USLB News and Press, Invesco Russell 1000 Low Beta Equal Weight ETF From 03/22/23

2023-03-22 21:17:58 ET Summary The Federal Reserve raised the Fed funds rate 25 basis points to a target rate of 4.75% to 5% on Wednesday. The Fed also updated its economic projections for the next few years. It appears a broader crisis is being priced in based on the market's...

2023-03-22 20:56:25 ET Summary As expected, the FOMC raised rates by 0.25% at their meeting this week, bringing the Fed funds rate to a range of 4.75% to 5.00%. The decision was unanimous, and the Fed signaled one more hike to follow. However, this almost certainly isn't enoug...

2023-03-22 17:02:00 ET Summary The economic data renaissance combined with the threat of financial sector instability leaves central banks with difficult choices. Strong household and corporate finances are likely to limit the downturn to a mild recession. The Fed faces a daun...

2023-03-22 14:39:00 ET Summary The AIER Leading Indicator remained essentially neutral in February 2023, maintaining the level of 58 from the previous month. Over the past year, the Leading Indicator has declined from generally neutral levels to a preponderance of contractionary i...

2023-03-22 12:11:00 ET Summary Reverberations for the economy remain a threat, but for the moment the odds of contagion risk that spreads across the financial system seem to be receding. Fears of wider, global crisis swirled as Switzerland-based Credit Suisse looked set to implode...

2023-03-22 11:46:00 ET Summary As central banks have been trying to control inflation with the fastest rate hikes since the early 1980s, we've begun to see some cracks in the financial system. There are uncomfortable echoes of course, anytime you get any sort of problem in the fin...

2023-03-22 06:00:00 ET Summary Although reference yields on government bonds have decreased since the failure of SVB, risk premia have widened, raising financing costs and discouraging investment. Deposit withdrawals and declining equity valuations will put banks in a defensive po...

2023-03-22 04:22:00 ET Summary The simplest thing that can be said about current financial market and banking conditions is this: the unwinding of this Fed-induced, yield-seeking speculative bubble is proceeding as one would expect, and it’s not over by a longshot. Silicon ...

2023-03-22 03:20:00 ET Summary An active Fed means that investors may finally get some yield out of front-end fixed income. Inverted curves also mean attractive income with limited duration risk, in our view. We think that elevated inflation will likely keep the Fed hiking rates. ...

2023-03-22 02:50:00 ET Summary Both the leading indicators of growth and liquidity continue to suggest growth will slow as 2023 progresses. The housing market and the inventory cycle in particular are still material headwinds to growth, while we are still unlikely to have fully fe...