Nasdaq ETFs

This has been a rough year for the greenback on an overall basis with Invesco DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund UUP losing about 5.4% so far. The start of the year was bullish for the reserve currency as acute demand for cash amid the coronavirus crisis boosted the greenback’s sa

U.S. markets and stock exchange traded funds advanced Friday toward record highs after the disappointing jobs report helped raise bets on a coronavirus stimulus package to support a flagging economic recovery. On Friday, the Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ: QQQ) rose 0.4%, the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (NYSEArca: DIA) was up 0.7%, and the iShares Core S&P [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

ETF Trends CEO Tom Lydon discussed the ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (SDOG) on this week’s “ETF of the Week” podcast with Chuck Jaffe on the MoneyLife Show. This ETF offers exposure to a strategy that is largely similar to the popular “Dogs of the Dow” approach that involves a portfolio consisting of the ten components of [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Investors looking for high yield in the convenience of an ESG ETF wrapper can consider a fund that combines the best of both worlds. Enter the Xtrackers J.P. Morgan ESG USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (ESHY). In this low yield environment, finding income isn’t getting any easier. On the flip side, ESG exposure is [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Economic Overview December 1, 2020 As we enter the final month of 2020, the strong economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic experienced in Q2 and Q3 finds itself at risk due to a post-Halloween surge in cases both in the US and globally. Economic lock-downs are becoming more prevalent around the world and it’s likely [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The capital markets are banking on a vaccine rally to carry through to the end of 2020 and well into 2021. As the global economy recovers, ETF investors can look to strategies that capitalize on value-oriented holdings like the VanEck Vectors Morningstar Global Wide Moat ETF (GOAT). One of the highlights of GOAT is that [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The hunt for dividend in the equity market is always steady irrespective of how it is behaving. After all, who doesn’t like a steady stream of current income along with capital gains?

Saying that environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing is growing in popularity is starting to become a broken record in the capital markets. Still, ESG is music to the ears of investors and the issues they care about, which can only bring good karma via ETFs like the Global X Conscious Companies ETF (KRMA). KRMA [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

2020 taught investors many lessons in the capital markets. One resounding theme: you can’t have too much concentrated exposure. In this case, it was too much equities exposure, underscoring the prescience for a multi-asset strategy via ETFs like the Invesco Balanced Multi-Asset Allocation ETF (PSMB). While a multi-asset strategy might sound well and good, how [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Now that electric car maker Tesla is wearing the S&P 500 member’s club jacket, ETF investors might be wondering how they can get a piece of the action without concentrating too much risk in one stock. One strong way to play the automaker is with the iShares U.S. Consumer Goods ETF (IYK). IYK seeks to [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Big or small, equities are having a blast amid this vaccine rally. Yet you can’t forget medium-sized companies, which are on their own bull run with ETFs like the Direxion Daily Mid Cap Bull 3X Shares (MIDU) pushing higher. MIDU seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, of 300% of the daily performance of [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

E-commerce and online retail are still fairly new concepts in the traditional retail arena, but the novel ideas don’t stop there. Enter the social commerce concept…and the ARK Web x.0 ETF (NYSEArca: ARKW). ARKW aims to capture long-term growth with a low correlation of relative returns to traditional growth strategies and negative correlation to value strategies. [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The iShares MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Friday, with over 888,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 131,000. Shares of PICK were up about 2.6% on the day.

In trading on Friday, the SPDR— S&P— Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF is outperforming other ETFs, up about 6.1% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Continental Resources, up about 11.5% and shares of K

In today’s low-yield climate, advisors and investors must go beyond low-yield dividend stocks and Treasuries. That can mean embracing multi-asset funds to boost income. However, that can be a cookie cutter strategy. The WisdomTree series of Global Multi-Asset Income Model Portfolios is a customized approach to multi-asset income. These model portfolios are “designed to help [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Stocks and index ETF continue to gain momentum, rallying slightly on Friday despite a lackluster U.S. jobs report, as the major averages are headed for additional weekly gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average continued to tread water above the 30,000 level, advancing another 160 points, or 0.53%, while the S&P 500 added 0.63% to hit [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Rock-bottom interest rates are forcing advisors and investors to pull income from sources beyond the usual places. One idea is multi-asset exchange traded funds, such as the Principal Active Income ETF (YLD). YLD is an actively managed fund that seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing its assets in investment grade and non-investment grade [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The Invesco KBW Bank ETF (NASDAQ: KBWB) is higher by 16.26% over the past month, awakening from a lengthy slumber. That rally could be the start of something more substantial if analysts’ increasingly bullish views on bank stocks prove accurate. KBWB tracks the widely followed KBW Nasdaq Bank Index. “The Index is a modified-market capitalization-weighted [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Wall Street has been on a historic rally with the S&P 500 Index extending its gain from the best November ever. Vaccine optimism and the likelihood of its availability soon have been bolstering investors’ confidence. This is because the vaccine will lead to a swift recovery

In trading on Friday, shares of the FBND ETF (Symbol: FBND) entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $53.8363 per share. We define oversold territory using the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which is a technical analysis indicator used to measure momentum on