SHLD News and Press, VictoryShares Protect America ETF From 06/14/22

The Global Machinery & Equipment sector recorded a back-to-back decline in output amid severe supply delays in May, according to the latest PMI data. More encouragingly, the sector also recorded a slight rise in order book volumes, sustained job creation, and quicker uplift in inv...

How similar will the next three or five years look from the years that immediately preceded the pandemic? And what are the implications for us as global equity investors? We don’t expect anything like the hyperinflation and stagflation we experienced in the 1970s; our outlook s...

Industrial production increased 1.1% in April following a 0.9% gain in March, a 1.0% increase in February, and an 0.8% rise in January. Total industrial capacity utilization increased 0.8 points to 79.0% from 78.2% in March, the highest since December 2018. Industrial output poste...

We believe the conflict in Ukraine may turn out to be less critical for equity markets than the upcoming turn we anticipate in the economic growth cycle. In the near term, we expect the S&P 500 Index (S&P 500) to continue to recover from its March trough. We expect the dis...

People are seeing the fragility of supply chains, leading to a policy shift toward regionalization, and that could create new winners and losers among industrials. Efficiency, in many ways, is at the heart of industrial companies’ value proposition, and we believe this should k...

Total industrial capacity utilization increased 0.7 points to 78.3 percent from 77.7 percent in February, the highest since January 2019. Manufacturing output is at its highest level since July 2008 and is 2.9 percent above its December 2019 pre-pandemic level. Over the last 12 mo...

Total industrial capacity utilization increased 0.3 points to 77.6% from 76.3% in January, the highest since March 2019. Manufacturing output – about 74% of total output – posted a more robust 1.2% increase for the month. All other industries combined (total excludin...

Almost every commodity rose in prices last week, as did the dollar. Those two factors - rising dollar and rising commodity prices - mean the likelihood of recession in the coming year has risen significantly in just the last week. There was considerable volatility in stocks last week,...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the biggest conventional military attack in Europe since World War II, has wide-ranging implications for economies and markets around the world. Disruptions from this war and the higher energy prices that result could significantly dampen Europe&#x...

According to the Census Bureau’s latest report for the month of January 2022, seasonally adjusted sales by mostly online operators skyrocketed by 14.5% from December 2021. Census reported a huge increase in retail across most segments. Total retail sales were up an enormous 3.7...