SDVY News and Press, First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF From 04/02/24

2024-04-02 09:30:00 ET Summary In Q1, the S&P 500 packed in a year's worth of returns in just one quarter. After a 2-month hiatus, insiders returned to the market with relative purchase activity not observed since the end of 2023. March's jump in sentiment amid a market ra...

2024-04-02 03:20:00 ET Summary Helped mainly by the massive gain since late October, the S&P 500’s one-year trailing total return through the end of March clocked in at 30.5% or nearly triple the historical average of 11.8%. Looking out over the last five and ten years,...

2024-04-01 08:32:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 closed out its best quarter since 2019 at a new record high of 5,254.35. The index has risen by just over 10% in value since 2023-Q4 ended, largely propelled by expectations the Federal Reserve would be cutting interest rates in 2024....

2024-03-28 20:00:00 ET Summary A reader asked last week what was driving the S&P 500 earnings growth. The fact is the biggest market cap stocks, some of which have the larger earnings weights, are pushing the market higher. It’s a healthy economy, as evidenced by Q4 &#x...

2024-03-28 01:01:51 ET Summary SDVY tracks an equal-weighted basket of small- and mid-cap stocks exhibiting strong historical dividend growth characteristics. Fees are 0.60% and SDVY yields 1.75% (1.55% expected). DGI investors typically seek positive trends in dividend growth and...

2024-03-27 13:38:18 ET First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF ( NASDAQ: SDVY ) declares $0.1032/share quarterly dividend , -44% decrease from prior dividend of $0.1844. Forward yield 1.2% Payable March 28; for shareholders of record March 22; ex-div...

2024-03-26 07:05:00 ET Summary We consider gold bullion and the S&P500 Index to be effectively at opposite ends of an investment seesaw. In the middle of last year, we thought that the low-$3000s for the US$ gold price was a plausible target for the first half of this year. ...

2024-03-26 06:40:00 ET Summary Inflation, interest rates, and the markets. What corporate earnings tell us about the US economy. Investment opportunities beyond the tech space. ... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For further details see: Wh...

2024-03-25 12:30:00 ET Summary S&P 500 index reaches all-time high after Federal Reserve confirms interest rate cuts in 2024. That confirmation was like lighting off a rocket on Wall Street. The index rose nearly 0.9% after the Fed's "dot-plot" projection of future interest ra...

2024-03-25 07:10:00 ET Summary Readers should reasonably expect solid Q1 ’24 earnings results from the S&P 500 when earnings begin around April 10th, with the financial sector. S&P 500 Q4 ’23 earnings were supposed to grow 4% as of early January ’24, a...