Nasdaq ETFs

The industrial sector isn’t a group many investors associate with disruptive growth and innovation. After all, companies like Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) are viewed as large, old, and perhaps even sleepy entities. However, a glance at some of ARK’s actively managed exchange traded funds turns up several funds with exposure to old-guard [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The federal government heaped billions of dollars on states to help them tidy up their balance sheets in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. However, municipal default rates ticked higher in 2020 and to this point this year. Yet that’s not damping the case for high-yield municipal bonds and the VanEck Vectors High Yield Muni [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Crude oil and crude ETFs tumbled by more than 3.5% on Monday to a one-week low, falling for a third consecutive trading session amid slowing economic activity in China and suggesting that new coronavirus outbreaks could be hamstringing the world’s second-largest economy. Although the chaos this weekend in Afghanistan might appear to be a key [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Over the past several years, investors have grown acquainted with some familiar refrains regarding ex-U.S. developed market equities. Chief among those are that developed market equities are inexpensive relative to their U.S. counterparts, but they frequently lag domestic benchmarks. That’s certainly been true of the MSCI EAFE Index in recent years, but that benchmark may [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The iShares MSCI USA Multifactor ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Monday, with over 1.9 million shares traded versus three month average volume of about 107,000. Shares of LRGF were trading flat on the day.

In trading on Monday, the iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF is outperforming other ETFs, up about 1% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Beazer Homes USA, up about 2.3% and shares of Taylor Morrison Home, up about 2.2% on the day.

Investors are hearing plenty about inflation and the rising Consumer Price Index (CPI) this year. And will price increases be persistent or transitory? Whether inflation passes in a few months or if it proves long-lasting, the fact is that it is here today. It’s a problem for investors in or near retirement because inflation strains [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

On August 15th, 1971, Richard Nixon ended the Bretton Woods agreement by suspending the convertibility of the U.S. dollar into gold. As the world passes the 50th anniversary of this historic event, Sprott Gold Talk Radio host Ed Coyne discussed its ongoing implications for the financial markets today with Jim Grant of Grant’s Interest Rate [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

BHP Group Ltd, the world’s largest mining company, could give answers to its plans for the petroleum side of its business as early as next week during its earnings release on Tuesday, reports Reuters. The company’s environmental approach has come under increasing pressure, as investors push for more sustainability across industries. Activist investor Market Forces [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

China’s latest lockdown measures could be dampening growth markets, causing bearish sentiment to rise in funds like the Direxion Daily CSI 300 China A Share Bear 1X Shares (CHAD). CHAD seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, of 100% of the inverse of the daily performance of the CSI 300 Index. The fund, under [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The current infrastructure bill stands to greatly benefit the increased use of clean energy and electric vehicles, boding well for a pair of Global X ETFs. “The Senate’s bipartisan bill would direct almost $90B of new federal spending to clean technologies and infrastructure supportive of a transition to clean and renewable energy sources,” a Global [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Getting in and out of trading positions takes deft skill, and that’s where an active exchange traded fund (ETF) like the FlexShares Core Select Bond Fund (BNDC) can chip in. With the rising tide of interest rates looming ahead, the fixed income notion has been to move into ultra-short bonds. Now, with the sense that inflation [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Comparing units outstanding versus one week ago at the coverage universe of ETFs at ETF Channel, the biggest inflow was seen in the SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF, which added 7,700,000 units, or a 12.6% increase week over week. Among the largest underlying components of KR

Looking at units outstanding versus one week prior within the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, the biggest outflow was seen in the iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF, where 5,400,000 units were destroyed, or a 3.2% decrease week over week. Among the largest underlying compo

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares S&P 500 Value ETF (Symbol: IVE) where we have detected an approximate $364.1 million dollar inflow -- that's a 1.6% increase week over w

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares TIPS Bond ETF (Symbol: TIP) where we have detected an approximate $181.0 million dollar inflow -- that's a 0.6% increase week over week in o

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the SPDR— S&P— Software & Services ETF (Symbol: XSW) where we have detected an approximate $89.8 million dollar outflow -- that's a

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the IBUY ETF (Symbol: IBUY) where we have detected an approximate $64.4 million dollar outflow -- that's a 5.7% decrease week over week (from 9,600,000

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the QYLD ETF (Symbol: QYLD) where we have detected an approximate $89.6 million dollar inflow -- that's a 2.3% increase week over week in outstanding un

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares U.S. Basic Materials ETF (Symbol: IYM) where we have detected an approximate $68.0 million dollar outflow -- that's a 5.8% decrease week ove