Nasdaq ETFs

On Wednesday, Putnam Investments announced the debut of its first actively managed ETFs, which are based on four of its leading equity strategies. The new ETFs – the Putnam Sustainable Leaders ETF (PLDR), the Putnam Sustainable Future ETF (PFUT), the Putnam Focused Large Cap Growth ETF (PGRO), and the Putnam Focused Large Cap Value ETF (PVAL) – begin trading [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The coronavirus outbreak seems to getting under control in the United States as the number of new cases continues to decline. Going by data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, the seven-day average of new infections was about 26,000 as of May 23, per a CNBC article. Enc

As the momentum behind sustainable investing and climate change gains traction, some companies in the fossil fuel industry are beginning to find it tougher to operate. On Wednesday, the district court in The Hague ruled that Royal Dutch Shell PLC is partially responsible for climate change and ordered the company to cut carbon emissions, a [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Last Wednesday, crypto markets nose-dived in the worst crash since March of 2020, with the price of Bitcoin falling almost one-third, from $43,000 to close to $30,000, according to CoinDesk. Widespread panic affected all crypto assets, with Ethereum and other popular cryptocurrencies hitting their lowest levels in months. Nevertheless, cryptocurrency ETFs were shielded from the [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Growth stocks and related ETFs are gaining momentum after Federal Reserve officials helped assuage fears over surging inflation and spiking bond yields. “The main thing I am looking at always is still the bond yields, that seems to be the driver. If we are still below 1.6%, that looks pretty good to me,” Joe Saluzzi, [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The latest U.S. consumer confidence data looks decent as the metric has remained steady in May after registering gains in April. The Conference Board's measure of consumer confidence index stands at 117.2 for May, mostly flat in comparison with April’s reading of 117.5.

While stocks and index ETFs have been consolidating recently, some analysts are seeing signs of a summer rally in the Russell 2000. After charging in front of the S&P 500 earlier this year, growth stocks, as measured by the Russell 2000 have begun to slow their pace, largely consolidating over 2021. The iShares Russell 2000 ETF(IWM), which [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Yield is still at historically low levels, but China’s debt market still offers attractive options through assets like the KraneShares CCBS China Corporate High Yield Bond USD Index ETF (KCCB). KCCB seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, track the price and yield performance of a specific fixed income securities index. The [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Low volatility and quality are two distinct investment factors and while they may intersect in some ETFs, it’s often not by design. On the other hand, the FlexShares US Quality Low Volatility Index Fund (NYSE: QLV) makes a point to combine reduced volatility and quality stocks, making it a potentially compelling alternative to standard “low [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

For growth investors seeking disruptive exposure in the healthcare sector, genomics is often a favored destination. The industry pushes an array of advances that can improve diagnoses, disease screening and treatment, and patient outcomes. One frontier for investors to stay abreast of is base editing – the concept of shifting one DNA pair to another. [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

With stocks trading near their all-time highs as the economy continues to bounce back from the pandemic lows of 2020, Wednesday represents a special day for equity traders and stock index ETF investors: the 125th birthday of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The Dow Jones, which debuted over a century ago with just 12 members, [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Capitol Hill and Wall Street are in two different cities, but when they interact on a regular basis, the results can beneficial for investors. A prime example of investors deriving benefit from a policy push is the recent passage of the American Rescue Plan, which fixed income market observers view as a plus for municipal [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Amid ample chatter about rising inflation, investors are scurrying for ideas and strategies to guard against the impact of rising consumer prices. Although much of the talk revolves around transitory inflation, meaning a high Consumer Price Index (CPI) could be fleeting, investors should prepare for a longer-than-expected period of higher prices, and active management may [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

With the S&P 500 hovering around its all-time high, short interest in the $357 billion SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust SPY has spiked to the highest this year, according to IHS Markit Ltd. Data, as quoted on Bloomberg. About 4.8% of the fund’s shares is now out on loan.

Chinese stocks offer plenty of promise and growth potential, but integral to allocating to the country is avoiding sources of controversy and geopolitical risk, including state-owned enterprises (SOEs). For advisors, a prime destination for ensuring clients’ emerging markets exposures tilt toward quality while avoiding SOEs is WisdomTree’s emerging markets multi-factor model portfolio. The exchange traded [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Warren Buffet once said that, “diversification is protection against ignorance”. Of course, the other side is true as well: strategies that aren’t adequately diversified run a substantially higher risk of ruin. The goal of this paper is to find a useful approximation for portfolio size that a. increases the potential for alpha (return over benchmark) [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The iShares Global Financials ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Wednesday, with over 2.1 million shares traded versus three month average volume of about 242,000. Shares of IXG were up about 0.6% on the day.

In trading on Wednesday, the Invesco WilderHill Clean Energy ETF is outperforming other ETFs, up about 3.9% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Arcimoto, up about 18.5% and shares of Beam Global, up about 17.8% on the day.

Bitcoin has been in the news lately and it is often an inquiry that many investors make.  Most recently, it has been in the news cycle for not the best of reasons.  A little over a month ago, a Bitcoin was priced at nearly $65,000 USD.  As of Friday’s close, it was off -45% from [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The overall earnings picture for the retail sector this season has been solid. Total earnings from 64.7% of the sector’s total market capitalization reported so far are up 61.2% on 12.7% higher revenues, with 90.9% beating EPS estimates and 81.8% beating top-line estima