• February 27, 2025

Amplify ETFs Declares February Income Distributions for its Income ETFs

CHICAGO, Feb. 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amplify ETFs announces February income distributions for its income ETFs. ETF NameTickerAmount per ShareEx-DateRecord DatePayable DateAmplify Samsung SOFR ETFSOFR$0.343232/27/252/27/252/28/25Amplify Bloomberg U.S. Treasury 12% Premium Income ETFTLTP$0.243102/27/252/27/252/28/25Amplify COWS Covered Call ETFHCOW$0.206752/27/252/27/252/28/25Amplify CWP Growth & Income ETFQDVO$0.198372/27/252/27/252/28/25Amplify CWP Enhanced Dividend Income ETFDIVO$0.167002

  • February 26, 2025

AWAIM® Announces Q1'25 ACGM Total Portfolio Solutions Suite™ Trading Activity

Aligne Wealth Advisors Investment Management (AWAIM) proactively manages risk and return opportunities as markets evolve. This forward-looking approach recently led to strategic portfolio adjustments within the ACGM Total Portfolio Solutions Suite™. This suite comprises four tactical asset allocation separately managed account strategies ranging from Low Growth to Aggressive Growth.

  • February 26, 2025

Housing market challenges set to boost renovations, NKBA CEO says

Retailers Lowe's (LOW) and Home Depot (HD) acknowledged challenges in the home renovation market while reporting earnings. National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) CEO Bill Darcy joins Wealth with Brad Smith to take a closer look at the renovation market. "I think what you're hearing from the big box retailers is the macroeconomics," Darcy says, explaining, "What we're expecting this year is about 0.8% growth [and] that's really because DIY [do it yourself] and multifamily DIY mostly is bringing the market down a little bit." The CEO notes that with ongoing affordability challenges for homebuyers and expectations of a more hawkish Federal Reserve, "consumers feel more and more comfortable with 5% [mortgage rates] and really their desire to really stay in their homes, this really does drive remodeling." "We feel for the construction side [and the] new home side, but we really feel that even higher interest rates sometimes is the driver for further remodeling," Darcy adds. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Wealth here. This post was written by Naomi Buchanan.

  • February 25, 2025

Invesco QQQ ETF approved for sale, cross-lists on Hong Kong Stock Exchange

Invesco, a leading global asset management firm, announced today that its flagship Invesco QQQ Trust Exchange Traded Fund (Invesco QQQ ETF) has been approved for sale in Hong Kong by the Securities & Futures Commission and cross-listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX), commencing trading as of market open under the symbol "3455". Invesco QQQ, one of the best-performing large-cap growth funds[1], is the flagship fund of Invesco's US$762 billion ETF business, the fourth largest ETF provider

  • February 25, 2025

US home price growth slows in January as inventory improves

US annual home price growth increased by 3.04% in January, according to the ICE Home Price index. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index illustrated home prices to have increased by 3.9% in December 2024. Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) vice president of research and analysis Andy Walden comes on the program to speak with Brad Smith about the "inflection point" becoming apparent for home prices, weighing in on mortgage rates and housing affordability. "The other thing that's very different today than it was a year ago is that there's more homes out there available for purchase. So if you look at the market in January, there were 24%, 25% more homes available to buy in the market than there were at this time last year," Walden says. "We're seeing the strongest inventory levels, even though we're still running a deficit, the strongest inventory levels that we've seen really in the better part of the last five years out there in the market." Watch the full interview above to hear Andy Walden's comments about regional prices and the ways the Trump administration's policies could affect the homebuilding industry. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Wealth here. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.

  • February 25, 2025

US home prices rose 3.9% in December 2024: Case-Shiller Index

The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index illustrated home prices to have increased by 3.9% in December 2024. To speak more on this national housing data and regional home prices in major US cities, Yahoo Finance senior housing reporter Dani Romero sits down with Brad Smith on Wealth. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Wealth here. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.

  • February 24, 2025

Black first-time homebuyers see strong rebound in 2024: Zillow

A Zillow survey saw Black homebuyers purchasing their first home held steady in 2024. To speak more about this survey's findings and what's pushing this trend, Zillow Group senior economist Orphe Divounguy sits down with Brad Smith on Wealth. "Less than half of all black households own their own home, compared to roughly 65%, which is the national average," Divounguy explains. "Technology is helping. Mortgage data shows a lack of credit history is the primary reason for black applicants' mortgage denials. The push to make utility payments and rent payments count towards someone's credit history is going to help." Watch the video above to hear more of Orphe Divounguy's insights into the types of metro areas driving Black homebuying and the challenges ahead for the broader US housing market. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Wealth here. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.

  • February 21, 2025

Housing is currently a 'buyer's market' despite challenges

January's existing home sales data came in at 4.08 million, missing the projected 4.13 million. Redfin head of economic research Chen Zhao joins Asking for a Trend to discuss what the numbers indicate about broader housing market conditions. Zhao explains that after two years of "very slow loosening" of the mortgage lock-in effect, "we're actually seeing enough inventory pile up that what we see in the market right now looks more like a buyer's market than anything we've seen in the past six years," noting there's approximately a four-month supply in the national market. "All of that seems to point to buyers having a little bit more of an opportunity than they've had in a really long time," she adds. However, Zhao points out that many potential buyers may not perceive these improved conditions due to ongoing challenges, including high mortgage rates, elevated home prices, and persistent inflationary pressures. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Asking for a Trend here. This post was written by Angel Smith

  • February 21, 2025

Consumers reacting more to 'anticipated price shocks' from tariffs

US consumer sentiment dropped to 64.7 in the month of February, falling 7 points from the month prior, according to the final reading from the University of Michigan's index. Joanne Hsu, University of Michigan's Director of Surveys of Consumers, sits down with Seana Smith and Madison Mills for a conversation on what this print could indicate about inflation's path ahead. "It was a pretty large month over month increase for both short and long-run expectations. It's not necessarily cause for panic at this moment, but these expectations are clearly being driven by concerns over policy and concerns that tariffs are going to lead to price hikes," Hsu tells Yahoo Finance, who is also a research associate professor at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research. "And it's very anticipatory on the basis of consumers," she adds, going on to weigh in on how inflation data is lining up with political parties' own economic outlooks amid President Trump's latest tariff agenda. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Catalysts here. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.