HDMV News and Press, First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund III Horizon Managed Volatility Developed International From 05/11/21

Global PMI employment index hits highest for 14 years as companies step up hiring amid surging demand and optimism about the year ahead. Job gains led by the developed world, notably the US and UK. Banking reports fastest ever jobs growth, only tourism and recreation reports falli...

Global growth outlook continues to improve, thanks to accelerating vaccination. While the reflation stalled in recent weeks, it may ramp up again with cases rolling over and reopening prospects improving. After a pause, yields may move higher again before retreating further out as...

First-quarter economic data suggest the longer-term global outlook and recovery will be anything but linear. A fiscally fueled expansion is pretty well-established, but it's uneven across regions. There's ongoing tension between fiscal stimulus and vaccination programmes. Fo...

While many yields are at, or near, their historic lows, opportunity remains in select segments of emerging-market debt, triple B-rated corporate bonds and certain areas of the mortgage-securities market. A good way to approach value stocks has been to find those that are attractively ...

The threat of new trade wars is smaller, but tension hasn’t let up between the US, EU and China. Exporters continue to face higher costs and uncertainty that could weigh on trade growth after this year’s boost from economies opening up. The trade war shocks to the US...

Global manufacturing output growth hits 11-year high, but record supply delays lead to production constraints. Backlogs of work rise at steepest rate for 17 years. Input costs rise at fastest rate for decade, lead to record factory gate price increase. For further details se...

Discussing five growth areas, along with ways in which we can make money as passive investors. Inflation is clearly brewing, due mostly to "demand push" inflation for many high-demand goods, such as homes, vehicles, and now workers (via wages). If the long-term capital gains tax r...

There are good reasons to believe that there will be no return to the pre-QE configuration of balance sheets. First, the increasing global financial integration in the last few decades has imposed increasing challenges in terms of making liquidity management effective as cross-border ...

As the global economy recovers, inflationary pressures are building, and price increases are moving downstream. Our Materials Price Index (MPI) has surged 40% since mid-November 2020, reaching its highest level since early 2014. World real GDP is projected to advance 5.1% in 2021 ...

The first quarter of 2021 brought what the Asset Allocation Committee expected, and as it looks to the next six to 12 months, it faces two questions. Do we think the economy will overheat, pushing bond yields to levels that unsettle equity markets or even force central banks to stifle...