PSCI News and Press, PowerShares S&P SmallCap Industrials Portfolio From 12/27/21

The Industrial sector – as of this weekend December 24, ’21 – is expected to lead the 11 S&P 500 sectors in terms of S&P 500 EPS growth, and that’s after the sector put up almost 89% growth in 2021. The industrial sector, currently about 7% –...

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The latest IHS Markit US Sector PMI revealed that six of the seven broad sectors tracked by the surveys reported higher output in November. Despite some of the supply chain problems having eased in November, the extent to which production growth had been constrained is consistent with...

With the earlier rebound in industrial production, slightly accelerated growth in consumption, key indicators followed by the NBER BCDC look a little better than even a week ago. Consumption has not grown this fast (0.7%) since March 2021, when m/m growth was 4.5% (not annualized, in ...

If my assumption is correct, the COVID-19 crisis pushed the global markets into a 6+ month Summer, Autumn, and Winter seasonal cycle. My belief is the COVID-19 crisis created a full Kondratieff Seasonal rotation in the global markets. As we explore the Kondratieff Seasonal cycles ...

Christmas came early for retailers already experiencing a boom year. This, however, creates a bit of conundrum given that producers have suffered rather than flourished despite such great fortune at the top of the supply chain. In whichever location you look at, production has been at...

October data for the labor market and the industrial sector continue to paint a bright profile of recovery in absolute and relative terms vs. previous economic expansions. The good news is that the labor market is still rebounding at the strongest pace relative to previous US expansio...

Capacity utilization increased 1.2 points to 76.4 percent from 75.2 percent in September and is slightly above the January 2020 level of 76.1 percent. Manufacturing utilization rose 0.9 points to 76.7 percent, above the January 2020 level of 75.5 percent. Utility output, which is ...

AIER’s Leading Indicators Index fell for a seventh consecutive month in October, hitting the neutral 50 mark. The Roughly Coincident Indicators index fell for the second consecutive month following a run of six consecutive months at 100. Capacity utilization fell a full per...

Industrial production in US was surprisingly weak in September, falling a hefty 1.3% vs. the previous month – far below Econoday.com’s consensus point forecast for a moderate 0.2% rise. The recent weakness trims the trend’s strength, but the current industrial exp...