FUTY News and Press, Fidelity MSCI Utilities Index From 03/14/22

Inflation and its implications for real economic growth are the main portfolio positioning consideration of the conflict in Ukraine. On the 8th of March, the U.S. sanctioned Russian energy imports, giving companies 45 days to comply. Higher commodity prices are not the only factor...

Almost every commodity rose in prices last week, as did the dollar. Those two factors - rising dollar and rising commodity prices - mean the likelihood of recession in the coming year has risen significantly in just the last week. There was considerable volatility in stocks last week,...

Emerging Markets are outperforming the rest of the world, due in large part to windfall profits in the commodities-exporting countries of South America and the Middle East. If you want to follow the money, this is a good place to start. Money has been flowing out of tech, consumer dis...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the biggest conventional military attack in Europe since World War II, has wide-ranging implications for economies and markets around the world. Disruptions from this war and the higher energy prices that result could significantly dampen Europe&#x...

According to the Census Bureau’s latest report for the month of January 2022, seasonally adjusted sales by mostly online operators skyrocketed by 14.5% from December 2021. Census reported a huge increase in retail across most segments. Total retail sales were up an enormous 3.7...

Industrial production jumped 1.4 percent in January. This was led by an increase in utility output, which surged 9.9 percent for the month, with natural gas up 24.2 percent and electric up 7.6 percent. Manufacturing output - about 74 percent of total output - posted a modest 0.2 perce...

We now have evidence that the shift toward sustainability is leading to a repricing of assets across the board - and believe it has a lot more room to run. US inflation hit new 40-year highs, sending bond yields soaring amid market expectations of more rate hikes. We see the market&#x...

The goal of the DDM is to quickly and easily utilize available resources of an asset to understand what the intrinsic value of that asset is based on certain market and company expectations. If the required return component of the equation rises without expectations of higher company ...

The Environmental Protection Agency said it will resume enforcement of a rule that limits emissions of mercury, lead and other toxic pollutants from coal-fired and oil-fired power plants. The EPA action would restore a 2012 rule imposed during the Obama administration that was withdrawn in 20...

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...