SPHB News and Press, Invesco S&P 500 High Beta From 04/11/23

2023-04-11 04:38:00 ET Summary The employment report came out on Good Friday when the stock market was closed, but the futures market did trade for another 45 minutes after the report came out. There has been a sharp decline in Commercial and Industrial loans, in addition to the f...

2023-04-10 13:14:00 ET Summary The alternative future trajectories appear gloomier than they really are. Federal Reserve's upcoming meetings during this quarter are expected to mark the peak for how high the Federal Funds Rate will reach before the Fed might reverse course and beg...

2023-04-10 04:15:00 ET Summary Along with the March ’23 CPI and PPI data coming on Wednesday and Thursday, many big banks are reporting results ahead in the week. Although bank lending was shown to have contracted by the largest amount on record - $105 billion - that could ...

2023-04-06 08:00:00 ET Summary ALTL alternates between a low-volatility and high-beta S&P 500 portfolio based on a relative strength signal. Fees are 0.60%, and ALTL has outperformed the S&P 500 since June 2020. However, don't be fooled by this "outperformance". ALTL has o...

2023-04-05 07:56:00 ET Summary Global equities were volatile in the first quarter, as turmoil in the banking sector jolted markets. While swift regulatory action helped stem contagion, the crisis dented investor confidence in a fragile market environment and has sharpened awarenes...

2023-04-05 03:00:00 ET Summary A silver lining of 2022 - the most challenging bond market in 40 years - is that bond yields rose to levels not seen since 2007. Concerns about the financial sector led bond prices to rise and yields to fall in March 2023, a reminder that investors o...

2023-04-05 02:22:00 ET Summary Earnings expectations have weakened this year; however, we still expect lower earnings per share growth than consensus expectations. Profit margin changes are a key driver of earnings growth. We expect further margin weakness ahead. Our weak earn...

2023-04-04 15:36:00 ET Summary At the beginning of last year, interest rates stood at 0% and today the benchmark interest rate stands at 5.0%. The S&P 500 rose +3.5% last month, and the technology-heavy NASDAQ index catapulted even more (+6.7%). But not everyone escaped unscat...

2023-04-03 18:41:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 closed out the first quarter of 2023 on a high note, rising 1.4% on Friday, 31 March 2023 to end the week up by 3.5% from its previous week's close. Reports of cooling inflation as measured by Personal Consumption Expenditures on Frid...

2023-04-02 03:43:00 ET Summary Bank shares plunged in the wake of the SVB meltdown, for understandable reasons, while Big Tech was off to the races, for reasons we will explore in further detail below. Stock price valuations are heavily influenced by interest rates, and a reductio...