SMHB News and Press, ETRACS Monthly Pay 2x Leveraged Small Cap High Dividend ETN Series B From 11/16/23

2023-11-16 01:50:00 ET Summary Inflation has dropped down significantly which means that the Fed, in my opinion, will stop raising rates now, and maybe even lower them, at some point next year. The heat is not off yet, but it is coming off and it is a marked change for the both th...

2023-10-27 23:25:00 ET Summary After two quarters of strong equity performance, markets paused and reversed in the third quarter of the year. U.S. equities lost -3.2% and European equities lost -2.1%. Clearly, the change of tone at the U.S. Federal Reserve (“Fed”) pl...

2023-10-24 15:35:00 ET Summary From a macro standpoint, there are reasons to be cautious throughout international markets. Uncertainty abounds when trying to forecast central bank policymaking. We think a combination of the low volatility and sustainably high dividend factors prov...

MLPB: linked to the Alerian MLP Infrastructure Index, Series B AMNA: linked to the Alerian Midstream Energy Index AMND: linked to the Alerian Midstream Energy Dividend Index MLPR: linked to the Alerian MLP Index BDCZ: linked to the MarketVector US Business Development Co...

2023-07-19 16:21:43 ET Summary As an exchange-traded note, ETRACS 2xMonthly Pay Leveraged US Small Cap High Dividend ETN is essentially a senior, unsecured, unsubordinated debt security. The primary objective of SMHB is to offer investors a high yield of over 18%, and it has an an...

MLPB : linked to the Alerian MLP Infrastructure Index, Series B AMNA : linked to the Alerian Midstream Energy Index AMND : linked to the Alerian Midstream Energy Dividend Index MLPR : linked to the Alerian MLP Index BDCZ : linked to the MarketVector US Business Developme...

2023-06-28 04:52:00 ET Summary Higher for longer interest rates support allocations to high quality fixed income. Equity markets are priced for an optimistic outcome; investors may want to consider steering towards a defensive stance. Trends such as demographics and artificial...

2023-06-20 19:33:50 ET Summary Imagine stocks or funds that pay out their dividends once a month!  Your angst waiting for money is reduced by 300%, or more; unlike waiting for quarterly, semi-annual or (ugh) annual payouts. These May U.S. exchange-traded monthly-paid (MoPay) ...

2023-05-06 21:19:00 ET Summary The Federal Reserve hiked interest rates 25 basis points at its May policy meeting, taking the upper end of its target to 5.25%. Our view is that there is a high probability that US growth will continue to weaken and enter recession later this year. ...

2023-05-02 12:00:00 ET Summary ETRACS 2xMonthly Pay Leveraged US Small Cap High Dividend ETN has an impressive distribution rate. The SMHB exchange-traded note incurs 3 specific risks that plain vanilla ETFs don’t have. Moreover, SMHB has suffered a steep decay in value...