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Vaccine distribution and possibilities of a fat federal spending bill under the Biden administration have led to a rise in economic growth forecasts, which in turn boosted bets over rising inflation and drove treasury yields. The Fed’s ongoing super-dovish monetary policy has a

By David Schassler, Portfolio Manager and Head of Portfolio and Quantitative Investment Solutions, VanEck The VanEck Vectors® Real Asset Allocation ETF (RAAX®) uses a data-driven, rules-based process that leverages over 50 indicators (technical, macroeconomic and fundamental, commodity price, and sentiment) to allocate across 12 individual real asset segments in five broad real asset sectors. These objective indicators identify [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Cincinnati Financial Corp. (Symbol: CINF) has been named to the Dividend Channel ''S.A.F.E. 25'' list, signifying a stock with above-average ''DividendRank'' statistics including a strong 2.6% yield, as well as a superb track record of at least two decades of dividend growth, a

By Justin J. Carbonneau There’s a saying from Winston Churchill, “Never let a good crisis go to waste”, and while the news around the Reddit message board, r/wallstreetbets, and GameStop may not be a crisis per se, it certainly is something that has turned markets upside down, caused confusion among most main street investors, ravaged some [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The latest housing data reflects some sluggishness in the space amid the coronavirus crisis.  According to the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, housing starts slid 6% to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 1.580 million units in Janua

For this week’s episode of ETF 360, ETF Trends CEO Tom Lydon and CIO Dave Nadig spoke with Gabelli Funds’ Co-CIO of Value Chris Marangi and Co-PM of Growth Chris Ward, as they discuss the recent launches of the Love Our Planet & People ETF (LOPP) and the Gabelli Growth Innovators ETF (GGRW) and their [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The rapid rise of Bitcoin has generated fierce debate concerning the long-term viability of investing in cryptocurrencies. While rapidly evolving blockchain technology can provide a discrete digital ledger to track transactions, many advisors remain concerned with the regulation and volatility of cryptocurrency products. In the upcoming webcast, Beyond Bitcoin: How Blockchain is Transforming the Investment [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Investments that back environmental, social, and governance principles may be exacerbating inequality in some areas of society. Socially responsible investments favor companies that pay less tax, offer support to intangible assets over humans, and provide fewer jobs than many counterparts with lower ESG ratings, the Financial Times reports. “ESG funds are unconsciously worsening the social [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By David Scranton, Founder, Sound Income Strategies The country has a new president, a president whose economic views differ greatly from his predecessor in many ways. What does this mean for you and how will the Biden Presidency impact your retirement? With all of the new changes going on, you may be asking If Investing Should Be [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Wall Street has been rallying in February so far amid the wave of optimism surrounding the coronavirus vaccine rollout and high chances of another round of fiscal stimulus. Notably, the Dow Jones Industrials Average has climbed 5.1% in the month to date. Besides, the other two br

U.S. markets and stock exchange traded funds pared early losses on Tuesday as a supportive Federal Reserve helped ease investor concerns. On Tuesday, the Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ: QQQ) was up 0.1%, SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (NYSEArca: DIA) rose 0.4%, and iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (NYSEArca: IVV) was 0.4% higher. The early Tuesday [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Tesla stock fell another 3.75% on Tuesday and has now entered a bear market, with a number of analysts attributing the stock’s drop to a bet on Bitcoin. Tesla stock is around 22% off their historic highs. Bear markets are traditionally considered a decline of 20% or more from a peak. For Tesla, this would [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Bond yields couldn’t stay low forever, and with rising yields, ETF investors can counteract the effect with funds like the Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatility ETF (SPLV). SPLV comes with a low 0.25% expense ratio. “For months in this fresh bull market, we’ve been wrestling between optimism and pessimism thanks to a pandemic and economic crisis,” [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

India and China could help stimulate steel prices with higher demand and keep the VanEck Vectors Steel ETF (SLX) trending upwards. “Positive cues from China – which accounts for 56.5 per cent of global crude steel production – are likely to keep demand-supply in balance and provide support to prices,” a Business Standard article said. “All [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Vaccine distribution and a likely fat federal spending bill under the Biden administration have led to a rise in future economic growth forecasts, which in turn boosted bets over rising inflation and resulted in the rise in treasury yields. The Fed’s ongoing super-dovish moneta

By Rod Smyth, Director of Investments The Paradox of Youth: Why taking risk is ‘less risky’ and starting young may make a bigger difference than you think. Recognizing that each saver has their own unique circumstances, RiverFront’s general advice for someone starting to save for retirement can be boiled down to four bullets: Start as [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Two-year inflation breakeven rate (the market’s future inflation view) is the highest in 12 years, raising the risk of an inflation surprise Inflation isn’t a problem now, but financial markets are saying it could be soon. Traders are pricing in the possibility that Consumer Price Inflation (CPI) leaps to 2.66% from 1.4% today, judging by [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Ark Investment Management founder Cathie Wood has been dominating the headlines lately for seeing massive inflows into her ETF line-up. In fact, it has managed a spot among the top 10 issuers in the $5.5-trillion ETF industry, thanks to solid asset gain in 2020, per a Bloomberg

As bond yields look to go up, up, and away, the Direxion Daily Regional Banks Bull 3X Shares (DPST) continues to climb too. The fund is up 90% so far this year. “Rising bond yields benefit banks because this increases the net interest margin between what banks pay depositors and receive from borrowers,” Timothy Smith wrote [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The debt market is a vast sea that investors often can’t simply navigate on their own. Novice bond investors can get complete exposure via ETFs like the iShares Core Total US Bond Market ETF (IUSB). IUSB seeks to track the investment results of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Universal Index. The fund generally will invest most of [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.