By Warren Pies, Founder, Strategist at 3Fourteen Research Few issues divide well respected investors as much as cryptocurrency. To hear many classic value investors tell it, crypto is Bernie Madoff with the added dimension of wasting electricity and facilitating seedy criminal activities. Others, including many famed macro investors like Paul Tudor Jones, Stan Druckenmiller and Dan Loeb, believe we are [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Last Thursday, HIVE Blockchain Technologies listed on Nasdaq (HVBT), providing U.S. investors access to Bitcoin and Ether mining. As many of you know, HIVE became the first crypto miner to be traded publicly when it debuted on the TSX Venture almost four years ago. Its uplisting to Nasdaq, the world’s premiere tech stock exchange, represents [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
By Jared Dillian At the end of last year, my wife and I started talking seriously about building our dream house. Our original idea was to buy 20 acres out in the country, without utilities, and start from scratch. But that would have been a lot of work. One evening, she showed me a listing [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
By Brandon Rakszawski, Senior ETF Product Manager The Morningstar Wide Moat Focus Index (the “Moat Index” or “Index”) underperformed the S&P 500® Index in June (1.15% vs. 2.33%, respectively). Despite the modest underperformance, the Index remains ahead of the S&P 500 Index by over 4.5% through this year’s halfway point (19.77% vs. 15.25%, respectively). Biotech News Dominates [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
By Matt Wagner, CFA, Associate, Research One of the first lessons taught in Intro to Finance is the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM): ERi = Rf + βi (ERm − Rf) This model offers an expected return for asset i (ERi) as a function of the risk-free interest rate (Rf) plus the systematic risk (beta) of asset i (βi) multiplied by [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
I’m writing you today with a big smile on my face. Because humanity just achieved a MONUMENTAL scientific breakthrough. This breakthrough will save sick children and unite broken families. It will cure terrible diseases like cystic fibrosis… Huntington’s… and sickle cell anemia. And the disruptive company that made it happen is a RiskHedge stock. Let me tell [...] 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.
ETF Trends CEO Tom Lydon had plenty to share on the TD Ameritrade Network with host Nicole Petallides when asked about the ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK). As Lydon explains, many thought that tech was losing its luster earlier in the year. However, the 10-year Treasury rate recently dipped back below 1.3%, which was great for growth [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
We are officially half-way through 2021 and by all measures markets are weird and getting weirder. (NB, “weird” is a term we credentialed CFA luminaries use to describe events we just can’t fully get our heads around.) The on-going tug-of-war being played out between the markets and the US Federal Reserve has altered our expected [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Scientists across the world are researching some inconceivable biological concepts like creating a gene-edited human baby or a human-animal hybrid embryo or curing diabetes and obesity by making some changes in the DNA. The science behind these revolutionary concepts is g
Wall Street has started to feel the pressure of economic growth concerns arising from the rapid spread of COVID-19 variants. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost about 0.8% on Jul 8. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite indices were also down 0.9% and 0.7%, respectiv
An ETF’s trading volume is not the sole or even the best determinant of its liquidity. In a recent conference call with American Century’s Senior Vice President Ed Rosenberg and VP Sandra Testani, the firm sat down to, among other things, dispel several common myths surrounding ETF liquidity. As investors increasingly pour assets into ETFs [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
On July 1, Pacer ETFs, an ETF provider, announced the expansion of the Pacer Swan SOS ETF family through its July series. The launch included the Pacer Swan SOS Conservative (July) ETF (PSCJ), the Pacer Swan SOS Moderate (July) ETF (PSMJ), and the Pacer Swan SOS Flex (July) ETF (PSFJ). These funds will provide specific buffers and caps over [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
As U.S. markets rebounded and pushed toward new record highs on Friday, economically sensitive cyclical sectors and the value style surged, brushing off the growth concerns earlier in the week. The equity market looked past the recent rally in bond markets on fears that the recovery in the U.S. economy was losing momentum in the [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
The hunt for dividend in the equity market is always steady irrespective of how it is behaving. After all, who doesn’t like a steady stream of current income along with capital gains? And if investors are caught in the web of equity market uncertainty and global growth
As the 5G rollout continues, one trading opportunity to look to is the Direxion Daily 5G Communications Bull 2X Shares (TENG). A sustained return to open venues, such as stadiums and other large city areas where crowds gather, could be a major catalyst for 5G. Wireless providers are hoping to build out infrastructure after the [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Treasury Bond Market Move Surprises Everyone The July 4th holiday’s fireworks extended into the work week on Wall Street. The 10-year Treasury note rallied further and faster than many had thought possible, pushing the yield down to as low as 1.25% during Thursday’s trading. It was at 1.77% at the end of March amid concerns [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
ETF Trends CEO Tom Lydon joined Fox Business and Maria Bartiromo to discuss commodities and products beyond the underwhelming state of gold. While the Fed has been signaling it is not concerned about inflation, this is an area that is of great concern for advisors and investors. In terms of inflation protection, commodities represent a [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
We entered the third quarter a week ago with little surge on the virus front.Though multiple states in the United States have lifted COVID-19 restrictions, almost half of United States reported rising cases recently, thanks largely to delta variant. Alaska and Arkansas mo