In case you didn’t know, October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. So today, we thought we’d take a look at some of the cybersecurity-related exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that now exist, see how they’ve grown, and how they trade.
Smaller energy companies have been more nimble in capitalizing on the surge in crude oil prices, helping exchange traded funds that track the small-cap energy segment outperform. For example, the VanEck Vectors Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF (FRAK) increased 105.9% and the Invesco S&P SmallCap Energy ETF (NasdaqGM: PSCE) advanced 91.4% year-to-date. Meanwhile, the Energy [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
The launch of the first bitcoin futures ETF this week saw bitcoin go soaring to a new high of $67,000 yesterday and the second most popular cryptocurrency, ether, rise above $4,000 for the first time since May. The added interest and attention to bitcoin and bitcoin futures has caused an increase in interest for cryptocurrencies [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Growth stock exchange traded funds advanced on Thursday as big technology led the charge with traders eyeing quarterly earnings. “The craziest thing about what I see going on in markets is just an absolute tug of war between growth and value investments,” Jeff Powell, managing partner and chief investment officer at Polaris Wealth Advisory Group, [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Exchange traded fund investors can consider a unique approach to momentum investing that may make a big difference to a portfolio and help unlock the outperformance potential of companies in the Nasdaq-100. In the recent webcast, Unlocking the Nasdaq-100’s Outperformance Potential, Tom Dorsey, co-founder of Nasdaq Dorsey Wright, explained the benefits of momentum investments, which [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
In trading on Thursday, shares of the iShares— iBonds— Dec 2024 Term Corporate ETF (Symbol: IBDP) entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $26.09 per share. We define oversold territory using the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which is a technica
Microsoft and intelligence firm Recorded Future researchers say that the criminal network that supposedly created the software used in the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack is passing itself off as a business in an attempt to bring in new talent, reports the Wall Street Journal. The hacking group known as Fin7 is believed to have been [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
The 500 biggest money managers globally grew their assets under management 14.5% last year, hitting a combined $119.5 trillion and increasing revenue, all in the midst of a pandemic. A recent survey from Pensions & Investments and the Thinking Ahead Institute reported a 15.4% growth of active assets under management, increasing to $23.71 trillion while [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Navigating small-cap investing can be difficult; it’s not always easy to find the pockets that hold potential for growth in companies that aren’t industry giants. Through the use of active management, American Century Investments is able to offer the Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF (AVUV), which seeks out those areas of opportunity, and investors are taking [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
ETF Trends CEO Tom Lydon discussed the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITO) on this week’s “ETF of the Week” podcast with Chuck Jaffe on the MoneyLife Show. BITO is the first U.S. bitcoin-linked ETF offering investors an opportunity to gain exposure to bitcoin returns in a convenient, liquid, and transparent way. The fund seeks to provide [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) agreed to its first sponsorship deal with crypto exchange Coinbase. Details of the agreement are not available, however, it appears that the sponsorship will extend to all of the NBA’s platforms, including the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), NBA 2K League, NBA G League, and USA Basketball. Sponsorships make up [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
With over 2,000 ETFs available to investors in the U.S. today, there are many ways to “play” the cybersecurity space through thematic funds such as the First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF CIBR.
When you’re used to setting industry records and are known for innovation, an earnings call that is only about the earnings can seem rather humdrum, even if it’s positive. At least, that’s how investors seem to have viewed Tesla’s latest quarterly earnings call that recorded high gross margins and revenue that was slightly ahead of [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has hit economies and the workforce hard since its onset at the beginning of last year, but it is women by and large who are carrying the brunt of the fallout. Studies have shown that women were affected in disproportionate numbers and were often the ones having to leave jobs or [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Getting the right amount of bond exposure while simultaneously getting enough yield doesn’t have to be a trying task when Vanguard offers intermediate bond ETFs for consideration. Intermediate exposure can give fixed income investors the sweet spot when it comes to duration to minimize credit risk while also obtaining more yield that shorter bond maturities [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
After a bitcoin futures ETF debuted on the New York Stock Exchange to much fanfare on Tuesday, the capital markets have to be wondering whether the next shoe to drop is an ethereum-based fund. The second-largest cryptocurrency in terms of market capitalization shot past the $4,000 marker just as bitcoin made a new high a [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing is not a fad and will likely be here to stay as its popularity only perpetuates even more global expansion. The byproduct of this expansion is higher demand for more ESG data in the form of analytics. Through this new data, more ESG-linked indexes are being developed in order [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.