SDVY News and Press, First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF From 07/09/23

2023-07-09 12:08:09 ET Summary Proper use of the "puts to calls" ratio provides insight into investor expectations, with high ratios indicating bearish sentiment and low ratios indicating bullish sentiment. The current ratio stands at .588, which is in the lowest 20% of historic r...

2023-07-08 03:25:00 ET Summary Markets climbed in the second quarter, driven mainly by the tech rally and hopes of an imminent end to monetary tightening. However, notable risks to the rally lay ahead, including an increasingly hawkish Federal Reserve, which warrant caution from i...

2023-07-06 03:20:00 ET Summary Excitement over AI has driven equities this year. Yet investors should maintain a disciplined, long-term focus amid uncertain market conditions. Global equities advanced in the second quarter, led by a narrow group of stocks seen as big winners from ...

2023-07-05 22:45:00 ET Summary Throughout history, the prominent Wall Street mantra has been, “Don’t fight the Fed.”. Unfortunately, for those following this overly simplistic guidance of not opposing the Fed, investor portfolio balances have been harmed drama...

2023-07-03 21:33:00 ET Summary After receding last week, the tide rolled in favor of the S&P 500. The index rose to 4450.38, up 2.4% from the previous week's close. The rising tide that lifted stock prices during the final week of the second quarter of 2023 emanated from the b...

2023-07-03 06:30:00 ET Summary The forward 4-quarter estimate this week fell to $224.01 from last week’s $224.33. Consumer Discretionary and Communication Services were the big positive change between Q4 ’22 and Q1 ’23 EPS. Energy revenue saw a big swing n...

2023-07-01 03:30:00 ET Summary Equity markets hit a bottom in October 2022, with the S&P 500 retreating about 25 percent from the record high set at the beginning of that year. As we write this article on Friday morning, the S&P 500 is up in simple price terms by more than...

2023-06-29 21:10:00 ET Summary There are some companies putting “AI” in their names, but it is not yet a huge number and they have real business reasons for doing so. Naturally, investors will look to track measures like the intensity with which firms are using AI or...

2023-06-29 20:10:00 ET Summary Investors and market “pundits” pay a great deal of attention to “market sentiment” because, regardless of the quantitative facts on the ground, what investors believe also matters a great deal, at least in the short term. ...

2023-06-29 04:25:00 ET Summary Geopolitical fragmentation and rewiring of global supply chains are set to drive up production costs. Economic relationships investors have relied upon could break down in the new regime. Relative value opportunities from potential market mispric...