TUSA News and Press, First Trust Total US Market AlphaDEX ETF From 03/28/22

Stocks are recovering in the face of soaring bond yields, taking their cue from a strengthening economy. Investor sentiment is a contrarian buy signal. I expect the yield curve to steepen as short rates peak and long rate inch higher. The S&P 500 should recover all of its ...

Investors should keep an eye on the spread between earnings yields and Treasury yields. Market expectations are also important to monitor. Are there any alternatives for investors to park their money other than stocks? For further details see: How To Tell When Stocks Are...

High-frequency economic data are important because of the insight generated about the economy and the possible impact on policy. In the bond market, the Chinese 10-year premium has collapsed. It last finished above 100 bp on March 7. Bedeviled by Covid and natural disasters, the J...

Global stocks jumped last week as the market digested higher yields. Are there telltale signs of exhaustion in the recent bounce off the February lows? Seasonality could play a pivotal role as this mid-term year progresses. For further details see: Weekly S&P 500 Cha...

The stock market rose for its second week in a row even though the Federal Reserve increased interest rates and is promising to raise them several more times this year. More and more indicators can be interpreted that the Federal Reserve is not really being restrictive, but actually i...

It's been some time since the Fed commenced a serious tightening cycle. Previous moves to raise rates progressed gingerly, so as not to risk upsetting the cherished stock market. The financial sector was expanding aggressively. Broker/Dealer assets expanded 19% in 1991, 20% in 1992, a...

As technical traders, we look exclusively at the price action to provide specific clues as to the current trend or a potential change in trend. The current resistance for the SPY is the 475 top that happened around January 6, 2022. This top was 212.5% of March 23, 2020, low that was p...

The number of options traders that have lived through the start of geopolitical hostilities seems to be growing smaller every year. Historically, crude oil implied volatility tends to spike most quickly and sharply when prices are declining rapidly. The Ukrainian war is obviously ...

Since early December, initial jobless claims have risen and remained above multi-decade lows. That is until this week. Seasonally adjusted claims fell for a second week in a row down to 187K this week. That is the lowest reading since claims came in at 182K all the way back in Sep...

The final March results from the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers show overall consumer sentiment fell again, hitting the lowest level since August 2011. The composite consumer sentiment decreased to 59.4 in March, down from 62.8 in February, a drop of 5.4 percent. The inde...