JRNY News and Press, ALPS Global Travel Beneficiaries ETF From 05/04/22

EL shares fell 5.8% on Tuesday after disappointing results. Organic sales growth was 9% last quarter and expected to be 5-7% for FY22. The reason was China, where COVID lockdowns have reduced in-store sales and disrupted EL's national distribution centers in Shanghai. EL sales gro...

Altria reported solid Q1 2022 results, with continuing earnings stability despite inflation, higher oil prices, and other macro pressures. Adjusted EPS grew 4.7% year-on-year, driven by growth in the core Smokeables segment and helped by share repurchases. Cigarette volume fell 8%...

Travel will rebound strongly in 2022. Consumers are eager to travel and short-haul continental traffic will benefit from pent-up leisure demand. The closure of airspaces is a new blow for aviation and Covid is a headwind for China meaning the return to profitability may be pushed ...

There's still a long road to recovery for global passenger travel. U.S. airlines looking to fly fewer but fuller flights which will help on profitability. Airline industry to get back to pre-pandemic levels sometime around 2024-25. For further details see: Air Travel Dem...

Oil prices have risen sharply over the past year, pushing up fuel costs for heavy-fuel consumers, and fuel prices are expected to stay high this year. Airlines are highly sensitive to fuel price increases. Aircraft consume an average of 3-3.5 litres per 100 passenger-kilometre. Wi...

European energy markets became very tight and volatile over the course of 2021. Most industrial sectors are energy-intensive and rely more on gas and power for heating and feedstock, where prices have skyrocketed. High-profit margins are a cushion for higher procurement prices. ...

The January U.S. CPI report indicated a higher pace of inflation than many observers expected. The price level of the core CPI advanced 0.6% month-over-month, largely driven by price hikes in retail goods. While we believe the CPI report increases the probability of the U.S. Federal R...

The anticipated end of the pandemic causes volatility because a transition phase will be priced as a new rotation from, for example, defensive staples to healthcare. Healthcare ETFs can add a defense to a portfolio that is overweight cyclicals, energy, and financials. US Airlines ...

Chen: TSA scanned the highest numbers of post-pandemic air travelers (adj. for seasonality) during the Thanksgiving week. Black Friday + Cyber Monday sales showed some sign of falling short of high expectation. Chen: Still reason to be constructive on equity markets. For fur...

The Transportation Security Administration expects around 20 million people to travel during the Thanksgiving holiday season, a slight decline from record 2019 levels. U.S. airlines are scrambling to capture the full benefits of a recovery in passenger demand. The one thing they don&#...