XPND News and Press, First Trust Expanded Technology ETF From 06/17/24

2024-06-17 10:30:00 ET Summary A flat monthly CPI number (year-over-year unchanged at 3.3% inflation rate) helped prompt a drop in the 10-year yield and fuel enthusiasm that we may see an early fall (September) rate cut. Due to the perception that the month-over-month inflation nu...

2024-06-15 23:04:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method.  This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...

2024-06-12 03:50:00 ET Summary One of the persistent themes in recent years has been the high and increasing concentration in US stocks. The outperformance of US stocks has been driven almost entirely by large cap US tech names and the “Magnificent 7”. This isn&#...

2024-06-11 14:56:00 ET Summary Can the market rally move past big tech? What AI needs next, a killer app. Other sectors that may be primed for a rally beyond tech. ... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For further details see: As The Rally In...

2024-06-03 12:36:00 ET Summary Despite the Salesforce miss and the drop in software stocks last week, the trends in technology sector earnings remain positive. There is nothing about the S&P 500 EPS data that seems to indicate a problem with the US economy, at least as of toda...

2024-05-29 15:30:00 ET Summary Are tech stocks back for the long term? Outlook for the tech sector. Global stock trends. ... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For further details see: Tech Sector Momentum Returns, But Is It Back For The Long ...

2024-05-11 13:45:00 ET Summary The narrative in the equity markets is that Big Oil has passed the reins to Big Tech. In a knowledge economy, compute is energy. Tech does not match global energy investment yet, but individually, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft will spend more...

2024-05-08 08:15:00 ET Summary Year to date, technology related companies have been the market leaders, with an increased focus on the ability to generate cash-flow. From a style factor lens, momentum has been the winner. Historically, this style has often been associated with mor...

2024-05-03 14:40:00 ET Summary We do not believe that tech is in bubble territory. We see pockets of irrationality and excess risk-taking, particularly in AI hype names, but this is not pervasive, and it is too extreme to characterize it as a bubble. Our underweight positioning to...

2024-04-30 07:35:00 ET Summary In any election year, change is on the horizon, but in this uncertain world, the one thing that remains certain is that companies and their underlying earnings will determine the fate of individual stocks. The AI race continues to sort winners from l...