FTXN News and Press, First Trust Nasdaq Oil & Gas ETF From 06/27/22

We remain cautious in equities, but in fixed income, investors now have more yield and credit spread to work with. We think that the Federal Reserve’s rate hikes for this cycle are becoming increasingly priced into the yield curve. Our fixed income team has stress-tested fo...

First Trust Nasdaq Oil & Gas ETF (FTXN) - $0.1788. 30-Day SEC Yield of 1.69% as of May. 31. Payable Jun 30; for shareholders of record Jun 27; ex-div Jun 24. For further details see: First Trust Nasdaq Oil & Gas ETF declares quarterly distribution of $0.1788

Oil and gas midstream stocks are not E&Ps, though they're trading as if they were. Oil macro conditions will remain positive for midstream above $70 per barrel. With shareholder value remaining stable or growing, midstream stocks are likely to see a swift recovery. For f...

U.S. President Joe Biden has criticized oil majors for not stepping up to help combat record-high gasoline prices at the pump. Looking at Refinitiv Datastream, we observe U.S. oil production to see if oil companies have been increasing production since the pandemic. In reality, oi...

The Energy sector bounced along with the overall market on Tuesday, but last week, it was that sector’s turn to get taken to the woodshed. Last week marked just the sixth period in the last 30+ years that the Energy sector underperformed the S&P 500 by more than ten percent...

The dividend coverage remains tight (or worse). The financial leverage is very low. Capital expenditures will decline, so the dividend coverage will increase. Excess capacity should allow free cash flow to rise considerably in the future. This midstream is run very conserv...

Due to the ongoing war in Ukraine and Gazprom's plan to cut its natural gas flow to Europe, I expect VET’s average realized prices to increase in the following quarters. In terms of production, VET will not increase its production significantly. However, its FFO will increase s...

Russia has diverted a large share of exports to India and China, while European buyers have increased purchases from West Africa and Latin America. Greece, Malta, and Cyprus raised objections to a ban on the transporting of Russian cargoes by European-flagged vessels. The impendin...

The combination of high and rising global inflation and the Russia-Ukraine war has been driving commodities higher. Continued supply constraints from the Russia-Ukraine war and a resurgence in China’s economy will most likely support commodity prices for the rest of this year a...

In order to extend the rally in the stock market, we needed good news on the inflation front, and we needed the bond market to remain well-behaved. The resulting declines late Thursday and early Friday came quickly, putting us back in a situation where a retest of the May lows seems l...