VNSE News and Press, Natixis Vaughan Nelson Select From 06/10/23

2023-06-10 05:15:00 ET Summary The percentage of unprofitable companies is increasing due to the Federal Reserve's aggressive hiking cycle, increased labor costs, and elevated inflation. Small- and mid-cap companies have underperformed during economic weakness, but their current v...

2023-05-31 21:03:00 ET Summary Large-cap U.S. equities have rallied year-to-date by approximately nine percent (as of May 29th) and appear to show resiliency in the face of a potential recession. The outperformance of the ‘Big 8’ group has seen its market cap weight ...

2023-05-20 06:00:00 ET Summary While virtually no global market segment escaped the turmoil of the past year, US large cap equities were dealt a particularly sharp blow. As defensive industries have cycled into favor, the market turmoil has led many investors to seek a defensive s...

2023-05-16 23:35:00 ET Summary 2023 is now continuing that past pattern of growth and large-cap growth relative performance. If you look at the 10 and 15-year annualized returns across all the US equity asset classes, even straight value vs. growth, the returns are not all that ap...

2023-05-04 02:44:00 ET Summary 2023 has smashed all previous U.S. large-cap stock-market extremes including those of 2021 and 2022. Regardless of whether there is a soft landing or not, current valuations especially for the largest U.S. stocks aren't compatible with contracting ec...

2023-04-26 22:55:00 ET Summary After taking a back seat to various flavors of small-cap and value factors earlier in 2023, the large-company growth risk factor is again leading the horse race, based on year-to-date returns for a set of ETF proxies through yesterday’s close (Apr...

2023-04-24 05:32:12 ET Summary This article provides an overview of the SCHD's historical performance vs. a peer group of 78, including popular ETFs like VTV, VYM, VIG, DGRO, and SDY. A solid long-term track record suggests SCHD's strategy has merit. Although it's not the most con...

2023-03-29 03:30:00 ET Summary While US large cap equity indexes have generally fared well over the past five years, the Russell 1000 Invesco Dynamic Multifactor Index [RB1] has posted standout returns. The Russell 1000 Index — an unbiased barometer for the broad US large c...

Summary The forward 12-month EPS is a time-weighted average between FY1 (2023) and FY2 (2024). During the height of the pandemic, we saw aggressive downgrades in EPS estimates during March-June 2020 as shown in the 2020, 2021 , and 2022 worm. Both the Russell 1000 and Russell 1000 G...

Summary The Federal Reserve appears to be losing control of the market. Financial conditions have eased dramatically since the December FOMC meeting. The Fed needs to push back against the market before it is too late. It appears that the Federal Reserve is losing control ...