Nasdaq ETFs

By Catherine Yoshimoto, director, benchmark development If we look at the largest US companies by market capitalization, we can see that many of them don’t have extensive histories of profitability. In fact, some of them only became consistently profitable less than a decade ago—or in a few cases, even less than a year ago. This [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Stocks and index ETFs continued to exhibit volatility Thursday, as technology stocks and the Nasdaq tumbled below Wednesday lows. Meanwhile, a rally in bank stocks fueled the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a fresh high. The Nasdaq Composite sank 1.7% as key tech stocks like Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Facebook all lost 1-2.5%, while Tesla [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Retail sales in the United States contracted 3% sequentially in February 2021, following an upwardly revised 7.6% gain in January and much worse than market forecast of a 0.5% decline. It marked the biggest decline since the record slump in April 2020. Extremely cold weather and

Benchmark Treasury yields may be on the rise, but fixed income investors don’t have to fret when funds like the VanEck Vectors Investment Grade Floating Rate ETF (FLTR) can help keep them afloat. “Fixed-income investors are in a tough spot. Treasury yields have been rising, and that has led to losses in fixed-rate bonds,” a Barron’s [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Although the related equities recently pulled back, renewable energy and clean technologies continue taking the energy landscape by storm and are disrupting the space in positive fashion.

The year 2021 has brought with it a rising rate trend (thanks to stimulus and vaccine optimism) and thus the hatred for growth stocks. Since tech stocks are high-growth in nature, the tech-heavy Nasdaq is the worst performer this year among the big three indexes.

Last year’s bond bonanza amid a flight to safety saw a large increase in capital inflows from banks and funds into municipal bonds. Investors looking for bond alternatives now can opt for a pair of muni-focused bond funds from Invesco with the Invesco National AMT-Free Municipal Bond ETF (PZA) and the Invesco VRDO Tax-Free Weekly [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

There’s a reason environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing has been the darling of Wall Street as of late. Given its rise in popularity amongst investors, it’s also been a strong moneymaker for firms with its higher-than-average fees, but ETFs like the SPDR S&P 500 ESG ETF (EFIV) may be starting to change all of that. [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Thursday, with over 504,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 88,000. Shares of SUSL were off about 0.5% on the day.

In trading on Thursday, the SPDR— S&P— Regional Banking ETF is outperforming other ETFs, up about 4.4% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of First Foundation, up about 7.4% and shares of Comerica, up about 6.1% on the

President Biden is floating the largest tax increase in three decades – a plan that will surely draw strong opposition from the GOP. It may not plague income-heavy energy assets however, like master limited partnerships and the ALPS Alerian MLP ETF (NYSEArca: AMLP). AMLP seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Actively managed exchange traded funds are breaking asset-gathering records, and ARK Investment Management remains a big reason why. Active ETFs “gathered net inflows of US$16.90 billion during February, bringing year-to-date net inflows to a record US$33.80 billion. Assets invested in actively managed ETFs and ETPs finished the month up to 4.9%, going from US$303 billion [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

High dividend yields are often eye-catching and that’s particularly true when interest rates are low, as is the case today. However, dividend growth should always be a priority for income investors, and they can latch onto that theme with the FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund (NYSEArca: QDF). QDF’s underlying benchmark targets management efficiency or quantitative [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

On Wednesday, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) signaled interest rates will remain low for the foreseeable future. That means advisors and clients will continue facing challenges when it comes to generating income, but the WisdomTree Fixed Income Model Portfolio can help ease the income burden. “This model portfolio is focused on a diversified stream [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

It’s been a year since the U.S. stock market collapsed to a deep bear territory in the fastest decline in history triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. The crisis brought economy to a standstill, leading to lockdowns and social distancing across the globe. In fact, it has ended t

Comparing units outstanding versus one week ago at the coverage universe of ETFs at ETF Channel, the biggest inflow was seen in the SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Short Term High Yield Bond ETF, which added 9,900,000 units, or a 7.3% increase 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 Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (Symbol: IJR) where we have detected an approximate $642.0 million dollar inflow -- that's a 0.9% increase week o

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF (Symbol: IUSB) where we have detected an approximate $432.8 million dollar inflow -- that's a 4.0% increase w

A look at the weighted underlying holdings of the iShares Select Dividend ETF (DVY) shows an impressive 10.1% of holdings on a weighted basis have experienced insider buying within the past six months. HanesBrands Inc (Symbol: HBI), which makes up 0.58% of the iShares Select D