Nasdaq ETFs

Japanese markets and country-specific exchange traded funds have been outperforming and among the standouts in the global markets this year. The iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEArca: EWJ), the largest Japan-related ETF, has increased 3.2% over the past week and gained 5.4% over the past three months. Additionally, the iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEArca: [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

A little over a hundred years ago, the United States emerged from the double whammy of a world war and deadly pandemic. Eager to get back to “normal” life, Americans went on a decade-long spending splurge, buying cars and radios and stocks, most for the first time ever. Although we all know how it ended, [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Anita Rausch, Head of Capital Markets In the 28 years they’ve been around, ETFs have democratized asset classes that they wrap. It is said that the idea of ETFs was born from an SEC report dissecting the stock market crash of 1987.  The SEC concluded that if there was an exchange-listed instrument representing a basket of [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Eric Fine, Portfolio Manager The VanEck Emerging Markets Bond Fund (EMBAX) utilizes a flexible approach to emerging markets debt investing and invests in debt securities issued by governments, quasi-government entities or corporations in emerging markets countries. These securities may be denominated in any currency, including those of emerging markets. By investing in emerging markets debt securities, [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Patrick Watson Last week President Biden signed the $1.9 trillion “American Rescue Plan” into law. Together with other packages passed under former President Trump, the federal government has now spent, or agreed to spend, about $5 trillion on pandemic-related programs. But was it all about the pandemic? Well, in a crisis this big, almost [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Ed Coyne, Senior Managing Director, Global Sales 2020 was a tremendous year for precious metals investments. Gold bullion gained 25.12% in 2020. Silver bullion rose 47.89%. Palladium climbed 25.86% and platinum increased 10.92%.[1] Tax time is here, and it is critically important for investors — especially after a strong year like 2020 — to understand the potential [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

One year ago this month, our world changed in some pretty dramatic ways. Take the stock market. Stuck at home and $1,200 richer thanks to the first coronavirus relief bill, millions of millennials and Gen Zers tried their hand at investing for the very first time. It’s estimated that some 10 million new brokerage accounts were opened in 2020, [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Ed Lopez, Head of ETF Product The days leading up to the launch of the VanEck Vectors® Social Sentiment ETF (BUZZ) have been an experience I won’t forget. Have you heard of our new ETF? If your clients are on social media, they probably have. There’s been a lot of buzz around it (pun intended). However, I [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Robert Ross The markets are in the middle of a once-in-a-decade event. And it says a lot about what you should do with your money right now. I’m talking about a critical indicator called the yield curve. Longtime readers will remember spring 2019, when the yield curve inverted. Back then, I had asked you to [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Kevin Flanagan, Head of Fixed Income Strategy A Federal Reserve (Fed) meeting on St. Patrick’s Day—for a bond guy like me, there’s nothing like it. In honor of these two events coinciding this year, and given what has recently been transpiring in the U.S. Treasury market (UST), an Irish saying comes to mind: If you buy what you [...] 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.

On Friday, Syntax Advisors, LLC announced the launch of the Syntax Stratified U.S. Total Market ETF (SYUS), available for trading on NYSE Arca. SYUS launched with $21M in AUM, and it marks the fourth and latest ETF in Syntax’s expanded family of Stratified Weight funds. Syntax offers an innovative alternative to cap weighted index products through a [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Rob Brown, CFA, PhD, Julex Captial Advisory Board Member Let’s try a thought experiment – What if …  What if we build a passive portfolio from the 32 asset categories shown in the graphic below using the following weighs: 30.3%  US stocks, 29.3% international stocks, 5.0% US Treasury bonds, 31.5% US investment grade corporate [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Financial sector-related exchange traded funds were dealt a blow Friday after the Federal Reserve planned to end coronavirus pandemic relief that provided a temporary capital buffer for big banks. On Friday, the SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (NYSEArca: KRE) fell 0.9%, Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLF) dropped 1.0%, Fidelity MSCI Financials Index ETF (NYSEArca: FNCL), was [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The year 2021 has started off on a good note for the value stocks. In the pandemic-stricken 2020, investors had shown increased inclination toward growth stocks that were gaining from record-low interest rates. However, an accelerated coronavirus vaccine rollout, introduction of

Part of my job as a CIO for Astoria Portfolio Advisors is to Identify market trends Alert clients of these trends Suggest ways to benefit, protect, or diversify one’s portfolio If I identified a trend and suggested to clients to act on my premise only once, I do not think I would get much traction. Hence, I must constantly repeat myself. Well, ever since I [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

U.S. markets and stock exchange traded funds wavered Friday, with the technology sector regaining its footing while bank stocks dragged on the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average. On Friday, the Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ: QQQ) rose 0.8%, SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (NYSEArca: DIA) was down 0.5%, and iShares Core S&P 500 ETF [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Crude oil and crude ETFs tumbled more than 8% on Thursday after U.S. crude stockpiles crested over half a billion barrels and the International Energy Agency said global supplies are plentiful. Meanwhile, U.S. tensions with Russia mounted. After oil futures in New York slipped 0.3% on Wednesday, closing out the longest stretch of declines in [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The successful launch of The Sputnik 1—the first artificial satellite to be placed in orbit around the Earth by Soviet Union in 1957—marked the beginning of the space age and the space race between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.

The narrative of a value comeback goes on, with increasing capital flows into value-based ETFs. Investors and advisors alike will want to consider funds like the Vanguard Value ETF (VTV). VTV exhibits the typical characteristics of a value-based fund that primarily houses large cap stocks. When markets are pushing higher, it can capture upside while [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.