QQXT News and Press, First Trust NASDAQ-100 Ex-Tech Sector Index Fd From 06/29/23

2023-06-29 12:20:00 ET Summary Market performance has been driven by a handful of stocks, which signals that near-term improvement in economic growth is not expected. It’s hard to imagine that today’s elevated shelter prices are sustainable, so I’m not convinc...

2023-06-29 11:21:59 ET Summary The First Trust NASDAQ-100 Ex-Technology Sector Index Fund (QQXT) is a good investment option as it provides exposure to non-tech sectors that are also benefiting from AI advancements. The diffusion of AI across the economy is expected to accelerate,...

2023-06-28 08:45:30 ET First Trust NASDAQ-100 Ex-Technology Sector Index Fund ( NASDAQ: QQXT ) - $0.1591 . 30-Day SEC Yield of 0.97% as of May. 31. Payable Jun 30; for shareholders of record Jun 28; ex-div Jun 27. For further details see: First Trust NASDAQ-1...

2023-06-28 04:52:00 ET Summary Higher for longer interest rates support allocations to high quality fixed income. Equity markets are priced for an optimistic outcome; investors may want to consider steering towards a defensive stance. Trends such as demographics and artificial...

2023-06-27 02:00:00 ET Summary Investors today find themselves in the midst of a peculiar dance between the S&P 500 weighted and unweighted index, the discordance of which might just be spelling out a financial narrative we need to grasp. We must remember the tried and true wi...

2023-06-26 20:32:00 ET Summary One factor driving the recession talk is the Federal Reserve's higher interest rate push in an effort to lower the rate of inflation. With the stimulus dollars held in savings, consumers eventually began to get comfortable with spending and have been...

2023-06-26 08:00:00 ET Summary Inflation remains stubbornly high, rate hikes are not over and the long, 40-year downtrend in interest rates is over. The Fed’s rate hikes have impacted housing more than any other sector of the economy, in expected ways and in some unexpected...

2023-06-23 23:35:00 ET Summary The performance of tech and other growth-related stocks has indeed been impressive this year. he Russell 1000 Growth index, as of the June 22 close, was up around 26.4 percent since January 1, while its counterpart the Russell 1000 Value index was up...

2023-06-23 07:30:00 ET Summary The monetary liquidity in the economy still runs very high as a percentage of GDP. Given the massive increase in activity due to a shuttered economy and massive fiscal stimulus, the reversion may take longer than normal. While the economy has cor...

2023-06-22 12:58:00 ET Summary How a recession could impact different asset classes. Why a recovery may be more U shaped than V shaped. Equity markets may not be telling the whole investor sentiment story. The S&P 500 entered bull market territory recentl...