QABA News and Press, First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund From 04/18/23

2023-04-18 09:43:00 ET Summary Changes to the Global Industry Classification Standard adjusted the sector weights in the S&P 500. Sector futures provide a way to manage risk related to the 11 GICS sectors and gain exposure to changes impacting differing sectors of the market. ...

2023-04-15 03:35:00 ET Summary One of the first things many people did after SVB hit the news was to pull their money out of their local mom-and-pop banks and put it into one of the banking giants. On April 14, we got some hard data about this trend as the largest banks kicked off...

2023-04-14 12:51:00 ET Summary Even after a string of financial failures that sent depositors running for the hills, it’s a good time to be a giant U.S. bank. More troublesome than the level of deposits is the cost of those that stay, which is also rising. While it ...

2023-04-14 01:00:00 ET Summary Although the worst of the crisis may very well be over, you’re going to see this affect the economy through tighter lending standards. Monetary policy notoriously has long and variable lags. Dividend growers usually outperform during the e...

2023-04-12 10:32:51 ET Summary The Federal Reserve releases a weekly report on the balance sheet of all commercial banks in the United States. The report has been very helpful at analyzing trends since the failure of SVB and SBNY. The financial ratios generated out of the repo...

2023-04-12 01:55:00 ET Summary Banks’ stock and bond prices were battered by the crisis that overtook US regional banks Silicon Valley Bank  and Signature Bank and Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse. We believe that the underlying causes of these failures were idiosyncr...

2023-04-12 01:01:00 ET Summary A dollar doesn’t feel 'active', but a dollar is worth a dollar precisely because it’s redeemable on demand every second of every day. The less active you are in the cash market, the more you pay for someone else to actively manage your ...

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...

2023-04-11 07:55:08 ET Summary One month ago, Silicon Valley Bank failed, with a resulting decline across the diversified banking industry. Some investors may be tempted to buy the dip, while others are considering doubling down on losing positions. However, the industry may r...

2023-04-11 05:30:00 ET Summary As long as banks have existed, banks have failed, just like other companies have failed, even the most splendid ones. Special servicing rates are a precursor for potential defaults for CRE mortgages that have been securitized into CMBS. CRE is un...