RPG News and Press, Invesco S&P 500 Pure Growth From 08/09/23

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...

2023-08-08 00:01:00 ET Summary The tough part to the CPI / PPI data the last 18 months, is that the “compares” for the CPI get tougher as we move through 2023, since CPI inflation peaked in June ’22. One of the problems with hyper-focus on any particular set o...

2023-07-26 04:34:00 ET Summary Investors who seek defensive equity portfolios might think they need to sacrifice long-term return potential to reduce volatility. Our research suggests that S&P 500 stocks segregated into the highest quintile for QSP characteristics fared relati...

2023-07-24 21:30:00 ET Summary The main factors lifting the market during the week were positive bank earnings reports and additional data indicating tamer-than-previously expected inflation. Investors however remain focused on 2023-Q4 after having set their forward-looking attent...

2023-07-22 05:40:00 ET Summary We’ve been anticipating a recession for some time, but I believe the US economy is too strong to experience one this year. Core inflation has been stubbornly high, but I expect it to fall as the impact of flattening home prices makes its way i...

2023-07-21 22:54:00 ET Summary Lower real return: after factoring in inflation and taxes, the real return of a money market is much lower than investors may expect. Lower long-term performance: longer-term government bonds, corporate bonds, and stocks have historically returned mo...

2023-07-19 06:36:00 ET Summary Nasdaq’s plan to reconfigure the weights of its constituents should prompt investors to think about the broader concentration risks in US equity markets, particularly in passive portfolios. Concentration risks extend beyond Nasdaq. The broader...

2023-07-18 22:55:35 ET Summary The Invesco S&P 500® Pure Growth ETF mirrors a proprietary index and focuses on securities that exhibit strong improving characteristics in the S&P 500® Index, rather than traditional 'growth' stocks. The fund's top sectors are curr...

2023-07-17 13:15:00 ET Summary The global custodial banks like State Street, Bank of New York Mellon, and Northern Trust don’t look very healthy. The interesting part to the 2023 S&P 500 EPS data is that 2023 is now expecting 0-1% EPS growth for 2023. We could defin...

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...