RZG News and Press, Invesco S&P Smallcap 600 Pure Growth From 06/29/22

Recession fears and central-bank tightening are driving market volatility. Markets have faced a laundry list of concerns this year, including new COVID-19 lockdowns and an economic slowdown in China, the Russia-Ukraine war, surging inflation, and central-bank tightening. We think ...

We expect elevated inflation to continue into 2023 due to the lagged impact of food supply disruption and elevated energy costs. Should a recession occur, its scale is likely to be limited by the reduced number of negative feedback loops. Consumers enter this slowdown with a large...

The Consumer Confidence Index from The Conference Board fell again in June, the second drop in a row and seventh in the last twelve months. For the present situation index components, current business conditions and employment conditions weakened slightly. Inflation expectations r...

When equities fall, expected interest rates decline but that hasn’t happened amid persistent inflation. When it comes to higher rates, the Federal Reserve has already raised rates 1.5%, and both Fed fund futures and the Fed’s own statements suggest that they might hike a...

Is the bottom in for stocks? Or is the most recent rally a classic bull trap before stocks plummet to new lows for the year? The end of Q2 means earnings season is around the corner. Analysts' earnings expectations are high, but the market doesn't really believe their projections. ...

The stock market rally may be very close to being over. There have been a number of repeatable patterns taking place in the market this year. The dollar is surging again and is likely to see stocks lower as a result. For further details see: The Stock Market Rally May Be...

US and Global markets recoiled from the higher inflation/CPI data last week. The US Fed raised interest rates by 75bp on June 15. It is clear that global markets expected inflation to stay elevated but were hoping for some moderately lower data showing the recent Fed moves had already...

Being stuck with too many goods isn’t necessarily fatal to the global and domestic manufacturing sectors. The scale of the burden is one key worry, though equally so is demand. Demand trouble combined with excessive goods on hand - no wonder the manufacturing sector is real...

What do the technicals currently say? What about the current S&P 500 target price? Some of the best areas of the market right now. For further details see: Has The Market Finally Bottomed?

For the stock market to bottom, we need a clear vision of how the Fed is going to back off on its assault on high-beta assets. There are more excess reserves in the system now, so the much more aggressive rate of QT may not bite right away, but QT has never reached this scale, so high...