive one, even if the short term isn't. U.S. tech stocks have rallied ...

2023-04-11 08:17:40 ET Global semiconductor sales dropped 4% in the month of February, billing ~$39.7B. That is a 20.7% slump from last year same month, according to SIA or Semiconductor Industry Association. Region-wise Y/Y sales: Americas -14.8%, Europe -0.9%, and ...

2023-04-04 05:16:00 ET Summary The way we understand the tech economy is changing dramatically. While we can’t be sure if it is or is not too soon to enter the highest-quality REIT space, we know for sure it is not too late. Near-term challenges create volatility; long-...

2023-04-04 01:55:00 ET Summary U.S. equities rallied during the Refinitiv Lipper fund-flows week ended March 29, 2023, but fund flows remained defensive. On the equity side of the equation, both equity ETF (-$12.6 billion) and conventional equity funds (-$7.9 billion) witnessed ne...

2023-04-02 03:43:00 ET Summary Bank shares plunged in the wake of the SVB meltdown, for understandable reasons, while Big Tech was off to the races, for reasons we will explore in further detail below. Stock price valuations are heavily influenced by interest rates, and a reductio...