FXZ News and Press, First Trust Materials AlphaDEX Fund From 04/05/21

This is a giant bill, and only 39% of it is for infrastructure. Another 29% is industrial policy, the rest housing, healthcare and labor policy. I provide a detailed breakdown of the bill and the macro context behind it. Opportunities abound. I will follow up in the coming week wi...

First Trust Materials AlphaDEX ETF (FXZ) declares $0.1303/share quarterly dividend, -31.4% decrease from prior dividend of $0.1900.Forward yield 0.98%Payable March 31; for shareholders of record March 26; ex-div March 25.See FXZ Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. For fu...

We spoke with Strategas Chief Investment Strategist Jason Trennert on why his team is bullish on the market despite recent volatility and key unknowns like interest rates, inflation, and tax policy. Trennert says they are not overly worried about long-term rates, especially when they&...

On a year to date basis, again, energy is the top-performing sector up 31.7% followed by financials, communication services, industrials and materials. Year to date, technology continues to slip in performance and is now negative for the year down .7%. The economic data also suppo...

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...