FTXL News and Press, First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF From 06/07/23

2023-06-07 05:14:09 ET The World Semiconductor Trade Statistics or WSTS expects a double-digit downfall for the semiconductor market in 2023. However, 2024 looks brighter. The estimated market size could decline 10.3% to $515B in 2023. 2023 category-wise bifurcation shows&#...

2023-06-07 00:15:00 ET Summary If the last three years have taught us anything, it’s that the future is very difficult to predict. New applications are always emerging. Identifying compelling long-term investments requires intellectual curiosity and an open mind. When i...

2023-05-27 05:49:36 ET Summary Basically, this is the very news that the tech industry had hoped for after seeing steep  drops in valuations for some firms. 'US equities are being powered by the bet on AI because of high exposure to tech mega-caps,' says Bloomberg of Citibank...

2023-05-27 02:25:00 ET Summary The US stock market is having itself a pretty decent year so far in 2023, all things considered. This week we focus on another unusual characteristic of the stock market – the extreme narrowness of outperformance, dominated almost exclusively ...

2023-05-26 22:14:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 has been closing in on new 52-week highs as the index gains another 1.3% heading into the long weekend. Indicating what has broadly been mediocre breadth at best, the only two sectors with relative strength lines that are currently mo...

2023-05-25 01:30:00 ET Summary Leading economic indicators (LEIs) are still pointing to a likely recession in the US. You wouldn't know it by the behavior of the stock market, however, given the massive bull run in tech stocks so far this year. Unfortunately, the majority of c...

2023-05-22 14:27:55 ET Exchange traded funds focused on the semiconductor sector were in the spotlight Monday amid indications that a chip war between China and the United States is heating up once again. Over the weekend, Beijing announced the ban of chip maker Micron Technologies ( ...

2023-05-16 17:03:00 ET Summary The latest tech earnings: better than feared. The shift by big tech to AI and what it means for the sector. AI has already started impacting jobs at tech firms. The big tech names have outperformed expectations this year, and th...

2023-05-16 14:35:00 ET Summary Both the Consumer Price Index and Producer Price Index data for April confirmed that the strong but lumpy disinflationary trend continues. The US is now at a point where the Fed funds rate exceeds inflation. Historically that has signaled the end of ...

2023-05-10 23:47:52 ET Summary The semiconductor space has exhibited high returns over the last decade, albeit with a high standard deviation. There are five adequately large, liquid, and non-leveraged semiconductor ETFs available. More complicated stock selection and weightin...