RYE News and Press, Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Energy From 06/22/22

The Energy sector bounced along with the overall market on Tuesday, but last week, it was that sector’s turn to get taken to the woodshed. Last week marked just the sixth period in the last 30+ years that the Energy sector underperformed the S&P 500 by more than ten percent...

Invesco 500 Equal Weight Energy ETF (RYE) - $0.5406. 30-Day SEC Yield of 3.23% as of June 17. Payable Jun 30; for shareholders of record Jun 22; ex-div Jun 21. For further details see: Invesco 500 Equal Weight Energy ETF declares quarterly distribution of $0.5406

The dividend coverage remains tight (or worse). The financial leverage is very low. Capital expenditures will decline, so the dividend coverage will increase. Excess capacity should allow free cash flow to rise considerably in the future. This midstream is run very conserv...

Due to the ongoing war in Ukraine and Gazprom's plan to cut its natural gas flow to Europe, I expect VET’s average realized prices to increase in the following quarters. In terms of production, VET will not increase its production significantly. However, its FFO will increase s...

Russia has diverted a large share of exports to India and China, while European buyers have increased purchases from West Africa and Latin America. Greece, Malta, and Cyprus raised objections to a ban on the transporting of Russian cargoes by European-flagged vessels. The impendin...

The combination of high and rising global inflation and the Russia-Ukraine war has been driving commodities higher. Continued supply constraints from the Russia-Ukraine war and a resurgence in China’s economy will most likely support commodity prices for the rest of this year a...

In order to extend the rally in the stock market, we needed good news on the inflation front, and we needed the bond market to remain well-behaved. The resulting declines late Thursday and early Friday came quickly, putting us back in a situation where a retest of the May lows seems l...

A new high in headline inflation sends interest rates soaring. The major market averages are testing their May lows. Wednesday's Fed decision and Chairman Powell's press conference will likely dictate the direction of the market from here. Oil prices remain the lynchpin to con...

The year-over-year change in core CPI peaked in March and is coming down, albeit slower than we’d all like to see. The economy is slowing in some areas and inflation is still high but probably peaking. Bond yields are starting to look pretty attractive relative to stock div...

Prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, U.S. defense spending was already elevated for an environment without active conflict. Green or sustainable metals, such as copper, are poised to benefit as the backbone of the decarbonization story. The human suffering brought on by t...