RFEU News and Press, First Trust RiverFront Dynamic Europe ETF From 02/18/24

2024-02-18 21:32:00 ET Summary It is that after trying to figure out whether the economy and markets would achieve a soft landing in the wake of the post-Covid tightening cycle, no one quite knows what to think now that the soft landing appears to have arrived. By and large, leadi...

2024-02-17 08:05:00 ET Summary The US January CPI and PPI came in stronger than expected and this extended the recovery in US interest rates. The yen has fallen for seven consecutive weeks and the threat of intervention by MOF officials had little sustained impact. China retur...

2024-02-17 05:13:05 ET Summary January's CPI data confirm that inflation is anything but dead and buried. It's worth noting that despite January's notable 0.8% rise, Import Prices were still down 1.3% YOY. Medical Care Services gained 0.7%, with Health Insurance prices jumping...

2024-02-17 02:10:00 ET Summary Our annual global real GDP forecast for 2024 has been revised up from 2.3% to 2.5%. Global PMI data continues to point to a gradual improvement in economic conditions. Core inflation rates have continued to fall but the outlook is more unce...

2024-02-14 07:30:00 ET Summary The dollar was driven higher, and it is stabilizing today, though the euro and sterling extended their losses, most of the other G10 currencies did not. After the yen's six-week slide did not elicit a response from Japanese officials, yesterday's dro...

2024-02-14 05:37:35 ET Summary The EU economy experienced near-zero economic growth in 2023, and more of the same seems to be on the way this year. Metrics that make up GDP, such as industrial production and retail sales, and their underlying factors suggest that the degrowth mode...

2024-02-13 00:40:00 ET Summary Bull markets naturally climb a “wall of worry,” and the latest worries center around escalating wars, the presidential race, and delays in Fed rate cuts. Shipping disruptions in the Red Sea are not adversely impacting the U.S., but they...

2024-02-12 13:10:00 ET Summary We like emerging markets as upbeat risk appetite carries on. We also see big structural shifts creating granular opportunities within countries. U.S. stocks hit another all-time high last week thanks to earnings beats, even as U.S.10-year yields tick...

2024-02-10 08:35:00 ET Summary The markets are still correcting from the overshoot on rates and the dollar that took place in late 2023. A soft US CPI and weak retail sales report next Tuesday and Wednesday could help cap US rates and signal the end of the dollar's New Year rally....

2024-02-10 05:11:50 ET Summary China's consumer prices fell last month at the fastest pace since the global financial crisis, piling pressure on the government to step-up support for a stumbling economic rebound that's roiling markets. Total New Loans of a record $684 billion were...