With so much talk about possible increases in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), it’s not surprising advisors and investors are revisiting a popular inflation-fighting asset class: Treasury inflation protection securities (TIPS). Something that often goes overlooked with TIPS is duration risk. That stands to reason because credit risk is non-existent. Another element to consider is [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
The SPDR— Portfolio MSCI Global Stock Market ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Friday, with over 755,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 96,000. Shares of SPGM were down about 0.1% on the day.
With its tax advantages and relative stability, municipal bonds should continue to outperform in the tricky fixed income environment, all to the benefit of the VanEck Vectors CEF Municipal Income ETF (XMPT). With its 0.40% expense ratio, XMPT seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Copper, soybeans, and crude oil are just a few commodities that are rising thanks to inflation fears. Investors can have them all and more with the Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF (COM). Inflation fears have been adding an extra dose of volatility to the capital markets as of late. With the rising prices of [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
With so much talk about the return of dividend growth in the U.S., it can be easy for investors to overlook the payout potency of international stocks. Indeed, there’s ample room for payouts in developing economies to grow. As of May 20, the dividend yield on the widely followed MSCI Emerging Markets Index was 1.40%. [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Inflation has been playing foul on the stock market lately. The consumer price index for April jumped 4.2% from the year-ago level, representing the sharpest increase since September 2008 and raising concerns that the U.S. economy is overheating.Rising commodity prices fo
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Min Vol Factor ETF (Symbol: EEMV) where we have detected an approximate $82.8 million dollar outflow -- that's a 2.1%
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares MSCI Japan ETF (Symbol: EWJ) where we have detected an approximate $101.3 million dollar outflow -- that's a 0.8% decrease week over week (f
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the Lithium ETF (Symbol: LIT) where we have detected an approximate $81.8 million dollar outflow -- that's a 2.6% decrease week over week (from 49,954,6
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares Global Energy ETF (Symbol: IXC) where we have detected an approximate $85.9 million dollar outflow -- that's a 5.4% decrease week over week
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF (Symbol: IYR) where we have detected an approximate $226.5 million dollar outflow -- that's a 4.3% decrease week over w
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the SPDR— Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Bond ETF (Symbol: JNK) where we have detected an approximate $86.9 million dollar outflow -- that's a 0.9%
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the SPDR— Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF (Symbol: SPSB) where we have detected an approximate $94.0 million dollar outflow -- that's a 1.
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the Vanguard Materials ETF (Symbol: VAW) where we have detected an approximate $255.2 million dollar inflow -- that's a 7.9% increase week over week in
If there are two things investors are craving these days, it’s ways to fight inflation and opportunities to generate more income. Some exchange traded funds do one but not the other. The VanEck Vectors Energy Income ETF (EINC) is one asset that accomplishes both. As has been widely noted, natural resources equities are, historically, strong avenues for beating [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
QQQA extends a string of recent ETF launches that track benchmarks that are offshoots of NDX, underscoring the parent gauge's utility and asset-gathering acumen for fund issuers.
A look at the weighted underlying holdings of the iShares U.S. Pharmaceuticals ETF (Symbol: IHE) shows an impressive 10.1% of holdings on a weighted basis have experienced insider buying within the past six months.
Elanco Animal Health Inc (Symbol: ELAN), which makes up 4.66%
In recent trading, shares of Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (Symbol: MXIM) have crossed above the average analyst 12-month target price of $98.00, changing hands for $98.61/share. When a stock reaches the target an analyst has set, the analyst logically has two ways to react: d
In recent trading, shares of (Symbol: SKYT) have crossed above the average analyst 12-month target price of $26.00, changing hands for $26.40/share. When a stock reaches the target an analyst has set, the analyst logically has two ways to react: downgrade on valuation, or, re-a