RZG News and Press, Invesco S&P Smallcap 600 Pure Growth From 06/08/22

It seems as if everything is out-of-sync these days as the transition of the economy through a pandemic, a recession, a supply chain problem, a technological transformation, and more dominate. The economy has been described as being in disequilibrium, being dislocated, and being disjo...

Consumer goods industries remain hamstrung by supply chain bottlenecks, soaring costs, and the shift in spending toward services, reporting only modest growth in May to contribute to a broader manufacturing malaise. Global economic growth continued to be fueled first and foremost by r...

The pace of global economic growth remained among the weakest seen so far during the pandemic recovery period in May, according to the latest PMI data compiled for JPMorgan by S&P Global. Future expectations remain especially weak by historical standards in India and the eurozone ...

Investors are terrified. Such is what you would assume from recent mainstream media headlines and CNBC’s continuous run of “Markets In Turmoil.”. The massive Federal Reserve interventions, bailouts, and zero rates provided a perverse incentive to take on extreme f...

The stock market is stuck between a growth scare and rising long-term interest rates, but I see no recession on the horizon. The labor market is much too strong and shows no signs of weakening. Consumer cash flows and balance sheets are a fortress. The expansion should continu...

After reaching a new low for affordability in March 2022, the median new home in the U.S. became even less affordable for the typical American household in April 2022. April 2022's median household income was just 17.4% of the value of the median new home sold during the month. By thi...

High energy prices will be a major political problem in both the European Union and the United States, especially if we get to $150 this summer. Any move in bond yields above 3.20% will be a major problem for the stock market. A slowdown in construction and improved supply to the ...

The US consumer price index (CPI) has risen by over 8% in the past year, similar to Europe’s 7.4% increase. In the US, higher retail gasoline prices have historically led to higher expectations of inflation, leading to higher actual inflation. Going forward, achieving a div...

The good news is that President Biden said that tackling inflation is his “top domestic policy.” The bad news is that the burden of fighting inflation falls mostly on the Fed raising key interest rates, which could depreciate asset values like homes and stock prices. Eur...

The fundamentals for lumber, like a lot of commodities, had been favorable. Supply bottlenecks and persisting pandemic plight would limit how much production could make it to market, inelasticity taken for granted as somewhat permanent/durable, thereby constantly susceptible to what other...