SBM News and Press, ProShares Short Basic Materials From 03/11/22

ProShare Advisors and ProShare Capital Management announced today plans to liquidate and close six ProShares Trust ETFs and two ProShares Trust II ETFs based on an ongoing review of ProShares product offerings. Specifically, the following ETFs will be liquidated and closed: The last...

XLB is composed of four industries, the most important of which is the Chemicals industry. Chemicals stocks are showing distinct signs of slowing, suggesting a possible peak in the market cycle. At the index level, this weakness has been blunted for the time being by strength in a...

ProShares has announced that they will make forward and reverse share splits on seventeen of their exchange traded funds which will go into effect in Jan. 2022. Moreover, the splits will not change the total value of a shareholder’s investment. Forward splits decrease the price per sha...

ProShares, a premier provider of ETFs, announced today forward and reverse share splits on seventeen of its ETFs. The splits will not change the total value of a shareholder’s investment and will be effective on two separate dates. Forward Splits Seven ETFs will forwa...

One of the big themes that we've seen the last few weeks is interest rates rising and value outperforming growth. Strategas' Todd Sohn examines the reemergence of cyclicality following an economic "growth scare." Todd breaks this down before taking us through some timely sector an...

The IHS Markit Global Sector PMI™ signalled sustained strong recovery for the global economy, led by the consumer services sector. Basic Materials sector output growth eased for a second straight month to land in the last position of the eight sector groups we track in the glob...

Year over year, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 4.2% in April, 5.0% in May, and 5.4% in June. Fading re-opening enthusiasm or the drying up of government stimulus checks could be factors in the sluggish growth numbers compared to prior month. Bond and equity markets indicated ...

Consumer Services climb to the top performing sector in May. Supply constraints limit output for basic material and consumer good sectors. Broadly positive economic conditions point to further closing in on the removal of accommodative policy. For further details see: U....

The intention of the Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum was to stop the long-term decline of the US steel industry by protecting domestic producers from low-cost imports. However, the strategy shifted a substantial cost to steel consumers, who employ far more workers than the s...

The market has pressed to new all-time highs, and in the near term there is little to dampen optimism - the economy continues to strengthen, bolstered by monetary and fiscal stimulus, improving corporate investment and strong retail consumption. If anything has weighed on investors in...