TUSA News and Press, First Trust Total US Market AlphaDEX ETF From 05/05/22

Fed hikes key interest rate by 50 basis points as expected. Colbourne: Fed comments appeared slightly dovish despite the risks of inflation. Colbourne: We are concerned about the trajectory of inflation and if it stays sticky and doesn't come down. For further details see: ...

The map of the Asset Allocation Committee’s market views is a buzz of activity this quarter. Coming into 2022, we anticipated slower growth compared with the steep recovery levels of 2021 and inflation that was declining but persistent—and problematic due to its origins ...

There are no good choices left for central banks in the US and Japan. They can’t both fight inflation and fund their government’s debts with low interest rates. The debt bubble has been long in the works, but there are no options left to deal with it in a painless way. I...

In January, the bubble indicator showed that the US equity market as a whole was at the edge of a bubble but not in an extreme bubble. The earnings growth discounted in stocks is still a bit high. While the reversal has been significant, discounting of future earnings remains some...

It’s important to note that margin debt may be merely representative of a much larger use of leverage in things like asset-backed loans, call options, futures, leveraged ETFs, total return swaps, etc. The recent peak in the annual rate-of-change in the amount of margin debt out...

Market commentary I have been seeing has had an unusual split: warnings about the collapse of the bond market, as well as imminent recession. The preliminary report for U.S. Q1 real GDP was released last week, which registered an annualised decline of -1.4%. Although there are som...

With a track record of outperformance relative to both smaller and larger companies, mid-cap stocks are worth a look for value investors. For value investors, mid-cap has consistently outperformed relative to its large-value and small-value counterparts over time and deserves specific...

The JPMorgan Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index™ (PMI™), compiled by S&P Global, fell from 52.9 in March to a 20-month low of 52.2 in April. April also saw global new orders almost stall, registering only a marginal increase which was the smallest since June 20...

Long-term success is rarely achieved without some suffering. The S&P 500 is already off -14% from its highest levels experienced at the beginning of the year. Panic is rarely a profitable strategy, so now is probably not the best time to knee-jerk react to the price declines. ...

I have a lot of suspicion about last Thursday’s report that the U.S. economy contracted by 1.4%. It’s clear the Biden team will do all they can do to turn this negative GDP number into a positive report – fast! The news on the housing front was mixed. The Comm...