Nasdaq ETFs

In recent trading, shares of Medical Properties Trust Inc (Symbol: MPW) have crossed above the average analyst 12-month target price of $22.00, changing hands for $22.02/share. When a stock reaches the target an analyst has set, the analyst logically has two ways to react: downg

China has stood out as the only major economy in the world to deliver positive economic growth in the pandemic-stricken 2020 gaining from quite a few factors.

It’s not news to anyone that we’re in a low, potentially even negative, real interest rate environment. There’s little on the horizon to suggest change. What’s an advisor to trying to generate client cash flow to do? Think outside the aggregate. In the upcoming webcast, Tactical High Yield Solutions for Today’s Yield-Starved Environment, Jeffrey Thompson, [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Prepared by Scott Opsal Investment styles generally have an inherent tendency to outperform in either bullish or bearish market environments. One cohort attracts buyers when the equity market is running higher and optimism prevails, while other styles draw interest when the market is weak, worry abounds, and safety is the desire of the day. Such [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Fixed-income exchange traded fund investors are looking back into debt assets beaten down by the coronavirus pandemic, as the rollout of vaccines helps fuel demand for riskier assets. The iShares U.S. Fallen Angels USD Bond ETF (NASDAQ: FALN), which tracks the Bloomberg Barclays US High Yield Fallen Angel 3% Capped Index composed of U.S. dollar-denominated [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

In a bid to combat its pollution problems, China has been aggressively pushing into clean energy technologies, and the shift has paid off. The emerging economy is set to post the fastest growth in Asia for environmental, social, and governance investments after the country raised exchange traded fund assets 18-fold in the past two years. [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Oil price is rising as expectations are growing stronger that President-elect Joe Biden will provide support in recovering growth and energy demand in the United States. Weakness in dollar is also aiding the upside in oil prices. Notably, oil futures in New York steered past $53

U.S. markets and stock exchange traded funds strengthened Wednesday as Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th U.S. president, while upbeat earnings, notably out of Netflix, supported growth stock momentum. On Wednesday, the Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ: QQQ) rose 2.4%, SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (NYSEArca: DIA) was up 0.8%, and iShares Core S&P [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Bitcoin’s market capitalization ascent makes it larger than nearly every publicly traded bank in the world. If Bitcoin were a company, it’d be a top 10 component in the S&P 500. As of late Jan. 18, Bitcoin’s market value was flirting with $683 billion, putting the cryptocurrency in position to eclipse some other well-known assets [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Investors that haven’t yet embraced smaller stocks may not want to dither too much longer. The ERShares International Equity ETF (NYSEARCA: ERSX) is a strong option. ERSX selects the most entrepreneurial, primarily Non-US Small Cap companies, that meet the thresholds embedded in their proprietary Entrepreneur Factor (EF). ERShares’ ETF delivers strong performance across a variety of [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Stocks and index ETFs are gaining momentum for a second day on Wednesday, amid the inauguration of President Joe Biden and robust corporate earnings reports. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added almost three-quarters of a percent in morning trading, while the S&P 500 gained 1.3% to notch a new intraday record. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq Composite [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

High-yield bonds encountered some rough spots in 2020, but by the time the year drew to a close, the VanEck Vectors Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF (NASDAQ: ANGL) proved to be a steady performer for income investors. ANGL seeks to replicate as closely as possible the price and yield performance of the ICE BofAML [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

With a stellar track record, the ARK Innovation ETF (NYSEArca: ARKK) became something of a legend among exchange traded funds last year. ARKK’s large exposure to Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) is a big reason why. While past performance is never a guarantee of future returns, Tesla doesn’t appear to be slowing down. “Companies within ARKK include [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Dividend stocks steadied late last year after a turbulent first half. With that steadiness comes expectations that growth will resume this year. Those sentiments apply to international dividend payers too, enhancing the appeal of the ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (NYSEArca: IDOG). ALPS identifies the five highest-yielding securities in the 10 GICS sectors on [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

In the realm of disruptive growth investments, there are a slew of platform-driven companies spanning an array of high octane segments and technologies. Predictably, stock picking in these spaces is difficult, but advisors can ease that burden with WisdomTree’s new Disruptive Growth Model Portfolio. “The WisdomTree Disruptive Growth ETF Model Portfolio targets structural growth themes [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

What’s not to like about this list? Trillions more in stimulus, vaccines allowing a back-to-normal economy and a lowering of the political temperature – those are all good things. Yet, last week was a reminder that markets buy ahead of the news, and sell when the facts are revealed, making for a bumpy ride. Help is [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

After winning the November election and the Georgia run-off election early this month, Joe Biden took oath as the 46th president of the United States on Jan 20. This is the first time in a decade when Democrats took control of both chambers of Congress, as well as the White House

While old school real estate exchange traded funds may need a refreshing, the Pacer Benchmark Data & Infrastructure Real Estate SCTR ETF (SRVR) offers exposure to the future of real estate today. The Pacer Benchmark Data & Infrastructure Real Estate SCTR ETF is a strategy-driven ETF that aims to offer investors exposure to U.S. companies [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX Fund ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Wednesday, with over 1.2 million shares traded versus three month average volume of about 86,000. Shares of FXR were up about 0.7% on the day.

For cost-conscious investors, getting single country exposure to China doesn’t have to come at a premium price. The Global X MSCI China Large-Cap 50 ETF (CHIL) offers investors a low-cost solution to a top-performing ETF. The fund is up over 30% within the past year as it continues a checkmark-style recovery following the pandemic sell-offs [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.