By Coulter Regal, CFA Associate Product Manager Income investors have become accustomed to expanding their search for yield beyond traditional fixed income securities for more than a decade. Many have looked to alternative strategies, such as preferred securities or business development companies, to inject much desired income and diversification into their portfolios. However, one additional area that should not [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
By John Mauldin, Mauldin Economics In some simplistic economic theories, shortages never happen. Supply and demand for any particular good are always perfectly balanced in a given time and place. If you can’t get what you demand at that moment, you pay a higher price or you demand something else. But that’s theory. The real [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
By Jeremy Schwartz, CFA Global Head of Research Follow Jeremy Schwartz @JeremyDSchwartz On a recent podcast, WisdomTree Senior Investment Strategy Advisor Jeremy Siegel outlined his thesis for greater market volatility over the near term, resulting from inflation pressures in the macroeconomic system and an aggressive Federal Reserve policy stance necessary to counter them. Yet because of inflation, the return [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
By Natalia Gurushina Chief Economist, Emerging Markets Fixed Income Strategy The central bank governor appointment is front and center in Mexico against the backdrop of rising inflation and a prospect of earlier rate hikes in the U.S. China introduced additional targeted measures to support small businesses. No, we are not talking about Turkey – our focus is [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
With many reasons for people to be concerned, not just about the valuations on the equity side, based on inflation, there are funds investors can look to. During “The Claman Countdown” on Fox Business, host Liz Claman spoke with ETF Trends’ CEO, Tom Lydon, about the ETFs to be thankful for, based on where the market is currently [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
President Biden recently announced the nomination of Jerome Powell to continue leading the Federal Reserve, but it’s his nomination of Governor Lael Brainard and his promise to nominate three more progressives for board vacancies that could be positive traction for crypto within the regulatory agency, reports MarketWatch. Brainard could play a key role in helping bring [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
This year, ETFs have been performing beautifully, with lots of flows earning record numbers. ETF Trends’ CEO Tom Lydon was on hand to discuss these high flows, inflation, the bitcoin ETF, and more with TD Ameritrade’s Nicole Petallides. As far as the trends out there, Lydon points out how Americans are not only buying but also [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
The passage of the sprawling infrastructure bill will be a boon for the construction industry for years to come, but it’s not the only thing that will help boost the industry even higher. Technology has become increasingly important within construction, particularly in the midst of supply chain issues and labor shortages for small- and mid-cap [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
As markets, governments, and industries all begin to work towards net-zero carbon emission goals by 2050, actively managed funds will have a much better chance of success than their passive counterparts, believes the CEO of Asset Management One, one of the biggest asset management firms in Japan, reports the Financial Times. Akira Sugano, the president [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Mount Lucas president and CIO Tim Rudderow recently sat down with KraneShares to discuss how managed futures and the KFA MLM Index handle various sectors of the markets, such as energy and commodities, given current conditions. Rudderow pioneered systematic trend-following and managed futures to provide investors with uncorrelated returns amid market volatility and significant events. Energy Sector [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Inflation continues to weigh heavy on the minds of investors, but there are ways for them to push back in order to extract maximum benefit from their portfolios. “The annual inflation rate in the US surged to 6.2% in October of 2021, the highest since November of 1990 and above forecasts of 5.8%,” Trading Economics [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
A recent study done by State Street Global Advisors asked over 300 institutional investors their thoughts on ESG going forward and how they plan to proceed with ESG investing. The study found that in just two years, the primary reasoning for investing in ESG had changed amongst investors, a significant find and a good indicator [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
The U.S. Dollar Index is continuing its upward trajectory in 2021 just as Biden agreed to renominate current Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell. The capital markets appear to be digesting the news positively if the movements in the dollar serve as an indicator. The U.S. Dollar Index continued to push higher despite ongoing inflation fears. [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Investment-grade corporate bonds aren’t doing much to foster confidence among investors this year. For example, the widely followed Markit iBoxx USD Liquid Investment Grade Index is off 5.18% year-to-date, adding another layer of frustration to the 2021 fixed income market. However, 2022 could bring better things with investment-grade corporates, particularly if downgrades and defaults remains [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
By Michael Contopoulos, Director of Fixed Income With inflation surprising to the upside and lasting longer than most expect, we believe investors will need to rethink portfolio management and what it means to own a balanced portfolio. Below we address many of the questions related to our view on inflation and its implications for the future. [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
The VanEck Bitcoin Strategy ETF (XBTF) debuted last week, joining a pair of other futures-backed funds in the bitcoin exchange traded fund landscape. As the third of the three ETFs to come to market in the U.S., XBTF needed to differentiate itself. That’s the case with any new ETF, regardless of underlying asset class or [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Biotechnology stocks are healthcare laggards this year, and much of the lagging is concentrated in the small- and mid-cap biotech spaces. However, retail traders are embracing some speculative small-cap biotechnology names, and that could highlight the advantages offered by the ALPS Medical Breakthroughs ETF (SBIO). “Two tiny biotechs, ISpecimen Inc. and Longeveron Inc., are the latest [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
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