TUSA News and Press, First Trust Total US Market AlphaDEX ETF From 03/25/22

Inflation was never a problem during the 1993-1995 period. Globalization was disinflationary and made soft landings possible. The current trend on de-globalization is stagflationary. Prepare for the hard landing - recession and the bear market in S&P 500. For further...

This morning's seasonally adjusted 187K new claims, down 28K from the previous week's revised figure, was below the Investing.com forecast of 212K. The COVID spike isn't as prominent. The headline Unemployment Insurance data is seasonally adjusted. For further details see: ...

The average daily volume for trading of U.S. Equities reached significant new records between 2020 and today. Cboe ranks third overall in market share among major exchanges, across all tapes, as of the first quarter of 2022 to date. The market dynamics have changed rapidly in rece...

For now, it appears as though the stock market may have jumped the gun and as such could offer some respite over the coming weeks. The retail, transports, metals & mining, materials, and industrials sectors were clear underperformers as the market topped in December and have since...

Total durable goods orders are up 16.7 percent from a year ago. Accelerating price increases have an impact on capital goods. The outlook remains uncertain. For further details see: Durable Goods Orders Fell In February On Broad-Based Declines, But Remain High

Citing Fed Chair Powell’s recent inflation alarm, Goldman Sachs is predicting the U.S. central bank will hike policy rates half a percent at both its May and June meetings. Even though the highest risk corporate bonds have so far fallen less than Treasuries, their yields (borro...

The stock market has performed reasonably well in the year following an initial interest-rate hike. Investors still need to be focused on signs of slower growth. The housing market is the first segment of the economy to feel the weight of tighter monetary policy conditions. I ...

The first quarter of 2022 has been mostly characterized by rising yields, with the upward climb interrupted only by the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, which sparked a flight-to-safety reaction in late February and early March. Since then, however, the selloff in bonds largely...

With the Federal Reserve starting to raise interest rates and bond markets creaking under the stress, mortgage rates are up to 4.5% and are nearing the highest levels in over a decade. The mortgage payment required to cover the median existing home price at the national average mortga...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the sanctions response, and the gyrations in commodity markets cast an even thicker layer of uncertainty on what already was an uncertain economic and financial market outlook before the onset of this horrific war. Despite the many unknowns, we dra...