FTXO News and Press, First Trust Nasdaq Bank ETF From 06/08/23

2023-06-08 07:31:00 ET Summary S&P Global PMI survey data show global growth to have been led by the financial services industry in May, for which a broad-based upturn was recorded across the US, Europe and Asia. The Global PMI - compiled by S&P Global across over 40 econo...

2023-05-26 08:30:00 ET Summary If the asset side of a bank’s balance sheet shrinks, the liability side of the balance sheet must get crunched too by the same amount. The FDIC and other agencies are already considering introducing long-term debt requirements for banks with m...

2023-05-25 12:45:00 ET Summary Banks have been well-represented across the value indices. The midcap value index tracks about 30 super regionals. But smaller regional and community banks - more than 300 of them - dominate the small-cap value index. The sheer number of banks in the...

2023-05-24 10:07:00 ET Summary Corporate bonds offer better opportunities than government bonds, in our view, as central banks wind down their monetary tightening cycles. The health of regional banks and the debt ceiling are concerns, but we see selective opportunities in the bank...

2023-05-21 08:54:00 ET Summary While the Fed is able to obscure its capital losses by valuing its assets at cost, there’s one item the Fed isn’t able to completely bury in its balance sheet accounting. Regardless of the level of valuations, an improvement in the unif...

2023-05-19 02:45:00 ET Summary Banks have been tightening their lending standards, and they plan to keep doing it throughout the rest of the year. The Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Lending Practices found that bankers expect a deteriorating economic picture in 2023, both f...

2023-05-17 00:00:00 ET Summary Markets are being shaped by disparate trends from falling energy prices to rising interest rates. During first-quarter earnings season, company reports indicated that these crosscurrents are intensifying business challenges—and making it harde...

2023-05-16 23:05:00 ET Summary The Federal Reserve’s latest 0.25% interest rate hike has likely capped one of its most aggressive policy-tightening cycles in 40 years. Core inflation, which excludes the more volatile energy and food prices, remains historically high, but ha...

2023-05-16 16:30:00 ET Summary Federal Reserve tightening cycles, without exception, have been associated with financial crises. Tightening lending standards, which has historically led to an economic downturn, is raising the likelihood of a recession. The bank failures may ma...

2023-05-16 15:00:00 ET Summary Last week, April’s year-over-year export and import prices showed unusually large declines. Export prices declined by 5.9%, on top of another large 4.8% decline in March. Import prices declined 4.8%, matching the March decline. L...