Nasdaq ETFs

By Coulter Regal, CFA, Associate Product Manager When people first hear about an investment strategy that targets stocks with the most positive sentiment based on social media chatter and online discussions, they may be quick to assume that it is full of nothing but the latest growth or momentum stocks. However, a closer look at the [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

It’s happening. The acceptance of digital currencies as a form of payment expanded greatly last week, foreshadowing the increasingly important role cryptos such as Bitcoin and Ether will play in our lives going forward. Both Visa and PayPal announced they will begin allowing the use of cryptocurrencies to settle transactions. This came a week after [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Brian Manby, Senior Analyst, Research As the first quarter comes to a close, there has already been a lifetime full of headlines in financial markets. From Bitcoin to GameStop to rising bond yields, there’s no shortage of market fairy tales, but the renaissance in global small caps and value stocks looks to be more of an enduring fact than fantasy. Small [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Patrick Watson A distressing aspect of the pandemic—aside from the sickness, death, and recession—is the way it turned into a political and social wedge. I wish, back when it started, we could have all pledged something like this: “OK, here is a big problem none of us wanted. We’ll sort out the blame later. [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

While the mutual fund universe is much larger than that for exchange-traded funds, more and more investors are discovering that they can save huge amounts in both fees and taxes and put more money in their pocket by switching to ETFs. SEE MORE The 21 Best ETFs to Buy for a Prospe

While the mutual fund universe is much larger than that for exchange-traded funds, more and more investors are discovering that they can save huge amounts in both fees and taxes and put more money in their pocket by switching to ETFs. SEE MORE The 21 Best ETFs to Buy for a Prospe

The S&P 500 index rose 2.7% this week to new record highs as the technology, consumer discretionary, and communication services sectors led a broad climb. The market benchmark ended the week at 4,128.80, up from its closing level of 4,019.87 last Thursday, the last trading day last week due to the market being closed last [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Stephen Cucciaro, President & Chief Investment Officer “When life looks like Easy Street, there is danger at your door.” ― Grateful Dead Signs of market euphoria are everywhere. Speculative “story” stocks, penny stocks, IPOs, SPACs, millennial “stonk” trading, margin lending, CCC junk bonds, sports trading cards and other collectibles, Dogecoins and investor sentiment surveys [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

To learn more about Main Management and how some of our strategies could help you with your investment needs, please contact Darol Ryan, our Head of Sales and National Accounts, at ryan@mainmgt.com. Also check out Main Management CEO Kim Arthur on Twitter and Main Management on LinkedIn. Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Wall Street has seen an impressive start to the second quarter of 2021. The S&P 500 rose 0.4%, seeing its second consecutive record close on Apr 8. Notably, the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index also jumped 1% on the same day. The upside can be largely attributed to strength

U.S. markets and stock exchange traded funds pushed higher toward the end of Friday’s session, with the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average breaking record highs, as growth stocks maintained their momentum. On Friday, the Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ: QQQ) was up 0.5%, SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (NYSEArca: DIA) rose 0.7%, and iShares [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The semiconductor market is experiencing expanding demand with increasing digitization and growing dependency on the Internet owing to some new normal trends like online shopping, work from home, digital payments, digitization of healthcare, growing favor for video gaming and man

Biden $2 trillion infrastructure plan is certainly pushing the clean energy agenda, but the VanEck Vectors Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF (FRAK) doesn’t seem to care. FRAK, which is up over 40% YTD, seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the MVIS Global Unconventional Oil and [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

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Silver prices have been under pressure in the early going of 2021, as strength in equities are taking precedence over safe haven commodities. Despite the recent weakness, the iShares Silver Trust (SLV) could be a value option at the current price. Silver could get some fundamental help from a weaker dollar. The greenback recently retreated [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

On Thursday, BlackRock launched two active sustainable ETFs for the transition to a low-carbon economy. The BlackRock U.S. Carbon Transition Readiness ETF (LCTU) and the BlackRock World ex U.S. Carbon Transition Readiness ETF (LCTD) invest in large- and mid-cap companies, tilting toward those companies that BlackRock believes are better positioned to benefit from the transition [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

With first quarter 2021 earnings reports in full swing, investors may want to mute the volatility with assets like the iShares Edge MSCI Minimum Volatility USA ETF (USMV). “Volatility can be like your breath,” a TD Ameritrade article said. “A big inhale can be thought of as rising realized volatility or implied volatility (IV), and [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By DeFred Folts III, Managing Partner, Chief Investment Strategist, and Eric Biegeleisen, CFA, Managing Director, Research Portfolio Manager Equities: Japanese equities remain the most attractive of the equity asset classes we model. These factors include: more compelling valuations; a steepening yield curve; and a continued narrowing of high-yield credit spreads. The Japanese economy may benefit [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

It seems that U.S.-China tensions are alive and kicking even in the Biden administration after a tensed four-year period in the Trump administration. Any improvement in major economic U.S.-China relations including disagreements over tech and trade seems unlikely in the near term

U.S. president Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan is opening up ETF trading possibilities from multiple angles. One way is playing its healthcare component via funds like the Direxion Daily Healthcare Bull 3X ETF (CURE) and the Direxion Daily S&P Biotech Bull 3X ETF (LABU). CURE provides a direct play while LABU can be used as an [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.