QQXT News and Press, First Trust NASDAQ-100 Ex-Tech Sector Index Fd From 08/17/23

2023-08-17 04:54:00 ET Summary Any equity market pullback will likely be brief due to the short and shallow nature of the expected U.S. recession, and the subsequent swift recovery will demand an agile and proactive response from investors. A substantial amount of corporate bonds ...

2023-08-14 22:35:00 ET Summary While we have not made new highs on the 10-year Treasury yield for 2023, closing on Friday at 4.167%, we are too close for comfort on the bond yield front. Unlike 2022, the stock market – and the tech sector in particular – had been ign...

2023-08-14 20:25:00 ET Summary The 10 year Treasury yield has been in an uptrend since the summer of 2021 which is obvious to anyone who can see. The 10 year TIPS yield today is consistent with the rates that prevailed prior to the 2008 crisis and I think that means that we are fi...

2023-08-11 23:35:00 ET Summary Christian Correa, Chief Investment Officer of Franklin Mutual Series, discusses his team’s top three themes for the back half of 2023. A tight labor market, strong consumer spending and economic strength across several industries have driven i...

2023-08-11 13:26:00 ET Summary Recent economic data is a little bit of a mixed bag, with some cracks showing in the foundation for the economy, but still an economy that’s resilient. For those that think that the recent market price action is a reason that the economy won&#...

2023-08-09 21:15:00 ET Summary A sharp rise in interest rates, which pummeled growth stocks, was the dominant storyline last year. The WisdomTree U.S. Quality Growth Index is a market capitalization-weighted Index of companies with quality and growth characteristics. The Index...

2023-08-04 03:11:00 ET Summary The feud between the unions and the movie/television studios centers around demands for higher pay, better working conditions, and protections from AI technologies, which could theoretically replace actors and writers. The stock market continued its ...

2023-07-31 19:40:00 ET Summary The economy continues to perform better than expected despite the Fed raising interest rates steadily – and fairly rapidly – over the last year. The recession calls first started last year in April when the 10-year/2-year Treasury curve...

2023-07-29 02:40:00 ET Summary The latest round of U.S. data has been strong, the Fed has hiked rates again, and Fed analysts apparently have thrown in the towel on recession risks. If we start to look at developed countries starting in the mid-1990s - so a 30-year historical wind...

2023-07-28 03:30:00 ET Summary Index providers make ongoing decisions to accommodate massive asset flows into passive vehicles. Case in point: the recent reshuffling of the Nasdaq 100. The purpose of the reshuffling was to maintain diversification and alleviate top-heaviness withi...