Nasdaq ETFs

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the SPDR— Bloomberg Short Term High Yield Bond ETF (Symbol: SJNK) where we have detected an approximate $147.2 million dollar inflow -- that's a 3

By Natalia Gurushina Chief Economist, Emerging Markets Fixed Income Strategy EM Asia looks different from other EM regions in terms of inflation, policy rates and fiscal adjustment. Would this help to make it the EM growth star of 2022? Yesterday’s rate hikes in LATAM (Mexico, Peru and Uruguay) continued to push the region’s average policy rate north of [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Scott Welch, CIMA ® Chief Investment Officer – Model Portfolios This article is relevant to financial professionals who are considering offering Model Portfolios to their clients. If you are an individual investor interested in WisdomTree ETF Model Portfolios, please inquire with your financial professional. Not all financial professionals have access to these Model Portfolios. If you [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Joe Foster Portfolio Manager, Gold Strategy Monthly gold market and economic insights from Joe Foster, Portfolio Manager and Strategist, and Imaru Casanova, Deputy Portfolio Manager, featuring their unique views on mining and gold’s portfolio benefits. An expanded PDF version of this commentary, including fund specific information can be downloaded here. For the month of October, gold [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Brandon Rakszawski Senior ETF Product Manager The transition to a low carbon economy is well underway, but significant action is still required to meet aggressive policy goals and consumer demand. We are likely in the early stages of this transition, but one thing is undeniable: it won’t be possible without green metals. Green metals are [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Alejandro Saltiel, CFA, Associate Director, Research The quality factor has outperformed the broad market this year across the globe, and we expect that to continue through the expansion phase of the economic cycle. The WisdomTree International Quality Dividend Growth Index (WTIDG) selects companies with strong measures of profitability and earnings growth prospects in the developed markets. The thesis is that these [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Kyle DaCruz Director, Digital Assets Product Detecting patterns is an ability we develop early in infancy and refine by experience throughout human life. Categorization is an important part of how humans learn and make optimized decisions when faced with multiple data points. In the crypto world, with over 10,000 coins, there is an increasing need [...] 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.

The 2021 Annual Russell Investments ESG Manager Survey results were released recently and reflect an increasing prioritization of climate risk for clients, while asset managers resoundingly were more focused on governance, reported Advisor Perspective. The survey included 369 asset managers globally with a collective $79.6 trillion in AUM. The findings of the survey reflect the [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The next upgrade for bitcoin is expected to hit any day, possibly over the weekend, and with it will come a series of changes that are promising for the blockchain. Taproot, the next big upgrade for the blockchain, is slated to take effect at block 709,632 and will introduce a few key changes, reports CNBC. It [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

U.S. markets and stock exchange traded funds advanced on Friday and were on pace to end a five-week winning streak after the spike in inflation drove investors to pull back from the record rally in the equity markets. The Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (RSP), which follows the S&P 500 Equal Weight Index (EWI), [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, slated for closure by 2025, could save billions of dollars and help California hit its net-zero carbon emissions goals quicker if allowed to remain running. A recent MIT report, done in conjunction with LucidCatalyst, LLC, found that if the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant was kept open until 2035, it [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

When we asked advisors, 75% of you said you think avoiding bad investments is more important than picking winners. So why is almost every investment methodology only focused on finding the next unicorn? Wouldn’t it be nice to avoid the dead weight that spikes your portfolio volatility and keeps you from generating the returns your [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The Emles Alpha Opportunities active long/short equity exchange traded fund strategy combines deep-value investing and catalyst trading to help investors enhance a traditional investment portfolio mix. In the recent webcast, Looking For Alpha? Dig Into Deep Value Investing, Nathan G. Miller, senior vice president and portfolio manager at Emles Advisors, and Jillian DelSignore, managing director [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

In trading on Friday, shares of the ProShares Short S&P500 ETF (Symbol: SH) entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $13.9401 per share. We define oversold territory using the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which is a technical analysis indicator used to

On November 3rd, the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) announced that it will reduce, or taper, it’s $120 billion in monthly purchases of U.S. Treasuries and agency mortgage-backed securities by $15 billion per month. Additionally, the Fed expects to end those purchases by June of 2022. We estimate that this policy will inject an additional $400 [...] 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. As market strategists, we’re always on the lookout for reliable indicators of future financial market performance wherever [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

S&P 500 stock buybacks, currently at $204 billion this quarter, are set to surpass the record of $223 billion set in the fourth quarter of 2018, according to Howard Silverblatt, senior index alayst at S&P Dow Jones Indices. “The resurgence of buybacks and dividends really tells us that companies are feeling a lot more secure [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Months after VanEck’s spot bitcoin ETF was submitted, it has been rejected by the SEC. The SEC’s ruling said, “The Commission concludes that BZX has not met its burden under the Exchange Act and the Commission’s Rules of Practice to demonstrate that its proposal is consistent with the requirements of Exchange Act Section 6(b)(5), in [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The third quarter proved to be a financially sound one for midstream companies, with many maintaining or else increasing their distributions, and the outlook appears to be overwhelmingly positive for the upcoming year, wrote Stacey Morris, CFA for Alerian, in an insights paper. Midstream companies not only didn’t cut dividends, but in many cases they [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.