SDEI News and Press, Sound Equity Income ETF From 05/16/22

Value continues to trounce growth stocks within the style asset class across all market caps, and the longer-term returns tell us that growth might continue to lag for some time. It’s impossible to say how long the style “alpha” will be sustained. Growth stocks ha...

Valero is improving its business faster than I expected, as it benefits from strong domestic and international demand as well as high margins. Dividend growth investors are in a terrific spot as the company's balance sheet is recovering quickly, leaving room for high dividend growth a...

There was a lot of volatility in stocks last week but in the end, the S&P 500 was down a mere 21 basis points. A rising currency is presumably negative for the export sector and positive for domestic purchasing power. On a sector basis, there were several winners last week wit...

AbbVie is a very high-quality company with strong cash flows, exactly the type of company you want to own if we fall into a recession. But it recently posted disappointing results that caused a selloff. Despite near-term pain, the long-term thesis remains strong. For further...

ONEOK's results overall showed the stability that we have come to expect from it in addition to showcasing some growth potential. ONEOK's primary operating area in the Williston Basin is seeing strong natural gas production growth, which we can see in the company's volumes. ONEOK ...

The map of the Asset Allocation Committee’s market views is a buzz of activity this quarter. Coming into 2022, we anticipated slower growth compared with the steep recovery levels of 2021 and inflation that was declining but persistent—and problematic due to its origins ...

The Miller Income Strategy returned -10.08% for Q1 2022. As of the middle of April, the market is telling us the economy is still strong, though the rate of growth is now slowing due to overheating and inflation. Red-hot inflation now looks like it is weighing on growth. There...

The stagflation scenario got a little more traction last week with the release of a negative Q1 GDP print on Thursday and hints of more inflation on Friday. April was a really rotten month with everything down but the general commodity indexes. Investing is mostly an exercise in s...

This article series covers 94 U.S. dividend and income ETFs. Use it as a one-stop shop to learn about your favorite fund's performance, risk, concentration, turnover, yield, growth, and more. High Dividend ETFs produced a median loss of 3.17% in April, 5.61% better than SPY. They cont...

While the two more senior historic indices have not confirmed a bear market, retail sentiment for the next six months is extremely bearish. The American Association of Individual Investors' (AAII) latest weekly survey summary indicates a 59.4% bearish view. There were 989 new lows for...