SPXN News and Press, ProShares S&P 500 Ex-Financials From 06/25/24

2024-06-25 02:40:00 ET Summary The big news last week was that the Commerce Department reported that retail sales rose by only 0.1% in May, below the analysts’ consensus estimate of 0.3%. Like the G7 conference in Italy, the recent Ukrainian peace conference in Switzerland ...

2024-06-25 01:40:00 ET Summary I am beginning to wonder what will happen in a German federal election, due no later than October 2025, if the AfD continues to rise. The German DAX and the French CAC 40 stock market indexes were closely correlated before investors got wind of the p...

2024-06-24 14:05:00 ET Summary While the market has gone up well above expectations in H1 and may be due for a normal pullback or healthy correction, earnings have been stellar, earnings growth well above expectations, and the markets are fully expecting an easing from the Fed, which ...

2024-06-24 10:40:00 ET Summary June flash PMI survey data showed the G4 major developed economies expanding for a seventh successive month in June. US saw strong economic growth, while Europe and Japan experienced slowdowns, with varying factors contributing to the divergences. ...

2024-06-24 10:16:00 ET Summary The economic environment was unchanged last week, as the 10-year rate and the dollar both rose slightly. Large cap growth stocks and commodities continue to lead on the YTD basis with intermediate-term Treasuries flat, while small-cap stocks and REIT...

2024-06-24 09:50:00 ET Summary The second half of 2024 could see the current, localized election-related volatility go global. When the Asset Allocation Committee met back in March, its outlook was optimistic. Declining inflation had combined with a resilient economy. ...

2024-06-24 08:20:00 ET Summary Ten-year Treasury yields traded this week at the lowest level since March. The market closed Friday pricing a 4.85% policy rate at the Fed’s December meeting, implying two rate cuts (48 bps). For the Week:The S&P 500 added 0.6% (up 14....

2024-06-24 07:15:00 ET Summary The Dollar Index reached its best level since May 1 before the weekend but has come back softer against all the G10 currencies and most emerging market currencies. Equities are mostly higher, but the Asia Pacific region struggled. After rising fo...

2024-06-24 03:31:01 ET Summary The S&P 500 Index hit fresh records 31 times in 2024, with 9 sessions of increases and 5 sessions of decreases. The Federal Reserve's long forecasting model focuses on bank lending margins over yield curve stiffness. Central banks made rate d...

2024-06-24 00:51:25 ET Summary Sabbatical years, known as the Shemitah, have historically shown negative returns in the stock market and bond market. The seventh year of the cycle is the most volatile for equity markets, with a high probability of losing money. Strategies such...