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Zacks News
On Trade Talks & Fed Dissents
by Mark Vickery
It's anyone???s guess where we'll be a month from now; that there appear to be signs of goodwill toward an agreement on both sides has leant positive sentiment.
ETF Winners Amid Half-Hearted Response to Fed's Rate Cut
by Sanghamitra Saha
These ETF emerged winners as the Fed cut rates by 25 bps in its September meeting.
Q2 Deficit Shrinks (A Little); Philly Fed, Jobless Claims Good
by Mark Vickery
The 12-month-long trade war between the U.S. and China has obviously had plenty to do with these extending deficits.
Housing Data Stronger than Expected: Starts +12%
by Mark Vickery
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
by Mark Vickery
Industry Production reached +0.6& and Capacity Utilization posted 77.9% -- both higher reads than expected.
Retail Sales & Imports/Exports Reflect Ongoing Trade War
by Mark Vickery
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
by Mark Vickery
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
by Mark Vickery
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%
by Mark Vickery
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
by Sanghamitra Saha
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
by Mark Vickery
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.
U.S. Recession: Are We There Yet? Are We There Yet?
by John Blank
The latest Fed rate cut, the inversion of the U.S. Treasury yield curve and many other leading economic indicators are pointing in one direction only. It appears to be only a matter of time when we get there: a recession.
ETF Strategies to Follow as Volatility Seems Underpriced
by Sanghamitra Saha
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
by Mark Vickery
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
by Sanghamitra Saha
These high-beta ETFs should gain on U.S.-China trade talk hopes.
Trade Balance Hits -$54 Billion; Hong Kong Cancels Extradition
by Mark Vickery
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
by Sanghamitra Saha
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?
by Mark Vickery
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
by Mark Vickery
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
by Sanghamitra Saha
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
by Sanghamitra Saha
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?
by Zacks Equity Research
Style Box ETF report for DEF
Worst Sector ETFs of August
by Sanghamitra Saha
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
by Sanghamitra Saha
August has been all about renewed trade tensions and a host of global rate cuts. These ETF areas were the winning and losing ones.
5 International ETFs That Lost Less Than SPY on Trade Worry
by Sanghamitra Saha
These international ETFs shed lesser returns than the S&P 500 on Aug 23 amid renewed trade tensions and traded on solid volume.