Nasdaq ETFs

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (Symbol: USIG) where we have detected an approximate $101.8 million dollar inflow -- that's a

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the ARK Fintech Innovation ETF (Symbol: ARKF) where we have detected an approximate $97.7 million dollar outflow -- that's a 3.8% decrease week over wee

By Blake Heimann Research Analyst & Christopher Gannatti, CFA Global Head of Research When people hear “AI,” their minds frequently jump to the ominous image Hollywood has painted through films like The Terminator and The Matrix—entertaining but not necessarily an accurate portrayal of AI. Something more realistic and familiar might be the chatbot you encountered when trying to [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Brandon Rakszawski Senior ETF Product Manager The systematic approach of the Morningstar® Wide Moat Focus IndexSM (the “Moat Index” or “Index”) to targeting valuation opportunities among the U.S. wide moat opportunity set has driven shifts in its style exposure at various times in the last several years. Notably, the Index developed a value bias in the months following [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Kevin Flanagan Head of Fixed Income Strategy Follow Kevin Flanagan @KevinFlanaganWT Ever since the introduction of the omicron variant into the news stream, the money and bond markets have been vacillating between focusing on the latest headlines on this front and the more typical fundamental factors, such as the Fed, economy, inflation, etc. For now, this dynamic will [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Natalia Gurushina Chief Economist, Emerging Markets Fixed Income Strategy China’s policy stimulus started to show up in credit aggregates – one less growth headwind? EM inflation horror stories support the market expectation of additional rate hikes. The “higher for longer?” question applies to several aspects of the emerging markets (EM) economic narrative – starting with China’s [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Nitesh Shah Director of Research, WisdomTree Europe U.S. CPI inflation rose 6.2% in October 2021, marking the highest level of inflation since 1990. The print, released on November 10, 2021, outstripped the Bloomberg consensus survey of 5.9%. The fact that the market keeps being surprised by inflation indicates that something is missing from its expectations. We believe that [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Our new normal The search to find treatments and preventive solutions to COVID-19 has focused investor attention on science and medicine, reinforcing the view that the biotechnology industry may be a good investment, especially during these times. On November 26, the World Health Organization designated Omicron as a variant of concern due to a large [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to investing. Not only do people have their own investing time horizons and risk tolerances, but every year, new investment themes unfold that all of us must navigate in our own way. Thus, our best Charles Schwab funds for 2022 have been s

Consumer Price Inflation rose by 6.8% last month, marking the highest inflation climb since June 1982. Gas prices have jumped 58.1% over the year ending in November, the largest change since April of 1980. “The data add to the case for Fed officials to turn more hawkish at the FOMC meeting next week,” said macro [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

  To learn more about Main Management and how some of our strategies could help you with your investment needs, please contact Darol Ryan, our Head of Sales and National Accounts, at ryan@mainmgt.com. Also check out Main Management CEO Kim Arthur on Twitter and Main Management on LinkedIn. Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Confluence Investment Management offers various asset allocation products which are managed using “top down,” or macro, analysis. We publish asset allocation thoughts on a weekly basis in this report, updating the report every Friday, along with an accompanying podcast. Over the Thanksgiving holiday, news broke that a new variant of COVID-19 had been isolated in South [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The passively-managed ETFB Green SRI REITs ETF (RITA) launched on NYSE Arca yesterday. The fund tracks and the index is composed of a portfolio of exchange-listed real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) in developed markets meeting the business, financial, socially responsible investing (“SRI”) criteria, and a number of green investing criteria. It screens out real estate [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Over the past few years, the bar has been raised in ESG investing. No longer do ESG investments merely seek to limit portfolio exposure to controversial stocks or sectors. Today’s leading-edge ESG investments seek to provide portfolio outperformance while also making concrete, measurable impacts for the greater social and/or environmental good. In the upcoming webcast, [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Income-minded investors should consider exchange traded funds that cover master limited partnerships or the midstream energy space. On Friday, Wells Fargo analysts provided a positive outlook on the midstream/master limited partnership/renewable energy infrastructure sector based off a midstream, utility, and renewables symposium, TheStreet reports. Specifically, the analysts singled out companies including Energy Transfer (ET), Oneok [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The buffered outcome exchange traded fund suite may be the right type of strategy to consider as we transition to year-end and look to 2022. In the recent webcast, Buffered Outcome ETFs: Participate in Markets, Prepare for 2022 Risk, Charlie Ripley, VP of portfolio management at Allianz Investment Management U.S. LLC, warned that the narrative [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The popular Chinese ride-hailing app Didi is delisting from the New York Stock Exchange and will move to list in Hong Kong instead, reports CNBC. It’s created a shockwave through an already beleaguered market for Chinese investments internationally, and KraneShares’ CIO Brendan Ahern recently spoke with ETF Trends regarding the process and what it means for [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Chinese technology companies looking to expand their operations overseas could push the Direxion Daily CSI China Internet Bull 2X Shares (CWEB) higher after being caught in a downdraft early in the year. Stricter government regulations are forcing technology companies to look outside the country for opportunities. This global expansion comes as companies are still early in [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Some investors still view crypto as a fad and too speculative for their risk tolerance, but as the industry continues to grow and innovate, new investment options could help to mitigate the risk profiles that spot exposure carries. Bitwise Asset Management, the world’s biggest crypto index fund manager, offers one such opportunity in its fund [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

U.S. MARKET UPDATE During November, NDR’s global risk-off composite outpaced its risk-on counterpart by more than 500 basis points (bps), it’s largest one-month spread since March 2020. The growing risk-off appetite has been apparent in the Catastrophic Stop model (chart at bottom). At the beginning of the November, the model had an overall reading of [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.