Nasdaq ETFs

A global redistribution in cryptocurrency mining machines is going on following China’s banning of mining activities back in May. The majority of the machines, a total of just over 2 million, have been sent to Russia, Kazakhstan, the United States, and Canada. Despite the ban, cryptocurrencies have had a banner year despite recent weakness. “China’s [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

While environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing is still a relatively new concept, retirees can still benefit from ESG exposure by investing in the issues they care about while still allowing their money to work for them. “Older people may feel a greater urgency because it’s their legacy,” says Fran Teplitz, executive co-director of business, [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Matthew Sigel, Head of Digital Assets Research — Van Eck Associates Corporation “One day, he struck on an opportunity to buy some fuel oil. The situation was a microcosm of the inefficiencies of the Soviet system. An oil refinery in Ukraine was producing fuel oil to supply several power stations. When a mild winter came, [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Kevin Flanagan, Head of Fixed Income Strategy Follow Kevin Flanagan @KevinFlanaganWT Without a doubt, inflation has become perhaps one of the most talked-about topics in the media. A few months ago, elevated price pressures seemed to be more of a market-related subject, but arguably, one could now say that inflation has gone mainstream. It seems as if with each [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Angus Shillington, Deputy Portfolio Manager & Oksana Miller, Product Manager Over the last several years, India has undertaken tremendous strides to address environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors. Looking closer at these advancements, there is perhaps no more impactful or timely focus than India’s continuing collective effort on sustainability, driven by policy objectives and manifested in the [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Natalia Gurushina, Chief Economist, Emerging Markets Fixed Income Strategy Turkey’s decision to proceed with rate cuts despite high inflation and the weakening currency was not well received by the market. Does this make other EMs “easy targets” for market bears? Turkey’s decision to proceed with the “recommended” (by higher authority) 100bps policy rate cut left [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Christopher Gannatti, CFA, Head of Research, Europe Investors in 2020 and 2021 have become familiar with somewhat of a natural “ebb” and “flow” to the performance of different megatrends. Positive performance is always preferred, but the risk of being “too positive” is that investors begin to think they “missed it” or that a “correction is [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Matthew Sigel, Head of Digital Assets Research — Van Eck Associates Corporation There are 200M active websites in the world right now and one U.S. company—Verisign—maintains 172M of them.1 Verisign has a long-term, no-bid contract with an unelected international body (ICANN), which has been repeatedly renewed at the request of the U.S. government, who considers the service [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

In trading on Friday, shares of the Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF (Symbol: VEU) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $62.62, changing hands as low as $62.59 per share. Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US shares are currently trading down about 0.7% on the day. The char

In trading on Friday, shares of the IPAY ETF (Symbol: IPAY) entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $61.071 per share. We define oversold territory using the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which is a technical analysis indicator used to measure momentum on

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As with any other investment, it is important to look under the hood and understand the particulars of energy midstream sector-related exchange traded funds so that you know what you are getting into. For example, while something like the Alerian Energy Infrastructure ETF (ENFR) can provide investors access to the midstream energy segment, ENFR is not structured [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Treasury bond exchange traded funds strengthened on Friday as investors rushed to safety in response to another round of COVID-19 lockdown measures in Europe that weighed on the global economic outlook. On Friday, the Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares (VGIT) was up 0.1%, and the Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares (VGLT) rose [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Rising inflation, along with infrastructure and alternative energy initiatives, could support the outlook for commodities and related exchange traded funds. “Commodities may provide a uniquely valuable diversifying component to any long-term investment portfolio,” Ed Egilinsky, managing director, head of sales and distribution, head of alternative investments, Direxion, said on the recent webcast, Commodities: A Tactical [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Bitcoin has had its first major upgrade in years, one that improves smart contracts on the network, increases privacy for users, and brings the cost of transactions down. With the Taproot soft fork now activated, taking a peek behind the curtain to see potential future upgrades can help investors and enthusiasts understand where the most [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

At the end of last month, T. Rowe Price launched three new additions to their lineup of actively managed funds — the first fixed income ETFs the firm has offered, as laid out in a white paper. The previous five ETFs were all based in equities following a variety of investment strategies; the introduction of the [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Congress is considering amending and enhancing retirement through two similar but different pieces of legislation in the House and Senate. Both seek to redefine and strengthen the current Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act of 2019, collectively are known as the SECURE Act 2.0. The current version in the House was submitted [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Here’s the problem with the crypto space right now: There’s quite literally so much cool stuff going on that it’s becoming legitimately impossible for any one person to even pretend to keep up with every interesting new project. Imagine I told you that I was up to speed on every cool small business idea in [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The blaring stories about high inflation are inescapable after last week’s shockingly strong inflation report. We wrote about surging prices spreading to more and more everyday products, which undercuts the “transitory” narrative. Still, we recognize that the pandemic re-opening period has no historic parallel to help guide forecasts. And there are forces afoot that may yet tame [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Friday, with over 3.8 million shares traded versus three month average volume of about 369,000. Shares of IUSG were up about 0.7% on the day.