LDSF News and Press, First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF From 11/23/21

First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF (NASDAQ:LDSF) - $0.0290. 30-Day SEC Yield of 2.18% as of Oct. 29. Payable Nov 30; for shareholders of record Nov 24; ex-div Nov 23. For further details see: First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF declares monthly distribution of $0.0290...

First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF (NASDAQ:LDSF) - $0.0340. 30-Day SEC Yield of 2.42% as of Aug. 31. Payable Sep 30; for shareholders of record Sep 24; ex-div Sep 23. For further details see: First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF declares monthly distribution of $0.0340...

Last December, the Fed indicated that tapering would begin after “substantial further progress” toward the central bank’s employment and price-stability objectives. The Fed’s priority is to avoid disruption, making the successful 2014 taper a logical starti...

U.S. treasuries are, by far, the largest and most liquid market in the world. For decades, sophisticated market participants have looked to treasuries as the best and fastest interpreter of rapidly breaking macroeconomic data. In moments of high economic distress, money has histor...

A potential reduction in the Fed’s purchases of agency mortgage-backed securities could open up opportunities for investors. The agency mortgage market is currently trading roughly 15 basis points rich relative to its three-year average. Agency pass-throughs are a foundatio...

The Federal Reserve continues to prepare for the next liquidity disruption. We think their latest facility would likely help, both psychologically and practically. The facility has been in development for over two years. While such a facility may not be perfect, it is a good first...

Ten-year government bond yields mostly fell in June, with those for Australia dropping by more than 16 basis points to 1.48%. The second biggest move came from the U.S. 10-year Treasury mid-yield, which ended June nearly 15 basis points lower at 1.44%, its lowest level since early Mar...

What makes the current scenario most interesting is the fall in the US Ten-Year note yield (TNX), which looks headed for a test of the 1.4% area. Certainly, the fall in bond yields points to expectations of a weakening economy, as well as the possibility that the Fed won’t open...

I have screened 19 funds one to three years old that have over $100M in assets using the Mutual Fund Observer Multi-Screen Tool. All but three of these funds have lower risk than the S&P 500 as measured by the Ulcer Index. These funds either have positive three-month trends o...

MSCI US REIT Index rallied 2.7% in June, which marks an impressive run of eight consecutive monthly increases. The Russell 3000 Index jumped 2.5% in June, the fifth straight monthly advance. Comparing GMI to US stocks and bonds shows that global asset allocation remains competitiv...