FUTY News and Press, Fidelity MSCI Utilities Index From 12/28/21

In an uncertain macroeconomic environment, the certainty of future earnings and growth will be key: infrastructure and utilities significantly outperform other equities on this measure. With a base case of slowing growth and higher inflation, our playbook for infrastructure portfolios...

The US rebound from the Q3 slowdown is in full bloom. The economy certainly looks like it is on solid ground right now. So, why in the world are bonds rallying? The 10-year Treasury yield fell 10 basis points on Friday after the payroll report. The movements in bond markets today ...

The major US equity indices moved in concert, but the big disappointment so far this year has been small caps. Energy is clearly where the action is this year. After spending years at the bottom of the tables, Natural Gas, Gasoline, and Crude Oil now lead the pack. For furth...

Industrial production – manufacturing output, oil-and-gas extraction, mining, and gas and electric utilities – fell 1.3% in September from August, pushed down by production of motor vehicles and parts, which plunged 7.2% for the month, and by oil and gas extraction, which fe...

Taking a look at how the expected Q3 ’21 sector revenue growth rates have changed since mid-August ’21 or the unofficial end of Q2 ’21 earnings season. Per Bespoke’s research, the S&P 500 has now reached “extremely oversold” levels, worse ...

The S&P 500 Utilities Index (XLU +2%) jumps to the top of the S&P sector standings after snapping a 14-day rout, the index's longest slide ever. Utility stocks are particularly vulnerable to interest rate changes, and Treasury yields are pulling back today after surging in recent days...

Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG -0.3%) President and CEO Ralph Izzo says he is "greatly encouraged" by Congress' work on a Clean Electricity Performance Program to incentivize utilities to adopt clean energy, Utility Dive reports. The CEPP, plus tax credits and other clean energy in...

The current slowdown was telegraphed by the bond market, and we’re now in the midst of it. There are any number of reasons to think the economy will just keep fading all the way back to the pre-COVID trend of about 2%. I don’t see any reason to believe we are near recess...

With broad market indexes and income sectors like REITs and utilities hovering near all-time highs, the yields for many equity income investments are noticeably lower now than in the past. This note briefly discusses the income challenge facing investors and how allocations to midstre...

A dashboard with industry metrics in utilities. Value and quality scores, and their evolution since last month. Fast facts on FUTY. A list of cheap stocks. For further details see: FUTY: Utilities Dashboard For September