QQD News and Press, Simplify Growth Equity Plus Downside Convexity ETF From 11/05/22

Summary This morning’s employment report also has a number of hands. At the surface, the report was better than expected coming in ahead of expectations (261K vs 193K). While job growth in the US economy has consistently surpassed expectations this year, it is important to ...

Summary This week will be massive for markets as investors closely watch to see how inflation moderates. In addition to the inflation report and the midterm election, traders will also closely monitor the preliminary University of Michigan Survey. A quiet week as far as upper-...

Summary In early October, the near-term outlook for the US business cycle looked mildly grim, and output was forecast to turn slightly negative starting in November. The relatively firmer activity was picked up by revised forward estimates of the ETI and EMI in the Oct. 30 update ...

Summary Yesterday, the statement released by the FOMC saw the first sign of a less-hawkish tone since this rate hike cycle began in early 2022. Jerome Powell, the FED chair, rolled back the hope of a slowdown. He acknowledged that inflation has not come down, even though supply ch...

Summary The global manufacturing PMI survey's Output Index signalled a third successive monthly drop in worldwide factory production in October. Of the 31 economies for which S&P Global PMI data are available for October, some 21 reported falling production, which was also the...

Summary It's time to talk about jobs, as we just got the October non-farm payroll report after we got job openings earlier this week. The jobs report was strong enough to keep the Fed from becoming dovish. However, cracks are starting to appear as we could be in for weakness down ...

Summary In the week ending October 29, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 217,000, a decrease of 1,000 from the previous week's revised level. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate unchanged from the previous week's unrevised rat was ...

Summary Bullish sentiment gained 4 percentage points for the third weekly increase in a row. Relative to the moves in bearish sentiment, those gains to bulls are outright modest. Given the massive drop in bearishness, the bull-bear spread has experienced a massive reversal. ...

Summary Quantitative Easing is an unconventional monetary policy tool that was used by world central banks during the Global Financial Crisis. While QE was intended to be a temporary measure, it lasted for over 14 years, including during the longest post-war expansion in history. ...

Summary Recession is likely, but the unique characteristics of the previous pandemic-fueled recession wrung out many excesses. Inflation will come down, but not to the low levels experienced over the past few decades. Capital markets have re-priced assets in ways that create a...