Nasdaq ETFs

Allianz Investment Management LLC today launched a new buffered outcome ETF with a six-month outcome period: the AllianzIM U.S. Large Cap 6 Month Buffer10 Jan/Jul ETF (NYSE: SIXJ). Using FLEX Options, AllianzIM’s new ETF seeks to match the returns of the S&P 500 Price Return Index up to a stated cap, while providing downside risk [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

With interest rate hikes on the horizon, what lies in store for the fixed income markets? And how should advisors position their clients’ portfolios accordingly? To find out, we turned to the Franco Ditri, investment specialist in T. Rowe Price’s fixed income division. In his role, Ditri covers the full range of fixed income strategies, [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

In trading on Monday, shares of the Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF (Symbol: VGLT) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $87.86, changing hands as low as $87.61 per share. Vanguard Long-Term Treasury shares are currently trading off about 1.9% on the day. The chart be

In trading on Monday, shares of the SPDR— Portfolio Long Term Treasury ETF (Symbol: SPTL) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $41.39, changing hands as low as $41.29 per share. SPDR— Portfolio Long Term Treasury shares are currently trading off about 1.9%

In trading on Monday, shares of the AMLP ETF (Symbol: AMLP) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $33.69, changing hands as high as $33.78 per share. AMLP shares are currently trading up about 3.1% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of AMLP sha

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing will continue to be a force to be reckoned with in 2022, with some analysts saying that it will essentially drive the capital markets. Given that, ESG is no longer a niche investing alternative, but a global phenomenon. In 2021, $120 billion flowed into ESG-related exchange traded funds (ETFs), [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) funds brought in around $120 billion in flows last year as increasing focus by regulator bodies, advisors, and investors continued to propel the space forward. 2022 is expected to see more growth for ESG, not just in terms of greater inflows but as an actual trend that will shape markets, [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Investors looking for an emerging market (EM) opportunity for 2022 that offers potential growth may want to look at the country of Nigeria. While emerging markets have been decimated as of late thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, a stronger push for vaccinations is making EM assets look more valuable relative to potential growth opportunities. In [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Growth-related exchange traded funds were off to a good start in the new year, despite rising COVID-19 cases that have previously weighed on sentiment. U.S. markets have also typically strengthened at the start of a new calendar period, such as the beginning of a new year, as so-called new money from areas like pension funds [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Last year brought remarkable outperformance from equities, capping a decade of strong growth, particularly from the technology sector. This trend has been around since the ending of the global financial crisis in 2009, with the mega-cap tech stocks growing an astounding 1,000% cumulatively in the last ten years, compared to the S&P 500 Index, which [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Infrastructure focus and investors looking to curb higher taxes have helped municipal bonds see over $60 billion in fund flows during 2021. Municipal bonds offer a way for investors to help stymie the effects of higher taxes. That’s certainly the case heading into 2022 after the trillion-dollar infrastructure package got signed into law by President [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

As is widely stated, mid-cap stocks are often overlooked, so it stands to reason that some of the exchange traded funds addressing this corner of the equity market are as well. Such is life for the Invesco S&P MidCap 400 Equal Weight ETF (NYSEARCA: EWMC). EWMC, which recently turned 11 years old, tracks the S&P [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Mid-cap stocks were admirable performers in 2021. On the last trading day of the year, the S&P MidCap 400 Index was up 23%. Investors looking to diversify away from large-cap equities in 2022 ought to keep that in mind and remember that 2021 isn’t a one-off in terms of mid-caps delivering decent performances. This often [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

When investors think of e-commerce and social media, they usually think of two distinct industries that are mostly domestic phenomenons. However, those landscapes are rapidly shifting, and there’s an increasing intersection between online retail and social media known as social commerce. Notably, social commerce isn’t confined to U.S. borders. Investors can tap into it from [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Exchange is monitoring the Omicron variant, which has caused COVID cases to skyrocket through much of the world. Fortunately, some early data suggests that this variant could be, in some cases, less lethal than previous variants. Cases are up significantly, with the U.S. averaging 400,000 new cases recorded each day, doubling from last week’s numbers, excluding [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Chinese companies listed in the U.S. took a pummeling last year as foreign investors reacted to regulations within China, but for Chinese stocks on the mainland, it was business as usual. Onshore stocks grew nearly 20% last year in China, while Chinese stocks listed in U.S. markets fell 42% for the year, reports the Wall Street [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The ability to customize the blockchain ecosystem via multi-chain opens up a plethora of possibilities when it comes to developing decentralized applications (DApps). Multi-chain will help developers create DApps with expediency, adding to the scalability of the blockchain ecosystem. For the investment world, this opens up a wide array of opportunities for profitable exposure to [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Monday, with over 133,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 33,000. Shares of PBP were up about 0.2% on the day.

Among exchange traded funds with leverage to e-commerce and new consumer trends, the Goldman Sachs Future Consumer Equity ETF (GBUY) is one of the newest ideas to consider. GBUY is also a prime example of an ETF where investors shouldn’t get wrapped up in age or, in this case, lack thereof. The reason for that [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

In trading on Monday, the Oil Services ETF is outperforming other ETFs, up about 5.4% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Transocean, up about 12.1% and shares of Oil States International, up about 9.9% on the day.