Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the First Trust Technology AlphaDEX Fund (Symbol: FXL) where we have detected an approximate $405.1 million dollar inflow -- that's a 15.5% increase wee
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— Retail ETF (Symbol: XRT) where we have detected an approximate $153.6 million dollar inflow -- that's a 17.3% increase we
Phillips 66 (Symbol: PSX) has been named a Top Socially Responsible Dividend Stock by Dividend Channel, signifying a stock with above-average ''DividendRank'' statistics including a strong 4.3% yield, as well as being recognized by prominent asset managers as being a socially r
Investors seeking momentum may have First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF (CIBR) on radar now. The fund recently hit a new 52-week high. Shares of CIBR are up approximately 47.1% from their 52-week low of $32.56/share.
While socially responsible investments are attracting greater attention, the universe of environmental, social, and governance bonds remain an underrepresented asset class in investment portfolios. According to Morningstar data, ESG bond assets have tripled in the past three years, reaching a total of $350 billion, Institutional Investor reports. In 2020, ESG bond assets expanded by 66%, [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
On this week’s episode of ETF Prime, host Nate Geraci is joined by ETF Trends’ CIO and Director of Research, Dave Nadig, to discuss volatility, risk, and evolving market dynamics. This episode also features Onramp Invest’s co-founder Eric Ervine, who explains the importance of cryptoasset education and offers perspective on the recent pullback across the space. [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Advisors and experienced fund investors know that fees matter. These costs have a material impact on long-term returns. It’s always a positive when an exchange traded fund gets a fee cut. That recently happened with the Alerian Energy Infrastructure ETF (ENFR). As of July 1, the energy infrastructure ETF charges 0.35% per year, or $35 on a [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Grains prices and related exchange traded funds are experiencing wild swings as a tight market exposes the agricultural commodity to sudden changes in the outlook with rain now the main focus. Among the worst-performing non-leveraged ETFs of Tuesday, the Teucrium Corn Fund (CORN) declined 5.7%, Teucrium Wheat Fund (NYSEArca: WEAT) fell 4.3%, and Teucrium Soybean Fund [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Investors have been piling money into U.S. bond exchange traded funds at a much faster pace than the equity side of the markets so far this year, despite the recent bout of inflation fears that sent yields soaring and prices plunging. According to the Investment Company Institute, bond mutual funds and ETFs have attracted $372 [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
With the calendar turning to July, another month has been added to the value rally. For those keeping score, it’s now 10 months old, and if history is any guide, this would be about the time investors start rotating out of lower quality value stocks – the ones that ignited the current rally – and [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
China country-specific exchange traded funds retreated Tuesday as regulators intensified their scrutiny of technology companies, notably those seeking overseas listings to raise money in the U.S. On Tuesday, the iShares MSCI China ETF (NASDAQ: MCHI) fell 2.7%, Xtrackers CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF (ASHR) dropped 0.8%, and KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF (KBA) [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Intellia Therapeutics (NTLA) CEO John Leonard believes that gene-editing therapy could come to market “very, very soon,” according to an interview on CNBC’s Closing Bell, after news broke that CRISPR-based medicine was recently applied in a systemic delivery to a human in a breakthrough trial. The trial, sponsored by Intellia and Regeneron, a biotech company, [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
In times of heavy volatility, concentration risk could upend a portfolio, just another reason why equal weight strategies like the Invesco S&P 500® Equal Weight ETF (RSP) are crucial to consider. This is especially the case when it comes to the S&P 500, given its move toward heavier allocation with the likes of big tech. [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Amid surging gas prices, a return to summer travel, and OPEC drama, crude oil reached new highs on Tuesday, before reversing to retest a recent breakout above January 2020 highs. Crude prices surged to a six-year high on Tuesday, reaching almost $77 per barrel in the U.S. benchmark, West Texas Intermediate crude oil, after OPEC+ [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Oil prices have staged a rally lately with United States Oil Fund LP USO and United States Brent Oil Fund LP BNO adding about 7.8% and 7.5%, respectively, past month. This is comparison with 2.9% gains in the S&P 500 index.
All seven Canadian Crypto ETFs boasted auspicious beginnings this spring but have seen major pullback in asset growth since May. For example, the Purpose Bitcoin ETF (BTCC), Canada’s first crypto ETF, had a massively successful launch in February, with the fund collecting over $421 million AUM in its first two days (all figures in U.S. [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Fixed income exchange traded funds strengthened Tuesday, with U.S. government bond yields dipping to their lowest level in four months, as investors looked past inflation concerns and a disappointing services sector survey added to the risk-off mood. Bond yields have surged this year on fears that rising inflation would push the Federal Reserve to tighten [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
The S&P 500 Value Index jumped 17.9% in the first half of the year, outperforming the broader S&P 500 by 110 basis points, and while there are recent inklings that growth stocks may be turning a corner, market observers are still bullish on value. That’s good news for the Invesco S&P 500® Pure Value ETF [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
ETF investing is rapidly gaining popularity among investors. The inflow data for the first half of 2021 is speaking volumes about the growing craze of the investment category among market participants. According to ETF.com, first-half 2021 witnessed about $472.5 billion i
The First Trust SSI Strategic Convertible Securities ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Tuesday, with over 705,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 138,000. Shares of FCVT were off about 0.5% on the day.