QQXT News and Press, First Trust NASDAQ-100 Ex-Tech Sector Index Fd From 05/26/23

2023-05-26 13:52:00 ET Summary In the latest AI-driven chapter of mania, chipmaker Nvidia has leapt 186% year to date and is trading about 15% above its November 2021 top. Nvidia collapsed 90% after its 2000 top and spent 15 years trying to make back losses. The ongoing bear m...

2023-05-24 10:45:00 ET Summary Rarely in the history of US economic analysis have recession forecasts been so plentiful and widely embraced. This week’s issue of the newsletter sent to subscribers continues to report a firmer reading of economic activity for the immediate f...

2023-05-22 10:30:00 ET Summary We’ve seen this movie before... gold did ok, but what about stocks? The last time we saw this preference for gold was 10 years ago. Why? Waiting for the last shoe to drop is not a recipe for market success. Markets are forward-loo...

2023-05-21 20:59:09 ET Summary The latest news is that Biden and McCarthy are still optimistic and will continue talks on Monday. All very civil and polite. Don't believe it for a minute. This is going to be a showdown, or more accurately a show. Each side has their part to play b...

2023-05-21 06:15:00 ET Summary A debt ceiling agreement is likely to come soon. An agreement means the Treasury will be able to refill the Treasury General Account. This will suck a tremendous amount of liquidity out of the markets. The ongoing debt ceiling debate co...

2023-05-20 07:00:00 ET Summary In the US, recent growth has been positive, the labor market has been resilient, and inflation appears to have peaked. Despite current rosy macro data, many forecasters see two clouds on the horizon: recession and inflation. Acknowledging the goo...

2023-05-20 04:30:00 ET Summary So far, the world of investing in 2023 is proving to be very different from 2022. In early May, the Fed raised interest rates above 5% for the first time since 2007. Investors are asking questions about whether rates will stop rising and if infla...

2023-05-20 01:00:00 ET Summary Could massive monetary support have softened the deep bear market many expected? It is an interesting question. Particularly given the Fed has hiked rates at one of the most aggressive paces in history. Combined with inverted yield curves, surgin...

2023-05-19 02:45:00 ET Summary Banks have been tightening their lending standards, and they plan to keep doing it throughout the rest of the year. The Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Lending Practices found that bankers expect a deteriorating economic picture in 2023, both f...

2023-05-18 21:20:00 ET Summary Every day it seems the gap just keeps getting wider, and today the YTD performance spread between the Nasdaq and the DJIA widened out to over 20 percentage points. As of Thursday afternoon, the Nasdaq was up 20.4% YTD, while the DJIA was barely hangi...