By Natalia Gurushina, Chief Economist, Emerging Markets, VanEck. China’s Evergrande story is still unfolding, but it is important to remember EM strengths (especially on the external side) which create places to hide when things get tougher. Problems, risks, and disasters tend to attract a lot of attention – both in the investment community and in the [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
By Jeremy Schwartz, CFA & Bradley Krom, WisdomTree. What started out as a thought experiment proposed by Cliff Asness in the late ’90s evolved into one of the most effective crowdsourced ideas in ETF product development history. Leveraging the historical inverse relationship between U.S. equities and U.S. bond returns and providing a capital efficient combination [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
U.S. equities continued to rally, posting their seventh consecutive monthly advance as major domestic benchmark indices neared or, set new record highs during the month. Continued spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant, and its potential impact on the global economy, proved to be of fleeting concern to equity investors. Sentiment remained elevated as U.S. companies [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
By Thompson Clark, Mauldin Economics Few brands are as universally recognized as this one— Source: Tampabay.com Just one picture of a swoosh, and everyone knows we’re talking about Nike (NKE), the wildly successful athletic apparel company. Since the 1970s, Nike has grown from a small Oregon running shoe company into a $258 billion global juggernaut. So, it’s [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Welcome to the September edition of the Due Dilly Podcast. Today’s discussion will include something abstract for our quants out there, something useful that advisors and their clients can relate to, and some practical ideas that advisors can implement today. As always, Nik Boucher will be joined by Joe Mallen, Chief Investment Officer, and Jason [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
The budget bill that is currently being proposed by Democrats in Congress contains six provisions that collectively could reduce greenhouse gas emissions within the U.S. by 1 billion tons a year by 2030 according to an analysis by the Rhodium Group, a nonpartisan organization, reported CNN. The findings align with other analyses that dug into [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
We all know that yield can be difficult to come by lately. On top of that, interest rates seem as uncertain as ever. While that dichotomy may be daunting, there’s still opportunities to be had in today’s fixed income markets. In the upcoming webcast, Navigating Fixed Income: Where to Go with Volatile Rates and Low [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Rising natural gas prices and the potential for increased production among energy companies trying to capitalize on the more lucrative pricing could help master limited partnerships and related exchange traded funds. “While the near-term improvement in natural gas fundamentals is positive, the constructive long-term outlook for production and demand in the US and expectations for [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Japan country-specific exchange traded funds have rallied in September, with Japanese markets posting their fourth consecutive weekly gain. The iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEArca: EWJ), the largest Japan-related ETF, increased 8.5% over the past month; EWJ is now up 10.3% year-to-date. Hopes of new leadership, increasing vaccinations, and lower COVID-19 infections have helped lift the [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
The SmartETFs Asia Pacific Dividend Builder ETF (ADIV) issued its monthly update for September. Despite underperforming its index on the month, ADIV rose 0.39%. According the update, “The results have been overwhelmingly positive, and none contained any unpleasant surprises. We hold a diverse range of companies in the Fund and these results have given us [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
The Fed is under fire this week, following news that a number of Federal Reserve officials, including Chairman Jerome Powell, owned and traded individual securities, while the Federal Reserve itself was purchasing and holding the same type of assets. Meanwhile, Treasury ETFs seem only mildly disturbed. While it is unclear whether any such holdings or [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
About two-thirds of Millennials and Gen Xers would talk to a financial professional about how to use other income streams to delay filing for Social Security benefits until full retirement age. The march higher in the cost of home health, assisted living or nursing home services continues. The blended cost of providing a year’s worth [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
The CBOE Volatility Index and VIX-related exchange traded funds jumped on Friday as poor consumer sentiment weighed on the outlook for the pace of the economic recovery. Among the best-performing non-leveraged ETFs of Friday, the iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short Term Futures ETN (NYSEArca: VXX) increased 6.8% and the ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
ETF Trends CEO Tom Lydon had plenty to share on the ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) with TD Ameritrade’s Nicole Petallides. As Lydon points out, today, ARKK is actually up, while the NASDAQ is down. It speaks to the idea that if there’s a high correlation to the S&P 500; 30% of that weighting is in [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Since SEC Chair Gary Gensler indicated that the regulator might look more favorably on investment vehicles tied to Bitcoin futures, as opposed to products planning to hold bitcoin directly, numerous issuers have submitted proposals to launch their own Bitcoin futures ETFs. But why might the SEC look more favorably on futures-based products? The simplest answer [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
While there’s ample hoopla around environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and other climate-aware investing strategies this year, the old school energy sector is one of the best-performing groups in the S&P 500. Just look at the Invesco DWA Energy Momentum ETF (PXI), which is higher by 58.33% year-to-date. Higher oil prices and the rebounding global [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Bond exchange traded funds strengthened on Friday, with U.S. Treasury yields higher as investors sold off risk and positioned for the Federal Reserve meeting next week. The Federal Reserve meets for two days next week and is expected to provide further details on Wednesday regarding when it could start to taper its $120 billion in [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
El Salvador, the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, will not tax foreign investors who make profits on Bitcoin, according to France24, which cited Agence France-Presse. Javier Argueta, legal advisor to El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele, told AFP that “if a person has assets in bitcoin and makes high profits, there will be [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
One way to obtain more yield is to look at seniors loans and the Invesco Senior Loan ETF (BKLN), but what are senior loans, and what makes them a viable options in today’s market environment? “Senior loans are debt securities typically used by companies to finance their operations, support business expansion, and refinance existing debt,” a [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.