PSCD News and Press, PowerShares S&P SmallCap Consumer Discretionary Pf From 05/17/23

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 00:00:00 ET Summary Markets are being shaped by disparate trends from falling energy prices to rising interest rates. During first-quarter earnings season, company reports indicated that these crosscurrents are intensifying business challenges—and making it harde...

2023-04-26 15:15:00 ET Summary Quality was the star performer in most markets in the first-quarter rollercoaster ride, with most of the factor's outperformance coming in March. Quality broadly outpaced its respective broad-market benchmarks and all other factors in Q1, most signif...

2023-04-22 03:30:00 ET Summary Given current market uncertainties, K2 Advisors remains defensive in terms of market outlook and beta positioning. While many managers experienced losses around recent rates volatility, the opportunity set may become clearer as policymakers grapple w...

2023-04-21 16:28:00 ET Summary Yesterday’s release of the Leading Economic Index from the Conference Board appears to settle the matter in favor of recession, but real-time analysis isn’t as clear-cut as this indicator suggests. The consultancy forecasts “econ...

2023-04-12 00:08:00 ET Summary A negative US 10-year minus 3-month yield spread has signalled every incoming recession of the last 60 years. In the real world, global PC shipments were -29% year over year in the first quarter, and the average work week in March’s payroll re...

2023-04-07 10:05:00 ET Summary The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index, a measure of household sentiment about their current and forward-looking financial situation, has held up reasonably well although understandably lower than the stimulus-aided optimism evident in early 2021...

2023-04-01 03:40:00 ET Summary Why the U.S. consumer continues to spend. As inventories begin to shrink, will retailers regain their pricing power and margins? Why consumer resilience is helping to push the chance of an economic slowdown further away. Even wi...

2023-04-01 03:08:25 ET Summary PSCD tracks an index of consumer discretionary small cap stocks. Retail, automotive, leisure, and other consumer discretionary sectors are highly cyclical and closely linked to the broader economic cycles. Due to the current uncertainty surroundi...

2023-03-24 23:53:00 ET Summary Although the S&P 500 is up 2.84% on the year as of yesterday’s close, only three of the eleven sectors are higher. Consumer Discretionary posted the smallest gain of 10%; Technology and Communication Services have risen 17.2% and 18.1%, re...