XYLD News and Press, GLOBAL X FDS From 02/08/23

Summary Covered call funds are popular investments in retirement circles. Some investors attempt to time their investment in a covered call fund, to increase their income and capital gains. Timing a covered call fund is difficult, and not terribly effective. An explanation as to...

Summary This month, the Bureau of Labor announced significant revisions and is why tracking the trend is more valuable for economic insight than any single report. The tone in the media is shifting from extreme pessimism to “my god, it’s far better than we thought”....

Summary S&P 500 blended EPS growth for Q4 continues to fall, now expected to come in at -5.3%. Peak earnings season rolls on this week with 1,447 global companies expected to report. Potential surprises this week: PYPL, HLT. Another week, another tick down for Q4 S&...

Summary The trajectory of the S&P 500 shifted downward to close the week at 4,136.48, still up from the previous week's close. The week also saw continued improvement in the expectations for the S&P 500's quarterly dividends per share during 2023. The FedWatch tool anticipat...

Summary Why investors may be missing the big picture in the markets. Equity markets are facing volatility, but opportunities remain. Markets are off to a strong start, but that may fade soon. Equity markets are off to a strong start this year, but those gains are b...

Summary The market action is still confounding most analysts and investors. You may simply be looking at the market through the wrong prism. 4105SPX is the level you need to watch early in the week. When the market was bottoming on October 13 of 2022 at 3500SPX, the member...

Summary The February 2nd, 2023 rally in the corporate high yield asset class was the strongest day of spread narrowing since November ’20. Spread tightening over longer periods of time is a positive underlying condition for both the US stock market and bond markets, as well as th...

Summary We’re in the midst of the fourth quarter earnings season and already we’re seeing a cautionary setup for 2023 as corporations find ways to cut back. In the latter half of 2022 the number of companies announcing dividend decreases began to rise temporarily, before r...

Summary When it comes to the merits of a balanced portfolio, investors may find themselves caught up in the inertia of the masses, with most asset classes suffering negative returns in 2022. While equity and fixed markets have broadly rebounded to start 2023, this does not necessarily m...

Summary Constantly swaying between narrative and reality, financial markets are supported and fueled by emotions, feelings, dreams, aspirations, and fears. When the narrative is shared, financial markets take a definite direction, drawing scenarios of growth or recession, as in the curr...