PFI News and Press, Invesco DWA Financial Momentum ETF From 06/08/22

Consumer goods industries remain hamstrung by supply chain bottlenecks, soaring costs, and the shift in spending toward services, reporting only modest growth in May to contribute to a broader manufacturing malaise. Global economic growth continued to be fueled first and foremost by r...

Marsh & McLennan is the top insurance broker and a rare example of a successful serial acquirer. Margins have expanded impressively in the last decade, overcoming a soft insurance market most of the time. The insurance market has improved lately, and premium pools are expected...

Inflation expectations have kept the Federal Reserve center stage as they commenced their interest rate rising cycle in March. The war in Ukraine and Omicron’s spread in China impacted inflation and supply chains differently, but both delay supply chain normalization. Regar...

Invesco DWA Financial Momentum ETF (PFI) - $0.2702. 30-Day SEC Yield of 1.06% as of March 18. Payable March 31; for shareholders of record March 22; ex-div March 21. For further details see: Invesco DWA Financial Momentum ETF declares quarterly distribution of $0.2702

The pandemic forced central banks to slash rates and restart the quantitative easing measures first rolled out during the financial crisis. Near-zero interest rates in the United States and negative rates in Europe have compressed net interest income. After several years of strong...

Brokerage stocks have high long-term beta, which means an extended equity downturn is likely to hit them especially hard. A high PE ratio and high long-term earnings growth in the S&P 500 suggests a "secular" bear market is imminent. Brokerage stocks are especially vulnerable ...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the biggest conventional military attack in Europe since World War II, has wide-ranging implications for economies and markets around the world. Disruptions from this war and the higher energy prices that result could significantly dampen Europe&#x...

Russia supplies natural gas to Europe, and in the event of US sanctions, this could impact Europe. But there are so many LNG ships in the Atlantic right now that lease rates have collapsed, so Russian threats to cut off Europe’s gas may not be much of a threat. The other big th...

Non-U.S. markets, including EM, DM, and Asia, are outperforming the U.S. markets after underperforming last year. After slightly underperforming growth last year, value is where the money is flowing. With the economy still in growth mode, cyclical stocks should do better than defe...

The growing US debt will impact our children’s assets and the future value of what our grandchildren inherit. It would be prudent to expect taxes of all sorts to increase. Increased taxes will lower the reported earnings of companies and will probably delay dividend increases. ...