SPMD News and Press, SPDR Portfolio Mid Cap

2024-07-19 04:10:00 ET Summary In the week ending July 13th, initial jobless claims were at a seasonally adjusted level of 243,000, an increase of 20,000 from the previous week's figure. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.2 percent for the week ending ...

2024-07-18 14:50:00 ET Summary We are concerned that the U.S. Federal Reserve may wait too long to follow other major central banks in making its first cut. We think political and market volatility is likely to rise in the second half of the year, with the potential to persist wel...

2024-07-18 10:35:00 ET Summary While U.S. large-cap stocks often hold a place at the core of portfolios, many believe this exposure is best achieved via passive index-tracking products. The top stock by market cap in the S&P 500 is larger than the entire small-cap universe, su...

2024-07-18 07:40:00 ET Summary Fed Funds rate currently above T-Bill rates, historically follows T-Bill direction with a margin for flexibility. Fed's belief in market psychology of "Fed in charge", historical misses in predicting recessions. The Fed will cut its rate once the...

2024-07-18 06:30:00 ET Summary More data was released indicating greater disinflationary progress in the US - which, in my view, means we will get a Federal Reserve rate cut this quarter. I think this will be a rather positive earnings season. S&P 500 companies are forecasted ...

2024-07-18 03:20:00 ET Summary Q2 S&P 500® EPS growth expected to come in at 9.3%, the highest rate in over two years. Banks kicked things off with mixed results, but overall top- and bottom-line results were good enough to boost S&P 500 growth rates. Peak weeks f...

2024-07-17 22:10:00 ET Summary The combination of the Great Financial Crisis period and the Covid era created some of the most interesting economic experiments in history, which also resulted in some of the worst narratives in finance and economics. In the wake of the Financial Cr...

2024-07-17 21:45:00 ET Summary Government borrowing and the national debt are barely getting a mention in the US election campaign, yet a failure to change trajectory risks further debt downgrades, more market volatility and higher borrowing costs. This will pose ec...

2024-07-17 21:10:00 ET Summary The teen labor force includes both the number of teens who have a job and the number of unemployed teens who do not but are trying to get one. The seasonally-adjusted data shows the combined total of Age 16-19 teens with jobs declined a small amount ...

2024-07-17 08:30:00 ET Summary Explore key themes from our Secular Outlook, including fiscal policy, geopolitical risks, AI, and upcoming elections, and learn how these factors could shape the future of fixed income markets. 2024 elections obviously can potentially be a disruptor ...