Nasdaq ETFs

Bitcoin grabs the lion’s share of the headlines, but another cryptocurrency is outperforming it by a large margin: ether. This week ether, the transactional token of the Ethereum blockchain, has blown past its all-time high, soaring past the $3,000 mark and now edging close to $3,500 at time of print, per CoinDesk. Its year-to-date growth [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

While there are increased calls for the wider adoption of socially responsible principles, corporations have been slow on the uptake. Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc were the latest to take a step back from adopting environmental, social, and governance standards. During Berkshire Hathaway’s recent annual shareholder meeting, Buffett and his supporters, who control 35% [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

It’s already a seller’s market due to low inventory and relatively benign interest rates. Now, rising lumber costs could bring housing prices even higher, to the benefit of assets like the Invesco Dynamic Building & Construction ETF (PKB). “The frenzied climb in lumber prices is generating superlative profits for sawmill owners,” a Wall Street Journal [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

For investors looking for momentum, Fidelity MSCI Materials Index ETF FMAT is probably a suitable pick. The fund just hit a 52-week high and is up 83.3% from its 52-week low price of $26.10/share.

Legendary investor and Berkshire Hathaway CEO/chairman Warren Buffett sees “substantial inflation” on the horizon, boosting the case for assets like the Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares (VTIP). Gold, commodities, and Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS) are just a few ways to hedge against the rising tide of inflation. An ETF like VTIP can [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

International markets, notably European stocks, led the charge on Wednesday after the previous session’s sharp selling, with higher commodity prices and the earnings season supporting gains. Investors can also use exchange traded funds to capture these international moves. European miners strengthened on the rising commodity prices, as traders grow more optimistic over the global economic [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

In office barely more than three months, President Biden is busying pitching various plans and proposals, including the largest tax increase the U.S. has seen in three decades. In fairness, the increase, which includes significant alterations to the capital gains structure, is targeted at big earners and high net worth individuals and married couples. It [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Thanks to higher gold prices, Newmont Mining Corp (NEM) saw $2.9 billion in revenue, a quarterly increase of $300 million, according to the company’s latest earnings call. “We continue to drive the business with our clear capital allocation priorities, which include reinvesting in our business through disciplined investments in exploration and organic growth projects, returning [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

With the economy ramping up and earnings growth doing the same, it can be tempting to get aggressive with equity allocations. However, blindly overweighting riskier assets doesn’t ensure desirable outcomes. Advisors looking to ratchet up equity exposure can turn to tailored allocations, such as the aggressive sleeve of the Strategic Allocation Model Portfolio, which is [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Within the fast-growing genomics universe, one of the more compelling themes is the evolution of gene therapies – a theme the ARK Genomic Revolution Multi-Sector Fund (CBOE: ARKG) is levered to. Relative to passive genomics exchange traded funds, the actively managed ARKG can more rapidly adjust gene therapy exposure. For investors, that’s an exciting prospects [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Stocks and index ETFs recovered some of their losses from Tuesday’s session on Wednesday, as investors keyed in on robust earnings releases and enthusiasm for an economic recovery. The Dow Jones Industrial average climbed 0.35%, while the S&P 500 gained as much as 0.5%, making up some of the worst losses posted on Tuesday. The [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Big tech stocks have notched big gains, but they still have room to move even higher throughout May and the rest of 2021, said Joel Shulman, founder and CIO of ERShares, in an interview with Fox Business. Despite setbacks for some major companies, selected FAANGS are performing strongly thus far, said Shulman. “It’s unbelievable, these [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Wednesday, with over 182,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 29,000. Shares of FNK were up about 0.1% on the day.

In trading on Wednesday, the Oil Services ETF is outperforming other ETFs, up about 4.7% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Oceaneering International, up about 17.4% and shares of DMC Global, up about 12.2% on the day.

The earnings parade last week was led by tech giants—Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT), Amazon (AMZN), Alphabet (GOOGL) and Facebook (FB). They all reported record revenue growth and crushed estimates. While all these companies benefitted from the pandemic driven trends, some of t

By Kimberly Woody, Senior Portfolio Manager – GLOBALT Investments. The Tax “Tail” Proposals Currently on the Table Repeal 2017 Trump tax cuts Incomes above $400K – The top tax bracket goes from 37.0% → 39.6% Capital gains rate Tax investment income at ordinary rates for those who earn more than $1 million in total (wage [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The Federal Reserve of the United States has been practicing rock-bottom interest rate policies from last year in the wake of the pandemic. The Fed also has a QE (quantitative easing) in place. However, in the past one year, the U.S. economy has advanced a lot leaving behind the

Comparing units outstanding versus one week ago at the coverage universe of ETFs at ETF Channel, the biggest inflow was seen in the Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund, which added 7,500,000 units, or a 6.4% increase week over week. Among the largest underlying components

Looking at units outstanding versus one week prior within the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, the biggest outflow was seen in the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF, where 9,200,000 units were destroyed, or a 9.1% decrease week over week.

In some of our previous updates, we have discussed how value is now outperforming growth on a relative basis. Now, we do not want to beat a dead a horse when we talk about this topic, as we have discussed it many times, but over the last 10 years, it has been a very rare [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.