PLW News and Press, Invesco 1-30 Laddered Treasury ETF From 05/17/23

2023-05-17 13:53:00 ET Summary Warnings that the US economy is close to the tipping point for recession have endured for months, but the expansion keeps surprising on the upside. More of the same is likely for the immediate future, and perhaps longer. Economists are debating why t...

2023-05-17 01:40:00 ET Summary We got two big data points on May 16th on the economy and both pointed to sluggish trends in growth. Retail sales and industrial production have a strong correlation with weak economic growth and both came in unusually weak last month. Industrial...

2023-05-17 00:55:00 ET Summary You know trading is dull when stock traders talk about the bond market. But that’s where the action is these days. In Texas, the Austin area has been hit hard as the layoffs in the tech sector have extended there. From a trading standpoint...

2023-05-16 15:00:00 ET Summary Last week, April’s year-over-year export and import prices showed unusually large declines. Export prices declined by 5.9%, on top of another large 4.8% decline in March. Import prices declined 4.8%, matching the March decline. L...

2023-05-16 14:35:00 ET Summary Both the Consumer Price Index and Producer Price Index data for April confirmed that the strong but lumpy disinflationary trend continues. The US is now at a point where the Fed funds rate exceeds inflation. Historically that has signaled the end of ...

2023-05-16 13:45:00 ET Summary Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has set a June 1 deadline for the federal government’s debt ceiling debate. On the other hand, there continues to be no recession in sight, as the Atlanta Fed estimates second-quarter GDP growth at a 2.7% annual...

2023-05-16 13:30:00 ET Summary We continue to view risks to financial markets as being elevated. We prefer companies that are able to generate strong cash flows through the economic cycle and have strong competitive positions in their respective industries. While we have start...

2023-05-16 11:45:00 ET Summary With increasing economic uncertainty and market volatility in the first quarter of 2023, the probability of a mild recession beginning in the second half of the year or early next continues to rise. Global supply chain disruptions stemming from the C...

2023-05-16 02:35:00 ET Summary The current economic and investing environment remains one of the most challenging and difficult to navigate in recent times. With inflation and wage growth at current levels, we likely require a material amount of pain to be felt within the equity a...

2023-05-16 00:45:00 ET Summary The potential end to Fed rate increases may not be enough to cause dollar depreciation in the medium term. With market participants now pricing the end of the Federal Reserve’s hiking cycle, some commentators have suggested that this is reason...