FUTY News and Press, Fidelity MSCI Utilities Index From 10/04/22

Summary We expect macro headwinds will continue to pressure U.S. corporate earnings in the coming months. We expect earnings expectations to decline as multinational firms realize foreign exchange headwinds that accelerated over the past year. Investors can avoid undue interna...

Summary It is not clear what a new market design would look like, but many politicians have called for price caps, albeit in many different forms. The merit order ensures that the cheapest technologies enter the market first but implies that the price is set by the most expensive ...

Summary England and Europe’s near-total reliance on Russia for their energy needs has prices spiking massively the last several months. We are starting to see the latest government bailouts - those of utilities. We feel that the only real consequential downside moves in the...

InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading Tips The best funds for retirees should include solid financial strategies for generating enough money to cover the later-year living expenses. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , “in 2020, li...

Summary Jackson Hole reset expectations to focus more on inflation. The U.S. dollar should stabilize over the medium-term amid hawkishness from other central banks and slowing economic data. At stake is Europe’s ability to refill their storage tanks ahead of winter. ...

Summary We believe that cash flow and debt sustainability are likely to become increasingly important as real economic growth slows and credit access tightens. Cash flow provides a link between a company’s income statement and their balance sheet. Focusing on the Russel...

Summary A friend texted me Friday morning to ask if I felt dumb buying two short positions on Thursday. He was good-naturedly chiding me since Friday the Dow opened higher by 300+ points. By the end of the day, as we now know, it was down a like amount, having tumbled 600 poin...

Summary Today's market X-ray shows the returns for each index, asset class, sector, and so on, since the recent low point on June 16th. Of the global indices, US small caps are in the lead, followed by the NASDAQ. High beta stocks are the most preferred factors since June 16. ...

Gas is the least-overvalued utilities industry. Water and electricity subsectors are overvalued by about 30% relative to 11-year averages. FUTY: an alternative to XLU. 10 stocks cheaper than their peers in August. This monthly article series shows a dashboard with ag...

Power companies across the U.S. are facing a shortage of transformers heading into peak hurricane season, when the critical gear for delivering electricity is most at risk of destruction, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Utilities say wait times for transformers, u...