QQEW News and Press, First Trust NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index Fund From 01/25/24

2024-01-25 00:10:00 ET Summary Strong growth doesn't cause inflation, and reducing inflation doesn't require a recession. Inflation is the result of an imbalance in the supply and the demand for money. Bringing down inflation requires that the Fed address this imbalance, typically...

2024-01-24 13:10:00 ET Summary The mega-cap Tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 is up nearly 1% today as of this writing, which leaves it up 4.5% already in 2024. The Nasdaq 100 is now up 64% during its current bull market that began on 12/28/22. Since the COVID crash low that the Nasdaq 10...

2024-01-23 12:22:00 ET Summary The resilience of the US economy in 2023 was a surprise for some economists. An intriguing explanation for why many recession models failed last year: resiliency in residential construction payrolls. Sliding employment in the housing construction...

2024-01-22 15:40:00 ET Summary The General Business Conditions index fell to -43.7, a depth only exceeded by the -78.2 reading in April of 2020 with the economy shut down for COVID. New orders (-49.4 vs -11.3) and shipments (-31.3 vs -6.4) also posted sharp declines and unfilled o...

2024-01-22 05:00:00 ET Summary After a correction from August through October, the market has been on a tear. Technology had a very good week, especially among the Magnificent 7 mega-cap stocks. The S&P Top 7 stocks continue to dominate the market, but that dominance is sl...

2024-01-22 03:13:00 ET Summary Friday, January 19th, 2024, saw the first trade above the January ’22 high of 4,815, with the S&P 500 ultimately closing at 4,839.81, or the first all-time high in 24 months. The all-time high came on no new economic data, or critical earn...

2024-01-19 10:37:00 ET Summary Economic growth continues to defy expectations of a slowdown and recession due to continued increases in deficit spending. The U.S. Treasury recently reported the December budget deficit, which shows the U.S. collected $429 billion through various ta...

2024-01-19 08:45:00 ET Summary The US 10-year Treasury yield has been below the 3-month yield since November 2022. This rare yield inversion has preceded each recession since 1982, with no false signals. In past cycles, the US Fed stopped hiking when the yield curve inverted, ...

2024-01-17 18:53:00 ET Summary Key questions facing investors in 2024. Why US markets may lag other markets this year. Why inflation is still the northern star for investors. Investors are facing numerous uncertainties in 2024, including the state of the economy and ...

2024-01-17 14:45:00 ET Summary The sharp drop in the New York Federal Reserve’s Empire State business conditions index in January triggered a wave of warnings. The NY Fed Manufacturing Index, as it’s popularly known, is prized as an early read each month on the manuf...