USMC News and Press, Principal U.S. Mega-Cap Multi-Factor Index ETF From 05/30/24

2024-05-30 03:42:00 ET Summary Money Supply is a very important indicator that helps show how tight or loose current monetary conditions are regardless of what the Fed is doing with interest rates. Money Supply should dip some heading into the summer before rebounding later in the...

2024-05-30 03:05:00 ET Summary It's important for investors to distinguish between market bubbles and regular market cycles. Market cycles are driven by fundamental economic factors and are an inherent aspect of market dynamics. In contrast, a market bubble is marked by unsustaina...

2024-05-29 12:15:00 ET Summary History shows that the reality of election years is often far less interesting than perception. Markets tend to do fairly well in election years, and we have minimal instances of significant drawdowns in the six months prior to general elections. ...

2024-05-29 08:40:00 ET Summary The legendary baseball catcher Yogi Berra could sure help us out in understanding the current investing environment. Having a 'bearish engulfing pattern' is no guarantee of seeing a bearish reversal. I think that if we rise above 4.74% on the 10-...

2024-05-29 07:05:00 ET Summary Leading billionaires like Warren Buffett seem to think the market is due for a sharp correction. We take a look at leading market valuation models. We also share our approach that we believe maximizes our risk-reward profile in the current enviro...

2024-05-28 08:55:00 ET Summary Demographic divergence – a mega force that most investors don’t think about from a capital spending perspective – shapes infrastructure needs across economies. Digital disruption and AI are already creating a massive and immediat...

2024-05-28 08:05:00 ET Summary While it is not the time to be making any kind of significant bear case for risk assets, I think we are reaching the stage in the cycle where most of the easy money has been made. The dollar, oil, and input prices all remain fairly stable and are far...

2024-05-28 07:28:30 ET Summary Principal U.S. Mega-Cap ETF provides concentrated, actively managed exposure to a select number of U.S. mega-caps. Fees are low at 0.12%, and the ETF has $2.35 billion in assets under management. Unlike market-cap-weighted alternatives like XLG, USMC...

2024-05-28 07:10:00 ET Summary The dollar is still mostly softer against the G10 currencies, but it is little changed to slightly firmer against the Japanese yen. The US 10-year yield Treasury yield is off a basis point to 4.45% today. US index futures are signaling a firm ret...

2024-05-28 05:07:00 ET Summary U.S. Presidential Election: The implications for markets. What the U.S. election results could mean for equities. Policy differences between Biden vs. Trump. The upcoming U.S. presidential election is still several months away, but ther...