FTXO News and Press, First Trust Nasdaq Bank ETF From 09/27/23

2023-09-27 21:40:00 ET Summary Falling valuations of commercial real estate (CRE), especially in downtown office areas, will have a limited impact on both large globally systemically important banks (G-SIBs) and regional banking organizations, due to manageable exposure to the sector....

2023-09-26 02:12:00 ET Summary Nominal and inflation-adjusted yields haven’t been this high in about 15 years. Monetary policy is becoming quite restrictive, and ultimately, we think it will cause an economic slowdown, if not a mild recession. We see significant global ...

2023-09-22 10:34:31 ET First Trust Nasdaq Bank ETF ( NASDAQ: FTXO ) declares $0.177/share quarterly dividend , -29.4% decrease from prior dividend of $0.251. Forward yield 3.42%. Payable Sept.29; for shareholders of record Sept. 25; ex-div Sept. 22. See F...

2023-09-19 22:50:00 ET Summary Banks have reemerged as a potential pain point for the investment community, as rating agencies recently embarked on a downgrade cycle in the sector. There’s no single cause for these bank downgrades, which means this probably should not be ta...

2023-08-24 02:45:00 ET Summary As an active investment manager, we are constantly monitoring and re-evaluating our holdings to make sure that they continue to track our investment strategies. The technology sector has been dominating this year, in fact it was the driver behind the...

2023-08-23 13:10:00 ET Summary Bank assets and liabilities are at an extreme duration mismatch, where balance sheets are filled with long-duration, low-yielding fixed-income securities and loans, while liabilities are shorter-term than previously anticipated. Significant issues pe...

2023-08-10 01:45:00 ET Summary Recession? Soft Landing? Getting a read on where the US economy is headed hasn’t been easy. We believe that the supply and demand sides of the economy meet at the labor market. And it, though strong by historical standards, has started to soft...

2023-08-01 02:30:00 ET Summary The Federal Reserve's Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey shows banks are being increasingly restrictive in their lending practices. Households and businesses are wary of taking on additional borrowing. Given how important credit flow is to the US...

2023-07-26 11:50:00 ET Summary While Q1 2023 ended with the banking instability threatening to erase market gains, U.S. equity markets recovered, and the Syntax US 500 Large Cap Index rose 8.9 % in Q2, driven predominantly by an AI-induced rally. Cooling inflation numbers and expe...

2023-07-19 21:32:00 ET Summary Beneath the surface of every economy and society, financial markets ensure that capital flows freely to and from businesses and people. If transparency and liquidity are the heart of a healthy, functioning financial market for all of society, data ar...