Housing Data Stronger than Expected: Starts +12% Mark Vickery - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Sep 18, 9:12AM CDT Mark Vickery - ZACKS - Wed Sep 18, 9:12AM CDT
Housing Starts last month grew 12% to 1.264 million seasonally adjusted, annualized units, well in front of the 4.1% growth expected and 1.260 million units in the consensus estimate.
August Productivity Reads Improve Better than Expected Mark Vickery - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Sep 17, 9:25AM CDT Mark Vickery - ZACKS - Tue Sep 17, 9:25AM CDT
Industry Production reached +0.6& and Capacity Utilization posted 77.9% -- both higher reads than expected.
Retail Sales & Imports/Exports Reflect Ongoing Trade War Mark Vickery - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Sep 13, 8:59AM CDT Mark Vickery - ZACKS - Fri Sep 13, 8:59AM CDT
August Retail Sales reached +0.4%, easily surpassing the +0.1% estimate. Imports fell to -0.5% and Exports were -0.6%.
PPI Numbers Positive, but Lukewarm Mark Vickery - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Sep 11, 8:59AM CDT Mark Vickery - ZACKS - Wed Sep 11, 8:59AM CDT
A headline of +0.1% for August is roughly ahead of the breakeven analysts were expecting, and down from the unrevised +0.2% from July.
Pre-Market Tepid on Slow News, Apple (AAPL) Event Mark Vickery - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Sep 10, 9:14AM CDT Mark Vickery - ZACKS - Tue Sep 10, 9:14AM CDT
September has performed strongly thus far, up 1.5-2.0% on the major indexes.
Elliott Mgmt Has a Plan to Grow AT&T (T) by 65% Mark Vickery - Zacks Investment Research - Mon Sep 9, 9:16AM CDT Mark Vickery - ZACKS - Mon Sep 9, 9:16AM CDT
Discussing a "value-creation opportunity," Elliott speaks of AT&T -- which bought media major Time-Warner's assets for $85 billion in June 2018 ??? as being "deeply undervalued."
Top and Flop Leveraged ETFs of Last Week Sanghamitra Saha - Zacks Investment Research - Mon Sep 9, 7:00AM CDT Sanghamitra Saha - ZACKS - Mon Sep 9, 7:00AM CDT
Inside the top-and-worst-performing leveraged ETFs of last week amid renewed hopes of U.S.-China trade talks.
Jobs Growth 130K in August, Pre-Markets Unshaken Mark Vickery - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Sep 6, 9:13AM CDT Mark Vickery - ZACKS - Fri Sep 6, 9:13AM CDT
The private sector recorded only 96K new jobs last month -- roughly lower than what's needed to cover retirees in the domestic labor market month over month.
ETF Strategies to Follow as Volatility Seems Underpriced Sanghamitra Saha - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Sep 5, 1:30PM CDT Sanghamitra Saha - ZACKS - Thu Sep 5, 1:30PM CDT
Volatility for the market looks under-priced for the month of September. If you are really worried, you can try these ETF strategies.
Having Cake & Eating It Too? Jobs Numbers Good, Rate Cut Coming Mark Vickery - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Sep 5, 8:59AM CDT Mark Vickery - ZACKS - Thu Sep 5, 8:59AM CDT
Robust jobs numbers with a pending interest rate cut and an unresolved trade war many market participants have chosen to turn optimistic about, are fueling the pre-market.
5 High-Beta ETFs to Buy on Trade Talk Hopes Sanghamitra Saha - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Sep 5, 7:00AM CDT Sanghamitra Saha - ZACKS - Thu Sep 5, 7:00AM CDT
These high-beta ETFs should gain on U.S.-China trade talk hopes.
Trade Balance Hits -$54 Billion; Hong Kong Cancels Extradition Mark Vickery - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Sep 4, 8:58AM CDT Mark Vickery - ZACKS - Wed Sep 4, 8:58AM CDT
This morning, the trade deficit for July came in at -$54.0 billion -- lower than the $53.4 billion expected.
August ETF Asset Report: Gold Tops Sanghamitra Saha - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Sep 3, 12:00PM CDT Sanghamitra Saha - ZACKS - Tue Sep 3, 12:00PM CDT
In trade-induced August, gold ETF, low-volatility ETF and safe sectors like consumer staples generated considerable assets.
U.S.-China Trade Deal a Pipe Dream? Mark Vickery - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Sep 3, 9:04AM CDT Mark Vickery - ZACKS - Tue Sep 3, 9:04AM CDT
A new round of tariffs levied in the ongoing trade war between the U.S. and China were put into place Sunday.
Strong Trading Week Ends on Mixed Income, Spending Data Mark Vickery - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Aug 30, 9:42AM CDT Mark Vickery - ZACKS - Fri Aug 30, 9:42AM CDT
These figures have been creeping up nicely over the past several months, but we will keep an eye on whether this slowdown is temporary or part of something significant.
August ETF Events That Grab Headlines Sanghamitra Saha - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Aug 30, 9:30AM CDT Sanghamitra Saha - ZACKS - Fri Aug 30, 9:30AM CDT
August witnesses fluctuations in the US-China trade tensions, a gold surge, still-decent U.S. economic data points and maximum chances of a no-deal Brexit. These factors bring a few ETFs in focus.
Momentum ETFs to Buy as US-China Adopt Peacemaking Tone Sanghamitra Saha - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Aug 30, 7:00AM CDT Sanghamitra Saha - ZACKS - Fri Aug 30, 7:00AM CDT
Momentum ETFs could gain in the near term on signs of easing US-China trade tensions.
Should Invesco Defensive Equity ETF (DEF) Be on Your Investing Radar? Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Aug 30, 5:48AM CDT Zacks Equity Research - ZACKS - Fri Aug 30, 5:48AM CDT
Style Box ETF report for DEF
Worst Sector ETFs of August Sanghamitra Saha - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Aug 29, 12:00PM CDT Sanghamitra Saha - ZACKS - Thu Aug 29, 12:00PM CDT
August was trade-war trodden and dealt a blow to the broader equity market. These sector ETFs were among the most-hurt ones.
Top and Flop ETF Areas of August Sanghamitra Saha - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Aug 29, 7:00AM CDT Sanghamitra Saha - ZACKS - Thu Aug 29, 7:00AM CDT
August has been all about renewed trade tensions and a host of global rate cuts. These ETF areas were the winning and losing ones.
