Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (Symbol: IGV) where we have detected an approximate $254.0 million dollar outflow -- that's a 4.8% decreas
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETF (Symbol: MTUM) where we have detected an approximate $176.0 million dollar outflow -- that's a 1.4% decrease we
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF (Symbol: IJH) where we have detected an approximate $129.1 million dollar outflow -- that's a 0.2% decrease week ov
By Natalia Gurushina Chief Economist, Emerging Markets Fixed Income Strategy Van Eck Associates Corporation Several EM central banks stayed on hold today, but there is a lot of underlying action in that group, including a hawkish shift in Indonesia and Turkey’s attempts to handle the widening gap between the policy rate and inflation. Emerging Markets Rates Today is a “smorgasbord” [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
By David Schassler Portfolio Manager and Head of Quantitative Investment Solutions Van Eck Associates Corporation Goodbye 2021! Welcome 2022! Last year marked another period of easy money that fueled yet another year of outsized gains. The S&P 500® Index returned +28.7%! Investors should be pleased with that outcome, but not surprised. The average return of the [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Equity markets rallied in December, closing near all-time highs, and capping off a third consecutive year of solid double-digit gains. The benchmark S&P 500 Index gained 4.5% in the final month of the year while the Nasdaq Composite Index gained just 0.7%. A rotation away from growth-oriented equities accelerated during December as investors continued to [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
By Kara Marciscano, CFA Associate, Research In late November, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell hinted at an accelerated wind-down of the Fed’s easy-money policy. Since that announcement, Treasury yields have pushed higher, reflecting expectations that in early 2022, the Fed will begin raising its policy rate for the first time since 2018. As my colleague recently wrote, a rising rate [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
By John Patrick Lee, CFA Product Manager Van Eck Associates Corporation January 2022 update – Since first publishing this blog in March 2021, merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the video game sector has continued to accelerate. The trend has now leaned towards bigger acquisitions, with companies paying steep premiums to acquire targeted game studios. [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Tom Lydon, CEO of ETF Trends, recently sat down with Cathie Wood, CEO of ARK Invest to discuss how ARK Invest was approaching its portfolios during extended market volatility and ARK’s long-term outlook for its investment strategies. Please note the following regarding views expressed during this interview. Forecasts are inherently limited and cannot be relied [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Global exchange traded funds enjoyed record inflows in 2021 as investors threw money at the low-cost, transparent, and easy-to-use investment vehicle. According to Refinitiv Lipper data, global ETFs experienced a record $1.22 trillion in net inflows last year, or about 71% higher than in 2020, Reuters reports. Meanwhile, global ETF total assets under management surged [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
The hype around special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) is cooling down, with a bearish exchange traded fund bet on SPACs capitalizing on the falling interest. Over the past three months, the Short De-SPAC ETF (NYSE: SOGU) increased 38.4%, whereas the De-SPAC ETF (NYSE: DSPC) declined 34.7%. DSPC is designed to track the performance of the De-SPAC Index [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Netflix (NasdaqGS: NFLX) shares plunged on Friday, dragging down communication services sector-related exchange traded funds, after the online streamer revealed slowing subscriber growth. On Friday, the Invesco NASDAW Internet ETF (PNQI) declined 4.2%, the First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (FDN) decreased 2.9%, and the Vanguard Communication Services Index Fund ETF Shares (VOX) dropped 2.3%. Meanwhile, [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Two major trends have been driving markets for the past few years: the electrification of transportation, and the quest for clean energy. These two inter-related movements have brought electric vehicles into the limelight, and mass adoption of electric cars is happening right now around the world, especially in the U.S., China, and Europe. But how [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
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In trading on Friday, shares of the JEPI ETF (Symbol: JEPI) entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $60 per share. We define oversold territory using the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which is a technical analysis indicator used to measure momentum on a sc
In trading on Friday, shares of the iShares Russell 3000 ETF (Symbol: IWV) entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $254.19 per share. We define oversold territory using the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which is a technical analysis indicator used to measu
In trading on Friday, shares of the iShares Russell Top 200 Growth ETF (Symbol: IWY) entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $153.44 per share. We define oversold territory using the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which is a technical analysis indicator use
In trading on Friday, shares of the iShares Russell 1000 ETF (Symbol: IWB) entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $242.63 per share. We define oversold territory using the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which is a technical analysis indicator used to measu
In trading on Friday, shares of the iShares Dow Jones U.S. ETF (Symbol: IYY) entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $108.02 per share. We define oversold territory using the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which is a technical analysis indicator used to mea
In trading on Friday, shares of the iShares S&P 100 ETF (Symbol: OEF) entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $202.29 per share. We define oversold territory using the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which is a technical analysis indicator used to measur