USMC News and Press, Principal U.S. Mega-Cap Multi-Factor Index ETF

2026-02-27 22:00:00 ET By Ryan J. Puplava Tariff-ic Trouble The week opened with policy-driven volatility after President Trump raised the Section 122 global tariff rate to 15% from 10% and warned of further measures against countries attempting to revisit trade agreements. ...

2026-02-27 16:00:43 ET The S&P 500 Index (SP500, SPY) struggled in February. Often a tough month, U.S. large caps gave back 1% after a solid beginning to 2026 . But it wasn’t all doom and gloom, particularly for diversified investors. The S&P MidCap 400 ...

2026-02-27 09:30:00 ET By James Picerno The Fed is expected to hold steady on rates for the next two policy meetings, but liquidity conditions still look favorable for the stock market, according to analysis by TMC Research.... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha ...

2026-02-27 06:50:00 ET Economic growth metrics for the United States have recently shown surprising resilience; however, consumers’ economic sentiment has not. According to the Atlanta Federal Reserve, real Gross Domestic Product is estimated to have expanded at an annualized rat...

2026-02-27 03:05:00 ET Here's a selection of charts that I'm paying special attention to these days. If there's a theme emerging from these snapshots of the economy and financial markets, it's a generally upbeat one, featuring continued low inflation, moderate and improving growth, and ...

2026-02-27 01:50:00 ET By Magdalena Ocampo, Market Strategist A volatile start to 2026: Rising geopolitical strains 2026, anticipated to bring stability after the turbulence of 2025, has instead begun with policy upheaval. A series of geopolitical flare-ups across multiple r...

2026-02-26 11:10:53 ET The next big liquidity drain starts today, with four consecutive trading days of treasury settlement, which will equal around $137 billion being sucked out of the marketplace to meet the Treasury's needs for government funding.... Read the full article on Se...

2026-02-26 07:21:00 ET Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller told the National Association for Business Economics on February 23rd that the March 17th–18th Federal Open Market Committee decision is “close to a coin flip.” After three straight 25-basis po...

2026-02-26 02:44:00 ET By Seema Shah, Chief Global Strategist What has been announced? The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) are unconstitutional. In principle, this would require tariff levels to reve...

2026-02-26 02:15:00 ET The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday invalidated tariffs that President Donald Trump had imposed under the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). Most of the administration’s 2025 tariffs will therefore be rolled back, and importers should ev...