VDE News and Press, Vanguard Energy From 01/10/23

Summary On a coincident basis, driven by a historically tight labour market and robust industrial production growth, the US economy remains deceptively strong despite negative real incomes and tight financial conditions. However, the leading indicators of the business cycle continue to ...

Summary Oil prices have kickstarted 2023 with their worst decline since 1991. With at least one-third of the global economy set to be in a recession this year, including the US, demand will continue to be suppressed. This could mitigate the expected demand boost from China. It a...

Summary This article summarizes the performance of the entire U.S. equity market by examining 1Y, 3Y, 5Y, and 10Y returns for 850+ ETFs across 40 categories. Major indices declined, but investing in Energy, High-Dividend, and Large-Cap Value ETFs softened the blow. Meanwhile, searching ...

Summary I expect traditional fossil fuel energy companies to continue to excel, rising to up to 30% of the S&P 500 in the upcoming years as technology stocks continue to shrink. After the most aggressive series of rate hikes in decades, inflation is finally moderating. Whether or no...

Summary For 40 years, steadily declining inflation and interest rates buoyed equity returns. That changed abruptly last year. Investors must now adjust expectations to a new macroeconomic and market landscape that will require a fresh mindset to reach long-term goals. By...

Summary All the positive sales and earnings forecasted are concentrated in the top 15% of all stocks that I monitor. In other words, institutional buying pressure is focused on fewer stocks than normal. Energy stocks are big winners in 2022. In addition to high energy prices, the buying...

Summary The need for O&G capex investments is building up slowly, but surely with acceleration. Midstream O&G players stand to benefit from increased upstream volumes. My technical analysis assessment using Flow, Location, and Trap elements suggest to me that AMZA is poised ...

Summary Much of Wall Street will be taking off this week. It will be a week filled with lots of economic readings. There will be no earnings and no Fed speak. By Ed Moya US Thin trading conditions could persist as much of Wall Street will be taking off th...

Summary There are five themes to watch for in 2023 that will have big impacts on the economy and markets. Pretty much everyone expects a recession in 2023. That makes the contrarian in me uncomfortable, but I agree with the consensus. How bad could a recession in 2023 be? It's hard ...

Summary The Invesco equal-weight RYE ETF attempts to mitigate concentration risks in the energy sector using the same strategy as sister fund - the RSP ETF - does in the S&P 500. The fund holds equal weight positions in 24 energy companies and rebalances on a quarterly basis. The TT...