FXN News and Press, First Trust Energy AlphaDEX Fund From 11/30/21

New Covid-19 variant from South Africa caused an emergency meeting of WHO that spooked the financial markets on “Black Friday,” putting a damper on the biggest retail sales day of the calendar year. The good news is that even though the ETF spread widened for DVY on Frid...

The Biden administration wants lower oil prices as it would reduce US drilling activity benefiting his environmental stance and reverse fuel price increases which he has been under fire for. His options vary but some include, a Strategic Petroleum Reserve release, 'NOPEC' legislation,...

Investors in 2022 should prepare themselves for lower rates of S&P 500 EPS and revenue growth. It’s a “return-to-normal” market. Financial sector EPS growth is negative since reserve releases are probably expected to be much lower in 2022. Energy and Basic...

VanEck Commodity Strategist Roland Morris discusses his views on a potential long-term bull market for commodities. He explores the impact of short and long-term trends, including supply constraints, the transition to renewable energy, inflation and Fed tapering. Currently, most c...

The hits and misses from COP26. Will the commitments made at COP26 be enough to curb global warming? What will the Glasgow Climate Pact from COP26 accomplish? For further details see: COP26 Glasgow Climate Pact: What You Need To Know

Christmas came early for retailers already experiencing a boom year. This, however, creates a bit of conundrum given that producers have suffered rather than flourished despite such great fortune at the top of the supply chain. In whichever location you look at, production has been at...

A sharp rise in natural gas prices since August has put upward pressure on a host of commodities, including coal, electricity, and oil while squeezing margins for industrial users. Given existing supply bottlenecks in shipping and computer chips, the run-up in commodity prices has fed...

The resolution of inflation and policy uncertainty is likely to be among the most important determinants of market performance over the next 12 months. Even before Wednesday’s Consumer Price Index release, we saw signs of the shockwave to come earlier in the week. Real yiel...

In this week's financial gainers, two Chinese fintech names rebound from months of weakness triggered by the country's new data privacy law, two U.S. financial firms rise after reporting dividend news, and a bitcoin miner advances during the week that the world's most popular cryptocurrency t...

While gold has bounced, rallying 4% from the fall low, it remains stuck in a range, between $1,750 an $1,850 an ounce. Since the early spring gold’s correlation with U.S. equities has been around 0.4, well above the levels that prevailed last summer. While rising adaptation...