FXD News and Press, First Trust Cons. Discret. AlphaDEX From 01/29/24

2024-01-29 22:47:10 ET Summary The Consumer Discretionary sector is currently unpopular among investment firms, but the Vanguard Consumer Discretionary Index Fund has consistently outperformed the S&P 500. The VCR fund is moderately concentrated in its top 10-15 stocks, with a...

2024-01-24 23:40:00 ET Summary December Retail Sales were impressive, generally topping economists' estimates. Three Consumer Discretionary companies provided earnings updates earlier this month. Spotting key volatility catalysts on the calendar is key ahead of the retail repo...

2024-01-18 22:35:00 ET Summary U.S. December retail sales came in stronger than expected. Retail and food services were up 0.6% month-over-month, and the ex-autos category up 0.4% m/m. Two categories that stood out in December were clothing & clothing accessories stores, where...

2024-01-17 11:12:00 ET Summary The jobs market is tight, inflation is above target, consumer spending is holding up and recent Fed commentary suggests they are in no hurry to loosen policy. As such, we continue to favour May as the start point for interest rate cuts rather than Ma...

2024-01-12 13:23:57 ET The Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund ETF ( NYSEARCA: XLY ), which holds an 11.1% weightage on the S&P 500, has seen a rise of 33.1% in the past twelve months and has beaten the broader index in 2023 amid slower but robust earnings growth but ...

2024-01-08 10:34:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method.  This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...

2024-01-04 11:15:00 ET Summary In this 2023 year-end sector review (part 1), we look at how companies performed during 2023 in the communications services, consumer discretionary, consumer staples, energy, and financial services sectors. After a bad year in 2022, the consumer disc...

2023-12-23 04:20:00 ET Summary The outlook for consumer discretionary in 2024. What a rate cut could mean for retail. How healthy is the consumer? The resiliency of the consumer has been one of the standouts of the economy this year, helping to push discretionary stocks hi...

2023-12-19 07:45:00 ET Summary CPI rose by 0.1% in November and 3.1% in the past 12 months. Excluding food and energy, the core CPI rose 0.3% in November and 4% in the past 12 months. The Fed will keep rates steady until inflation approaches 2%. The ECB followed the Fed’...

2023-12-10 05:00:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method.  This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...