SPGP News and Press, Invesco S&P 500 GARP ETF From 08/06/22

Fed's current operating doctrine is to regulate system financial conditions chiefly through the financial markets (in stark contrast to the traditional model of regulating system Credit through adjusting bank lending conditions). In the contemporary Fed view, the primary monetary poli...

Only 10% of the nation feels positive about the economy, and last month, consumer sentiment hit a record low. Climate change is submerging or parching dense and developed regions all over the globe. The greatest threat to our nation isn’t an economic recession, but losing t...

One Lipper classification that we can look at to get a pulse of market positioning is the Lipper Dedicated Short-Bias Funds. This classification consists of funds that employ portfolio strategies that consistently create a “net short” exposure to the overall market. ...

The July Jobs Report seemed strong with 528k new non-farm payrolls, but with the labor participation rate not budging, there's something interesting going on. It's easy to become passive about employment because the unemployment rate is very low and job openings are very high. Und...

If all the moving pieces of corporate financial performance could be boiled down to one simple phrase describing the market’s reaction, it would have to be this: Could have been worse. Sales are up, companies are making money and staying ahead of what Wall Street analysts expec...

U.S. crushes expectations, adds 528,000 jobs in July. Bank of England announces largest rate hike since 1995. Q2 earnings season update. On the latest edition of Market Week in Review, Chief Investment Strategist Erik Ristuben discussed the U.S. July jobs report, the lat...

Despite the recent slowdown in debt issuance, the Treasury has added more than $1T in debt during the first 7 months of the year. The Fed hiking cycle has brought the weighted average interest rate up from 1.3% to 1.53%. 23bps may not sound like much, but on a $30.6T balance, that com...

The prospect of slower interest rate rises has significant implications for market positioning. Economic growth sensitivity is likely to become increasingly important as recession risks rise. Regime shifts from expansion to contraction can be volatile, which means deviating away f...

When a recession isn't really a recession. How the job market has remained strong, despite economic headwinds. Is an economic soft landing still possible? The U.S. economy has experienced two consecutive quarters of negative growth. Even so, there is doubt about ...

Forward EPS estimates were revised lower again this week, revision action that isn’t encouraging. Pay attention to price not predictions: the negative revisions are worrisome, but perhaps the earnings correction was fully discounted as of mid-June ’22. The Street or ...