UCON News and Press, First Trust TCW Unconstrained Plus Bond From 02/01/21

Stocks in emerging markets continued to lead the major asset classes in January as the top monthly performer. Emerging markets shares have been up for four straight months, pushing this slice of the world's equities to a wide one-year lead of nearly 28%. US stocks are posting the ...

Despite suffering steeper losses in the March panic and again in the September/October correction, the Russell 1000 finished 2020 with a threefold lead over its global peers (up 21% versus 6.8%, respectively). As was the case globally, P/E multiple expansion, rather than dividend or f...

First Trust TCW Unconstrained Plus Bond ETF (UCON) declares $0.0632/share monthly dividend, 30.3% increase from prior dividend of $0.0485.Forward yield 2.84%Payable Dec. 31; for shareholders of record Dec. 28; ex-div Dec. 24.See UCON Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. F...

Asset valuations, in themselves, cannot tell us when bubbles will burst, but they suggest when we are witnessing them and the depth of liquidation coming on the other side. Today, equities, corporate and many sovereign bonds (and the funds and ETFs that hold them) are more extremely p...

First Trust TCW Unconstrained Plus Bond ETF (UCON) declares $0.0485/share monthly dividend, -26.5% decrease from prior dividend of $0.066.Forward yield 2.19%Payable Nov. 30; for shareholders of record Nov. 25; ex-div Nov. 24.See UCON Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. F...

Seven conservative mutual funds and one exchange-traded fund are evaluated for defensive performance. The shortlist of funds is TMSRX, HSTRX, GAVIX, ADVNX, AEDNX, COTZX, FIXD, and SUBFX. These funds were selected from my last article on Seeking Alpha and shortlisted based on Port...

First Trust TCW Unconstrained Plus Bond ETF (UCON) declares $0.066/share monthly dividend, -5.7% decrease from prior dividend of $0.070.Forward yield 3.02%Payable Oct. 30; for shareholders of record Oct. 22; ex-div Oct. 21.See UCON Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. For...

First Trust Advisors L.P. ("FTA") announces the declaration of the monthly distributions for certain exchange-traded funds advised by FTA. The following dates apply to today's distribution declarations: *The Payable Date for First Trust Low Duration Opportunities ETF (LMBS) will...

Six of eight indexes on our world watch list posted losses through September 28, 2020. The top performer is China's Shanghai with a gain of 5.49%. Coming in last is London's FTSE 100 with a loss of 21.41%. For further details see: World Markets Update: September 28, 2020...

The weak trend in global trade and growth will not be enough to support risky assets such as equities in the coming months. The recent 10%+ consolidation in equities clearly shows how vulnerable is the market currently 'without' central banks and governments' help. Leading indicat...