Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the The Real Estate Select Sector SPDR— Fund (Symbol: XLRE) where we have detected an approximate $98.3 million dollar inflow -- that's a 2.5% inc
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 $1.3 billion dollar inflow -- that's a 4.1% increase week over week in out
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares Global Tech ETF (Symbol: IXN) where we have detected an approximate $289.3 million dollar inflow -- that's a 5.3% increase week over week in
In trading on Friday, shares of the iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (Symbol: AGG) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $115.95, changing hands as low as $115.92 per share. iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond shares are currently trading down about 0.3% on the day.
ETF Trends CEO Tom Lydon discussed the Bitwise Crypto Industry Innovators ETF (BITQ) on this week’s “ETF of the Week” podcast with Chuck Jaffe on the MoneyLife Show. BITQ tracks an index designed with Bitwise’s industry expertise to identify the pioneering companies that generate most of their revenue from their crypto business activities. It’s a traditional [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
The healthcare sector and related exchange traded funds look ill after Cigna (NYSE: CI) warned of the negative full-year impact of the coronavirus pandemic. On Thursday, the iShares U.S. Healthcare Providers ETF (NYSE: IHF) declined 2.4% while the broader Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSEArca: XLV) fell 0.4%. Meanwhile, Cigna shares plunged 10.9%, breaking [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Investors maintaining the traditional 60-40 mix of stocks and bonds can turn to total bond exposure and the Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares (BND). BND can provide the necessary aggregate bond mix without the need to hold several debt issues at once. Investors get diversification with the ease of one ETF that does [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Value stock exchange traded funds rallied alongside the broader market Thursday as strong quarterly earnings helped maintain the upward momentum, despite some mixed economic data. On Thursday, updated economic data revealed the trade deficit widened to a higher-than-expected $75.7 billion in June as American consumers bought more foreign goods, the Wall Street Journal reports. Jobless [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
In trading on Thursday, shares of the ARK Genomic Revolution ETF (Symbol: ARKG) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $88.65, changing hands as high as $88.90 per share. ARK Genomic Revolution shares are currently trading up about 4% on the day. The chart below shows
In a challenging fixed income market environment, investors can consider a new alternative ETF to better-navigate the tricky fixed income landscape. In the recent webcast, Feeling Like It’s Time to Get Out of Bonds? Here’s Your Strategy, Bruce Bond, Co-Founder and CEO, Innovator ETFs; and Graham Day, Vice President of Product and Research, Innovator ETFs, [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
A recent report from Accenture found that investment stewardship is changing, reported Institutional Investor. The report found that 92% of the asset managers surveyed are looking to upgrade the way that their firms approach stewardship, reflecting an industrywide trend headlined by Putnam Investments. Stewardship practices are the aspect of investments in which public corporations and companies [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Today, August 5, Nuveen announced the launch of three new active ETF offerings, the Nuveen Small Cap Select Fund (NSCS), the Nuveen Santa Barbara Dividend Growth Fund (NDVG), and the Nuveen Winslow Large-Cap Growth ESG Fund (NWLG). All three of Nuveen’s new ETFs are actively managed and semi-transparent, which means that holdings are only disclosed monthly. As [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
The iShares U.S. Medical Devices ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Thursday, with over 1.2 million shares traded versus three month average volume of about 187,000. Shares of IHI were off about 0.2% on the day.
After last year's stellar run on the back of the push to develop coronavirus vaccines, biotechnology stocks are taking a breather this year, but that respite could be nearing its expiration date.
Biogen’s (NASDAQ: BIIB) Aduhelm sparked a rally in the biotech giant’s share price and hope that progress is being made in treating Alzheimer’s. However, the news isn’t free of controversy, and carries with it implications for healthcare exchange traded funds, including the VanEck Vectors Pharmaceutical ETF (PPH). The $330 million PPH, as its name implies, [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Operating margin for S&P 500 companies rebounds to near all-time highs. You’ve likely heard that second quarter profits are surging, driven by easy year-over-year comparisons and the reopening of the economy. Lost in the hoopla over blowout earnings is how profitable America’s companies are for every dollar in revenue they take in, or the operating [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Precious metals continue to have an interesting summer. Inflation fears still stalk the market, but last month the U.S. dollar rebounded with more strength than anticipated. That usually spells big trouble for inflation hedges, like precious metals, but the metals complex remained resilient. Gold Gold ended the month at $1,846.70/oz, up 2% on the month. [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Renewable energy funds like the ALPS Clean Energy ETF (ACES) may have stumbled in the first six months of 2021, but those sticking these products could be rewarded for their patience. The reason is simple. While some market participants opted to ring the register on ACES and clean energy equities in the first half, renewable energy spending soared to new [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
In trading on Thursday, shares of the ProShares ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ ETF (Symbol: SQQQ) entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $8.05 per share. We define oversold territory using the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which is a technical analysis indi