SDVY News and Press, First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF From 01/09/24

2024-01-09 00:05:00 ET Summary These tech heavyweights delivered impressively in 2023. But the good news, in our view, looks priced in. Envy of the rest of the S&P 500, the “Magnificent Seven” - including Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla...

2024-01-08 19:55:00 ET Summary There was no Santa Claus rally in the last week of 2023 and the first two trading days of 2024 – which mark the technical definition of a Santa Claus rally. The last trading day of 2023 was down and so was the first trading week of 2024. B...

2024-01-06 08:15:00 ET Summary Global equity markets experienced a surge in 2023 driven by economic growth and investor confidence. US equity returns exceeded expectations despite concerns about higher rates, inflation, and geopolitical tension. In 2024, investors should focus...

2024-01-06 02:10:00 ET Summary While the ‘Magnificent 7’ accounted for the majority of the S&P 500 gains in 2023, this narrow performance concentration is finally showing signs of broadening out. The so-called “Magnificent 7” accounted for most of t...

2024-01-05 20:15:00 ET Summary Using the last “live” report from IBES data by Refinitiv, the new “forward 4-quarter estimate” (FFQE) will be somewhere close to $243.98. The S&P 500 earnings yield jumped to 5.19% this week, using that “FFQE&#x...

2024-01-05 02:00:00 ET Summary The year started out with a massive run up in treasury yields that began in mid-2020 nearly resulted in financial catastrophe for the US banking industry. 2023 was another year in which geopolitics remained center-stage for global investors. For ...

2024-01-04 16:35:36 ET Summary First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF holds 100 small and mid-cap stocks screened on dividend growth, earnings growth, and quality. The SDVY ETF has a well-diversified portfolio but is concentrated in financials and industrials. Sinc...

2024-01-04 00:30:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 is still within 2% of its record closing high reached exactly two years ago on January 3rd, but beneath the surface, there have been some big moves. While the S&P 500 is down 1.9% from its high, over that same period, the ‘...

2024-01-03 11:15:00 ET Summary Assets bid up by irrational amounts eventually end up on clearance sale. Large-cap companies are typically more financially stable but still saw a tripling of the negative earnings share during past recessions. January clocks stock market gains f...

2024-01-01 20:30:00 ET Summary The forward 4-quarter estimate (FFQE) ended 2023 at $234.60, versus the $235.77 from mid-Dec ’23. The P/E on the forward estimate is 20.3x versus the 20x from mid-December ’23. The S&P 500 earnings yield (EY) has settled in the ...