Nasdaq ETFs

Analyst ratings can sometimes be complicated, and we here at ETF Channel have noticed a bit of a paradox with Plug Power Inc (Symbol: PLUG). The average 12-month price target for PLUG — averaging the work of 8 analysts — reveals an average price target of $21.88/shar

In recent trading, shares of BeiGene Ltd (Symbol: BGNE) have crossed above the average analyst 12-month target price of $275.57, changing hands for $285.89/share. When a stock reaches the target an analyst has set, the analyst logically has two ways to react: downgrade on valuat

In recent trading, shares of Etsy Inc (Symbol: ETSY) have crossed above the average analyst 12-month target price of $154.80, changing hands for $160.55/share. When a stock reaches the target an analyst has set, the analyst logically has two ways to react: downgrade on valuation

Last week was upbeat for Wall Street as vaccine hopes strengthened and consumers indulged in holiday shopping.  The Dow Jones reached 30,000 for the first time in history on Nov 24 while the S&P 500, the Nasdaq and the Russell 2000 also rallied (read: Dow Hits 30K for First

Investors seeking momentum may have SPDR S&P Biotech ETF XBI on radar now. The fund recently hit a new 52-week high. Shares of XBI are up approximately 109% from their 52-week low of $62.94/share.

By Laura Gregg Achieving efficiency in your advising practice can become a relentless quest for innovation, wrangling increasingly limited resources to produce more revenue. Wealth management firms of all sizes grapple with profit squeezing challenges like fee compression and disintermediation as well as client anxiety and awareness. However, the most difficult hurdle can be growing profits while [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Frank Holmes How do you even begin to visualize $277 trillion? If we convert it into seconds, 277 trillion is the equivalent of 8.8 million years. I’m not sure what was happening that long ago, but I guarantee you it didn’t involve people. It’s been estimated that Jeff Bezos increases his net worth by [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By John Welling, Director, Equity Indices, S&P Dow Jones Indices Key to evaluating core international equity benchmarks is an understanding of the country exposures offered. Developed and emerging market country classification differences between index providers may lead to notable geographic exposure differences across market segments. One of the most meaningful instances of this involves South Korea, [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Mike Clark, Consulting Actuary, the Principal Financial Group Much of my role as an actuarial blogger is explaining the behavior of numbers through words, but it takes a lot of words to explain numerical behavior sometimes which leads unfortunately to acronyms. One of the most significant acronyms used in managing pension risk is “LDI” for [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Kevin Flanagan, Head of Fixed Income Strategy, WisdomTree The Treasury’s announcement that it would end some of the facilities used by the Federal Reserve (Fed) in the wake of the pandemic-related market dislocations certainly caught observers by surprise. But it’s also important to remember that the key funding market facilities (commercial paper funding, money market mutual fund and primary [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Natalia Gurushina, Chief Economist, Emerging Markets Fixed Income Strategy, VanEck Turkish assets are under pressure – in part due to thin pre-holiday liquidity, but also due to skepticism about the reform agenda. South Africa’s double rating downgrade – not surprising but not welcome either. Turkish assets got “roasted” early during the Thanksgiving week, with [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Eric Fine, Portfolio Manager, VanEck The VanEck Emerging Markets Bond Fund (EMBAX) utilizes a flexible approach to emerging markets debt investing and invests in debt securities issued by governments, quasi-government entities or corporations in emerging markets countries. These securities may be denominated in any currency, including those of emerging markets. By investing in emerging markets debt [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Healthcare stocks and ETFs are continuing to outperform as investors are optimistic about an upcoming vaccine for the coronavirus, which has been a blight on the globe since early this year. There has been some debate as to exactly when the vaccines will be available however. President Trump said on that vaccine deliveries will begin [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

With stocks and index ETFs continuing to seek out higher ground, precious metals are falling again, with gold and silver futures augmenting their downtrends from last week. Gold broke below the 200-day SMA, at $1,800 area, to hit its lowest prices in nearly five months, at $1,775, but has since bounced back a bit to [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

After almost round-the-year coronavirus-induced fear, the season of festivities — Holiday Season — has now officially set in. It is time for consumers to stack up their shopping carts. Over the last few years, online sales have gained precedence. The coronavirus outbreak has

With much of the world now more accustomed to a shelter-in-place mentality, the coronavirus pandemic has also driven retailers to augment their holiday shopping season, which now includes an early start to Black Friday deals, something that has been a boon for retail ETFs. Black Friday is off to a healthy start, with retail stocks gaining [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

A pivotal part of the retirement income-generating and planning equation is setting realistic goals, but it’s common for investors and retirees to want more than is practical. Wanting more usually requires more income, something the Nationwide Risk-Managed Income ETF (NYSEArca: NUSI) is designed to accomplish. NUSI can act as a complement to traditional equity and [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Stocks and index ETFs are attempting to make a run following the Thanksgiving holiday, as Black Friday looks to close out a robust week of gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 38 points, or 0.1% before pulling back to breakeven. The S&P 500 advanced 0.3%, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 1%. The major stock [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

In trading on Friday, shares of the SPDR— Gold Shares ETF (Symbol: GLD) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $168.51, changing hands as low as $166.78 per share. SPDR— Gold Shares shares are currently trading off about 1.4% on the day. The chart below sho

Wall Street has been super upbeat in recent sessions on vaccine hopes. The key equity gauges have been hovering around record highs. However, there is an emerging trend, which calls for a shift from growth to value equities. This is because value stocks are really cheap and are c