FXN News and Press, First Trust Energy AlphaDEX Fund From 12/24/21

We have seen crypto disruption expand across the financial system and expect this to continue. Inflation pressures may linger through 2022 and pose a risk of spiraling into a more persistent economic factor. Historically in these market environments, real assets—including n...

First Trust Energy AlphaDEX Fund (NYSEARCA:FXN) - $0.0628. 30-Day SEC Yield of 2.15% as of Aug. 31. Payable Dec 31; for shareholders of record Dec 27; ex-div Dec 23. For further details see: First Trust Energy AlphaDEX Fund declares quarterly distribution of $0.0628

Although a federal judge overrode the Biden Administration’s ban on drilling on federal land, Biden’s advisors remain hostile to energy independence, so energy production within the U.S. has ebbed in 2021. The bears are insinuating that if smart money is selling, a stock...

New therapies to prevent serious illness are promising but we should expect a focus on COVID and a return to normal life to continue in 2022. The seized gears of the supply chain caused many to speculate that the world would move manufacturing away from China or even onshore productio...

Humanity's reliance on fossil fuels is harder to reduce than most people seem to realize. We can identify five separate periods of oil supply/demand fundamentals. A look into how oil companies are managing their capital now. An update on Fed policy and overall defensive positi...

Hydrogen is expected to play a key role in the decarbonisation of the energy system, particularly in hard-to-abate sectors such as industry, road freight, shipping and aviation. The demand for hydrogen is likely to be met through the production of both blue and green hydrogen, which t...

I am not as sanguine about inflation as the US Federal Reserve: I expect it will be higher than the Fed forecasts, but I still think inflation will decline next year and beyond. In a sense, I believe inflation will revert to a pre-pandemic normal, while those who expect inflation to g...

The October reading of the Consumer Price Index-the most widely used gauge of inflationary pressure in an economy-registered the biggest monthly increase in over 13 years. While employment has recovered from the depths of April 2020, we are still 7.6 million workers short of the pre-p...

Craig: Today's volatility is a continuation of last week's selloff. Craig: We pulled back some of our risk based on valuation. Craig: Fed's comments were more balanced than hawkish on tapering. For further details see: Market Whipsaws On Fed Hawk Talk And Omicron Fears ...

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...