TUSA News and Press, First Trust Total US Market AlphaDEX ETF From 04/23/22

Between the rising cost of living from inflation and higher taxes (in many countries), households are squeezed. The stand-off between Russia's payment scheme now that it cannot spend the euros due to the sanctions and Europe's reluctance to play ball will likely come to a head in the ...

It appears the war in Ukraine may take a further turn for the worse. A Russian general said the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine aims to secure control of the entire south of the country as well as the eastern Donbas region, according to state news services. China will continue str...

Earnings are doing just fine, and so far the "forward guidance" is not as dire as some predicted. The U.S. Energy crisis and the lack of growth initiatives will have a negative effect on "growth" for a long time. This sloppy market isn't about the Fed, it isn't about geopolitics, ...

It could be an interesting start to the week depending on who wins the second round of elections in France on Sunday. The blackout period means there’ll be no commentary from the Federal Reserve next week. Earnings season is well underway though and there’s plenty of...

When reviewing the current state of the global economy and investment markets, we recommend focusing on market signals and weeding out market noise. While decelerating from the pace of 2021, U.S. economic growth is expected to remain positive in 2022, pending further unexpected inflat...

Seasonally adjusted initial jobless claims remain off of the low from one month ago, but this week did see a sequential improvement. Before seasonal adjustment, claims were also impressive, falling from 224.1K to 196.9K as the brief seasonal uptick at this point of the year unwinds. ...

The "World Economic Outlook" report released by the IMF on April 19th depicted a worsening in the global economic scenario for 2022: lower economic growth and higher inflation. Emerging market and developing economies face a common set of external shocks, but the impacts of those comm...

The Millennial generation is already making more money than its Gen X predecessors and Boomer parents when comparing like-for-like ages. Adjusting for inflation, Millennial households are earning 10% more than Gen-X households and 21% more than Boomer households. The combined pre-...

The nature of the economic cycle, originally due to the COVID pandemic, has been amplified. The ongoing lockdowns and the military conflict in Europe have prompted us to revise our inflation projections further. The dynamic shifting of corporate winners and losers is a constant an...

Based on past patterns, reported earnings growth is likely to be modestly higher than that. We think the biggest risk is from the impact of aggressive monetary policy response to contain inflation. The economy is still growing, consumers are still spending, and many businesses are...