FXZ News and Press, First Trust Materials AlphaDEX Fund From 02/11/21

The basic materials sector is relatively small when you only consider dividend-paying companies. The basic materials sector is best for growth investors. APD has found an interesting way to position its business in a sector where most are stuck with commodity price fluctuations. F...

In a typical quarter, year-over-year (YoY) growth expectations decline by an average of 3.6 percentage points (ppts) from the start of the quarter to the start of earnings season. However, 20Q4 YoY earnings have increased by 1.5 ppts over this period to -10.3% by Jan. 1, 2021. Con...

First Trust Materials AlphaDEX ETF (FXZ) declares $0.19/share quarterly dividend, -21.3% decrease from prior dividend of $0.24.Forward yield 1.59%Payable Dec. 31; for shareholders of record Dec. 28; ex-div Dec. 24.See FXZ Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. For further d...

The Basic Materials sector ranks third in Q4'20. Based on an aggregation of ratings of the 155 stocks in the Basic Materials sector. FXZ is our top-rated Basic Materials sector ETF and FIJFX is our top-rated Basic Materials sector mutual fund. For further details see: Be...

Our Quant Model is tracking notable movement in the Basic Materials Sector. First Trust Materials AlphaDEX Fund leads the way. This gold ETF is also on the upswing. For further details see: Basic Materials In Focus For Oct. 5 Select List

First Trust Materials AlphaDEX ETF (FXZ) declares $0.2413/share quarterly dividend, 62.1% increase from prior dividend of $0.1489.Forward yield 2.62%Payable Sept. 30; for shareholders of record Sept. 25; ex-div Sept. 24.See FXZ Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. For fur...

If you looked at the two different covers of The Economist for May 30, 2020, you saw the 100,000-death message on the American version, and you saw the Hong Kong security law depiction on the Asian edition. Internal content was mostly the same, but the lead stories reflected the world as the...

OIS Can Be A Slow Gainer The oilfield services industry is going through a bloodbath as energy demand forecasts are moving south while the production is slated to flood the market in the short term. In the current dynamics, Oil States International ( OIS ), apart from the commercialization...

Eldorado Gold ( EGO ) released its guidance for 2020 on the 20th February. I analyse the guidance below. My conclusion is that the company is still substantially undervalued. The company operates gold mines in Turkey, Greece and Canada. They also have undeveloped assets in Brazil, Romania an...

The Basic Materials sector ranks seventh out of the 11 sectors as detailed in our Q1'20 Sector Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. Last quarter , the Basic Materials sector ranked ninth. It gets our Neutral rating, which is based on an aggregation of ratings of the 156 stocks in the...