XNTK News and Press, SPDR NYSE Technology From 06/22/21

GlobalFoundries announced a $4 billion investment in conjunction with Singapore government officials to greatly expand capacity at its existing chip fabrication plant (fab) in Singapore. The investment will enable the company to increase its overall output by 33%, growing its 300 mm w...

SPDR NYSE Technology ETF (XNTK) - $0.1005.30-Day SEC Yield of 0.33% as of Jun. 17.Payable Jun 24; for shareholders of record Jun 22; ex-div Jun 21. For further details see: SPDR NYSE Technology ETF declares quarterly distribution of $0.1005

Strategas Director of Policy Research Jeannette Lowe talks about the betting odds of a corporate tax rate hike coming down and how that plays into the ongoing debate around a potential infrastructure bill. She points out that the Senate is making progress on a bipartisan infrastructur...

The stock and bond markets have taken the view that inflation is “transitory,” as the headline CPI rose 5% yoy in May and the 10-year Treasury market celebrated the inflation news by sending yields down to 1.44%. The German/eurozone and Japanese money rates could be help...

Consumer Services climb to the top performing sector in May. Supply constraints limit output for basic material and consumer good sectors. Broadly positive economic conditions point to further closing in on the removal of accommodative policy. For further details see: U....

During the pandemic lockdown in the first half of 2020, only three S&P 500 sectors saw positive earnings and revenue growth for Q1 and Q2 ’20. In Q1 ’21, Technology has grown EPS and revenue 53% and 21%, respectively. Once Q2 ’21 earnings start in mid-July...

Over the last 50 years, spending on technology equipment, software and research and development has grown to exceed 50% of all total private fixed investment, according to the US Chamber of Commerce. Despite potential headwinds, and the recent volatility, we are very optimistic on the...

A market that opens big green, and then fades and closes in the red, is not really a healthy market. Let’s take a quick look at the EPS and revenue revisions for the Top 5 stocks in the S&P 500 as of 5/31/21. Only Facebook doesn’t have a PE that is lower than its...

In this post, we take a deeper dive into the gauges we monitor for the active management environment and discuss how this can play out in a well sourced, risk-managed multi-manager fund. The bottom line is we remain bullish on the opportunity set for skilled stock pickers and their ab...

Technology is still the largest weighting in the SP 500 as of this past weekend, with a 26.2% market cap. The difference between the earnings weight and market cap weight of technology is nowhere as large in May 2021 as it was in early 2000. The tech sector could tread water for 1...