MDYG News and Press, SPDR S&P 400 Mid Cap Growth ETF From 08/15/23

2023-08-15 03:25:00 ET Summary The LERI shows Q2 2023 ended with the highest level of corporate uncertainty in the last year. Retail in the spotlight this week: HD, TGT, TJX, WMT, ROST. Upcoming potential surprise: Salesforce (CRM). This week 1,1190 companies will release ...

2023-08-15 02:10:00 ET Summary As the year began much of the talk was centered around whether the U.S. economy would fall into recession in 2023. The year is only two-thirds done, but a recession does not seem likely this year, and our firm has been in the no recession camp since ...

2023-08-14 19:45:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 (Index: SPX) experienced an uneventful week, with little new information to prompt a compelling swing in any direction. What news there was led to the index dipping to 4464.05, a week-over-week decline of 0.3%. That's well within ...

2023-08-14 16:49:00 ET Summary The October ’22 highs for the 10-year Treasury yield were 4.22% – 4.25% those are closing highs. The S&P 500 earnings yield increased to 5.19% versus last week's 5.15%. Growth stocks look to have a wet blanket thrown on top of t...

2023-08-08 22:20:00 ET Summary Important to the Fed: Tighter lending standards, sticky US wage growth, and moderating job growth, may weigh on a September Fed rate decision. Some negatives: US credit downgrade, more signs of global manufacturing weakness, and a Bank of England rat...

2023-08-07 15:23:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 went on to close the week at 4,478.03, down 2.3% from where it ended the previous week. Looking further forward, we'll be coming up on another prolonged period where the echo effect will affect the dividend futures-based model's proje...

2023-08-07 04:04:00 ET Summary The forward 4-quarter estimate rose $0.40 this past week to $230.84 from last week’s $230.44. For the first time this quarter, the quarterly, bottom-up, S&P 500 EPS estimate for Q2 ’23 ended the week at $53.26, higher than the June ...

2023-08-06 06:13:00 ET Summary There is currently a Great Divide happening between the near depressionary economy versus a surging bull market in equities. The massive expansion in earnings due to the stimulus-related surge boosted the EPS average higher by over a percentage point...

2023-08-06 05:45:00 ET Summary There are three basic ways to test an investment strategy. Each has its own unique set of pros and cons, but only one is practical. The best approach is to develop a strategy and then run it with real money out of sample for at least 3 to 5 years. ...

2023-08-02 03:35:00 ET Summary The S&P 500’s Q2 EPS beat rate has been impressive, but overall earnings growth trends are less sanguine. In focus this week are unusual events from three companies that span the sector and thematic spectrums. Activist investors may al...