Nasdaq ETFs

Johnson Controls International plc (Symbol: JCI) has been named a Top Socially Responsible Dividend Stock by Dividend Channel, signifying a stock with above-average ''DividendRank'' statistics including a strong 2.0% yield, as well as being recognized by prominent asset manager

VF Corp. (Symbol: VFC) has been named to the Dividend Channel ''S.A.F.E. 25'' list, signifying a stock with above-average ''DividendRank'' statistics including a strong 3.2% yield, as well as a superb track record of at least two decades of dividend growth, according to the mos

Is there any question that inflation will drive the investment narrative for at least the next year? The unprecedented levels of fiscal and monetary stimulus, months of pent-up demand, ongoing supply chain disruptions, and swift vaccine rollouts have primed the market to anticipate higher inflation, rate hikes, and unclear growth prospects, yet the advisor’s job [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Tightening monetary policy by the Federal Reserve adds to the downward pressure on emerging markets (EM), making it essential to get volatility protection when investing in EM. EM performance is typically tied to the performance of the local currency. When the dollar gets stronger due to rising rates, it diverts investment capital into EM and [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

With inflation concerns swirling in the minds of fixed income investors, getting an added dose of yield spurred popularity for dividend-focused exchange traded funds (ETFs). 2021 saw an influx of capital into dividend ETFs amid growing inflation worries and the prospect of higher interest rates. The U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to raise rates this [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The energy sector has seen impressive growth and returns over the past 18 months, seeing the biggest gains of any sector in the S&P 500 last year. Driven by demand for exposure toward sectors that are resilient to inflation, investors are increasingly looking to energy and MLP funds, such as the Duff & Phelps Select [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Innovative exchange traded fund investors should focus on the critical importance of having a long-term investment time horizon and should not fear short-term losses or volatility. In the recent webcast, Volatility is Not a Bad Word When You Have a Long-Term Time Horizon, ARK Invest’s Renato Leggi, client portfolio manager, argues that innovation platforms including [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The latest stock market volatility witnessed the tech sector get a fresh round of sell-offs during the month of January. The worst may or may not be over. Either way, there are ETFs to cover both scenarios. Inflation fears caused a dismal January for most equities. The tech sector in particular saw a heavy month [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

With inflation data weighing heavy on the capital markets, an active management strategy to help navigate the fickle bond markets while getting yield is a must. This is where getting expert management is of great benefit to investors who don’t want the added responsibility of managing their own investments. An ETF like the actively managed [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

When investors embrace small-cap stocks and the related exchange traded funds, the common expectation is that they will be rewarded with higher returns because smaller stocks are more volatile than large-cap equivalents. While the long-term track record of smaller stocks is impressive, investors need to be mindful of a fund’s underlying index when opting for [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

After ranking as the best-performing sector in the S&P 500 last year, energy is up to its old tricks again to start 2022, and that’s a good thing for investors because the S&P 500 Energy Index is up 24.14% year-to-date. With that in mind, it’s safe to say that the energy sector has momentum. Speaking [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

China will certainly loom large for investors considering emerging markets exposure this year, but simply because that’s the world’s second-largest economy doesn’t mean market participants have to embrace it when they allocate to developing economies. Last year, Indian equities and exchange traded funds, such as the VanEck Vectors India Growth Leaders ETF (GLIN), proved to [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

People who have maxed out their 401(k) contributions can now put an extra $1,000 into their defined contribution plans this year, thanks to new contribution limits the IRS announced. According to the agency, the 2022 contribution limit for 401(k) plans has increased to $20,500, up from $19,500 in 2021. This applies not only to 401(k) plans, but [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Large language models like Generative Pre-trained Transformer 3 (or GPT-3) have boosted the branch of artificial intelligence called natural language processing (NLP). But while the applications for NLP algorithms are myriad, they operate on text data, which makes them complex and expensive and often limits their usefulness. For example, GPT-3 contains 175 billion parameters, costs roughly $12 [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

January 2022 won’t go down as one of the best first months of the year for stocks. It was actually one of the worst, but dividend stocks and exchange traded funds proved their mettle. Take the case of the WisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Dividend Fund (NYSEArca: DLN). One of the more venerable dividend ETFs in the [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Carbon emission capture projects in the U.S. have a rocky history littered, literally, with abandoned machinery and technologies that became rapidly outdated or failed in their initial goals. Now, the U.S. is looking to give a boost to the industry through a $12.1 billion influx of funding via the infrastructure bill signed into law last [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

About 40% of European Union-listed fund assets under management, or 4 trillion euros, are marketed as sustainable. According to Morningstar data, investment funds labeled as sustainable under the EU’s new Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation managed 4.05 trillion euros in assets under management, or $4.63 trillion, as of the end-2021, Reuters reports. In comparison, sustainable fund [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Equities: ▶ U.S. Equities: Despite the drop in equity prices during January, the S&P 500 Index of predominately large-cap growth stocks remains highly overvalued by our measure. The Federal Reserve Board recently announced that it will add further monetary stimulus until at least March by leaving its Fed Funds Rate near zero and by continuing to [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

It’s no secret that the Federal Reserve is cruising toward multiple interest rate increases this year in an effort to damp inflation, but that doesn’t mean that dividend stocks and exchange traded funds will languish. Actually, some market observers believe that dividend stocks could prove resilient as rates rise, and that could be constructive for [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

With inflation continuing to rise in concert with yields, the fixed income environment gets even more challenging. However, there are ways for investors to get yield, such as through mortgage-backed securities (MBS). Mortgage-backed securities represent a pool of mortgages where investors can earn a return based on the interest the mortgages offer. As opposed to [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.