Nasdaq ETFs

On Tuesday, ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETFs and ETPs ecosystem, reported that assets invested in ETFs and ETPs listed in the United States reached a new record of $5.52 trillion at the end of January. $57.23 billion in net inflows was gathered in January, the second-largest net [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

A passive index may not give fixed income investors full exposure to the broad spectrum of bonds, including those in emerging markets. Thankfully, there’s a solution for that problem in the actively managed Global X Emerging Markets Bond ETF (EMBD). EMBD aims to provide investors with strategic exposure to the growing universe of emerging market [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Wall Street was muted last week. The S&P 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq Composite added about 0.6%, 0.3% and 0.6% past week, respectively. The week was marked by the bitcoin rally, some Reddit bets and uptrend in some cyclical sectors. Below we highlight a few winning ETFs

With the dynamic ability to capture upside or to mute the effects of a downturn, active management is all the rage in the ETF world. Here are three actively managed iShares funds to consider. iShares Evolved U.S. Media and Entertainment ETF (IEME): seeks to provide access to U.S. companies with media and entertainment exposure, as [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Walmart WMT is set to release fourth-quarter fiscal 2020 results on Feb 18, before market opens. Being a mega retailer, it is worth taking a look at the company’s fundamentals ahead of its results.The stock has dropped 5.2% over the past three months, underperforming the indust

Widely regarded as ‘the father of modern finance’, Eugene Fama’s work is highly regarded in the capital markets. His work is also the basis for Canadian firm SmartBe Wealth’s four new ETFs. Fama’s work in portfolio theory, asset pricing, and efficient markets eventually earned him the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences jointly with Robert [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Tuesday, with over 515,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 73,000. Shares of SUSL were up about 0.3% on the day.

After a dismal showing in 2020, the energy sector is the best-performing group in the S&P 500 to start 2021. The wave is lifting boats with master limited partnerships (MLPs), including the ALPS Alerian MLP ETF (NYSEArca: AMLP). AMLP seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of its underlying index, [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

In trading on Tuesday, the iShares MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers ETF is outperforming other ETFs, up about 4% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Compass Minerals, up about 4.6% and shares of Freeport-mcmoran, up about 4

There are often scenarios when investors bid up assets with little regard for fundamentals. The opposite is true of the recent small cap rally and for exchange traded funds such as the ERShares NextGen Entrepreneurs ETF (ERSX). ERSX selects the most entrepreneurial, primarily Non-US Small Cap companies, that meet the thresholds embedded in its proprietary [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) have been around for about three decades, but seriously came into bloom in 2020. Still, stock picking among individual blank-check firms is difficult. Exchange traded fund issuers are seizing upon that theme, as there are now three ETFs dedicated to the SPAC topic. The original of the trio – the [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

A look at the weighted underlying holdings of the First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund (FXU) shows an impressive 16.3% of holdings on a weighted basis have experienced insider buying within the past six months. UGI Corp. (Symbol: UGI), which makes up 4.55% of the First Trust Ut

For investors seeking momentum, iShares S&P 500 Value ETF IVE is probably on radar. The fund just hit a 52-week high, and is up 64% from its 52-week low price of $81.70 per share.But are more gains in store for this ETF? Let’s take a quick look at the fund and the near-term

Socially responsible investments that follow environmental, social, and governance principles finally caught the break they were looking for. Investors funneled a record amount of money into ESG funds last year, more than doubling the prior year’s intake, CNBC reports. ESG funds attracted $51.1 billion of net new money from investors over 2020, which also marked [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Oil prices have staged a rally lately with United States Oil Fund LP USO and United States Brent Oil Fund LP BNO adding about 2.6% and 3.2%, respectively, past week. The real surge was noticed on Feb 12, when USO and BNO were up 2.5% and 2.8%, respectively. Freezing weather has i

Platinum exchange traded funds have rallied over the past year, with the white metal hovering near its highest level in six years. Investors continue to pile in. Over the past three months, the Aberdeen Standard Platinum Shares ETF (NYSEArca: PPLT) has increased 43.1%% and the GraniteShares Platinum Trust (PLTM) has added 44.5%. Money managers have started pouring [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Pedro Palandrani, Andrew Little, Global X Internet of Things Surging Demand Sparks Semiconductor Sales Growth Semiconductors are indispensable when it comes to the evolution of emerging technologies such as the Internet of Things, cloud computing hardware, autonomous vehicles, industrial automation, and others. As these themes accelerate, so does the demand for semiconductors. Taiwan Semiconductor [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Paul Wong, CFA, Market Strategist, Sprott Gold bullion1 lost 2.67% in January after gaining 25.12% in 2020. Silver bullion2 rose 2.22% in January after climbing 47.89% in 2020. Gold mining equities3 followed bullion, declining 5.33% in January, after gaining 23.34% in 2020. By comparison, the S&P 500 TR Index6 lost 1.11% for the month. Month of January 2021 [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

In recent trading, shares of Vonage Holdings Corp (Symbol: VG) have crossed above the average analyst 12-month target price of $15.04, changing hands for $15.35/share. When a stock reaches the target an analyst has set, the analyst logically has two ways to react: downgrade on v

In recent trading, shares of Varonis System Inc (Symbol: VRNS) have crossed above the average analyst 12-month target price of $206.13, changing hands for $214.50/share. When a stock reaches the target an analyst has set, the analyst logically has two ways to react: downgrade on