XYLD News and Press, GLOBAL X FDS From 11/08/22

Summary Rate hikes continue. Will the economy land softly? Based solely on the labor market, a soft landing is possible. But risks hide in dark corners. There was a soft economic landing in the early 2000s, but markets landed harshly. I believe history will rhyme. Some try...

Summary I was getting increasingly bearish starting November 2021. This was because the NASDAQ Composite hit a new high in November, which was not followed by the other two indices. Currently, the index flashing caution is the S&P 500, which on down days flirts with its histor...

Summary Global climate adjustment is falling behind in meeting the targets of limiting temperature rise to below 2 degrees Celsius and reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. Developing economies vulnerable to climate change are likely to undertake concerted calls for "loss and damag...

Summary The mistake of the 1970s was that, by overtightening, the Fed created a deep drop in economic activity that necessitated the subsequent rapid cuts. Hiking too fast, not allowing time to see the effect of past rate hikes, is exactly how the Fed ends up overtightening in jus...

Summary After rallying 9% off the October 12 bottom, the market pulled back last week but still sits 5.4% above the low point. Commodities are trouncing all other major asset classes on a YTD basis, largely due to the rise in oil, natural gas, and agricultural prices. The newe...

Summary It was just a week ago that we issued a cautionary note that the S&P 500 would face a downward movement if investors shifted their attention to any point in the future other than 2022-Q4. We said it would absolutely happen before the end of 2022-Q4. But we didn't have ...

Summary The trend for the dollar and the 10-year Treasury yield is still up but, as I said last week, both appear to be hitting a short-term peak. US stocks were down last week but non-US stocks had a great week. The selloff in the dollar Friday goosed non-dollar returns by nearly...

Summary BlackRock’s top investment leaders came together at the Outlook Forum. The upshot: the new regime is not about to change, and we need a new playbook. Stocks slid and yields rose as the Federal Reserve delivered another mega rate rise and signaled it would need to ta...

Summary If the unemployment level in the economy increases, this removes potential demand from the economy; hence, a slowdown or recession may unfold. The unemployment rate is flattening and possibly beginning an uptrend, with both the rate and average now equaling 3.7%. The p...

Summary I looked at RYLD, QYLD, and XYLD since the beginning of 2021, and RYLD has been the superior covered-call fund from Global X. Since its inception in 2019, RYLD has paid $9.24 per share through 42 consecutive distributions, which is a 36.95% yield on its initial share price...