Nasdaq ETFs

By Christopher Gannatti, CFA, Head of Research, Europe I’ve started to notice an unfortunate rhythm to the news flow over the course of any given week in 2021: there is usually some sort of report that an entity was hit by a ransomware attack. If we go back in our minds a few years, ransomware [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Matthew Sigel, Head of Digital Assets Research VanEck assumes no liability for the content of any linked third-party site, and/or content hosted on external sites. El Salvador’s presumptuous bitcoin gambit draws an IMF rebuke Mining BTC from volcanos Paraguay courts crypto with the lowest power costs in the region Context on sovereign defaults: the Neiman [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

I’ve been writing about the possibility of higher inflation for months, and now it looks to have finally made landfall. May’s headline consumer price index (CPI) came in at 5% year-over-year, the highest in over a decade. The real rate is likely even higher. Energy commodities, and gasoline in particular, jumped the most of any [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By David Schassler, Portfolio Manager and Head of Portfolio and Quantitative Investment Solutions, VanEck Many market observers believed that we would not have high inflation and that any inflationary forces would be mild. This was not correct. As of May 31, 2021, the year-over-year inflation change was 5%, based on the Consumer Price Index.[1] We [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Kevin Flanagan, Head of Fixed Income Strategy Well, here we are at the “halftime report” for the Federal Reserve (Fed). What do I mean by that, you might ask? The Fed just wrapped up its fourth FOMC meeting for 2021 and has four more remaining. (Plus, it is mid-June after all.) Thus far, from a broader policy perspective, [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Paul Tudor Jones is super bullish on Bitcoin right now and may give the crypto the same 5% weighting as gold, commodities and cash. Two years ago this month, the billionaire hedge fund manager said that gold was his favorite trade in the next 12 to 24 months due to geopolitical disruptions, among other factors. The yellow [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Patrick Watson The US Consumer Price Index is up 5% since May 2020, according to data released last week. This was the largest 12-month increase since 2008. Some Wall Street denizens act like Weimar Germany-style hyperinflation is here. I think not. I’m old enough to remember when 3–5% inflation was normal. Even if CPI stays in [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The latest update on U.S. manufacturing output looks impressive as the accelerated pace of coronavirus vaccine rollout is helping tame the outbreak and gradually reopen the economy. Per the Fed’s recently-released data, total industrial production rose 0.8% in May. Go

First was the industrial revolution, then came the information era with the Internet; next up are genetics and biotechnology. New megatrends help steer the way the global economy develops. Should they steer your portfolio accordingly? In the upcoming webcast, The Era of Biotech: How Biology Became Technology, Jeremy Schwartz, Executive Vice President, Global Head of [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The U.S. dollar and a currency-related exchange traded fund jumped to their highest levels in months after the Federal Reserve signaled it is taking a more hawkish stance on its monetary policy. The Invesco DB US Dollar Bullish (NYSEArca: UUP) rose 0.3% on Friday after advancing 2.1% over the past week. UUP tracks the price [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The latest housing data continues to reflect growing struggle of homebuilders with respect to soaring softwood lumber prices and other material and labor costs. According to the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, housing starts c

High beta and value stocks are outperforming the S&P 500 this year while momentum names are being left behind. For patient investors, that scenario could prove inviting when it comes to evaluating the newly minted Proshares Nasdaq-100 Dorsey Wright Momentum ETF (QQQA). QQQA debuted last month as the first factor-driven spin on the widely followed [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

It might seem a bit much for an ETF to provide income, liquidity, and minimal volatility, but it’s not too big of an ask for the FlexShares Ready Access Variable Income Fund (RAVI). With its active management style, RAVI can seek income-producing opportunities that are conducive to the market environment. Its liquidity is crucial in [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Stocks and index ETFs are continuing their decline on Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average headed for its worst week since January, after St. Louis Federal Reserve President Jim Bullard said the first rate hike could come as soon as next year, sparking fear in investors and markets. The downdraft is a positive for [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

When advisors evaluate model portfolios, factors including cost, efficiency, and diversification often top their checklists. Durability and longevity could be joining that list. Advisors looking for solutions for client longevity risk may want to consider the Siegel-WisdomTree Longevity Model Portfolio, which is part of a pair of model portfolios developed by WisdomTree in partnership with [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The WisdomTree U.S. High Dividend Fund ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Friday, with over 137,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 35,000. Shares of DHS were down about 1.4% on the day.

In trading on Friday, the WisdomTree Cloud Computing Fund ETF is outperforming other ETFs, up about 1.2% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Docusign, up about 5.4% and shares of Asana, up about 4.6% on the day.

When it comes to risk and reward, disruptive growth investing offers plenty of both. Investors are often lured in by tantalizing returns offered by emerging growth companies, but stock-picking in this space is notoriously difficult. Too much concentration in a small number of names exposes portfolios to considerable vulnerabilities if one of those names declines. [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Investors are often wooed by how big institutional players, endowments, and pension plans play the market. Retail investors hear about the massive sums of money the large participants allocate and the unique asset classes they have access to and often want some of that action for themselves. Tempting as it is for ordinary investors to [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Despite some price tumbles over the past week, investors remain bullish on gold. Inflation remains a concern for many and gold is particularly well-positioned to thrive in the current economic conditions. The mining sector is benefiting from gold’s ongoing surge, which has made mining ETFs a popular destination for investor capital. Over the past twelve [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.