Environmental, social and governance or ESG-related exchange traded funds will capitalize on the challenges of a shifting global environment. “We believe climate change is one of the biggest risks in investment portfolios today. These risks impact almost all segments and industries – not just the obvious polluters. However, with climate risk comes tremendous investment opportunity [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
By Jeff Weniger, CFA, Director, Asset Allocation, WisdomTree This is the second blog post of a three-part series. In part one, I laid out how the COVID-19 situation affects the value versus growth decision. Now let’s talk about the swing states. Unlike in prior election cycles, the creation of “event futures” markets allows us to pinpoint the [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
A Nigeria country-specific exchange traded fund led the charge on Tuesday as local investors jumped into riskier assets in response to depressed yields on government debt following the surprise September rate cut. Among the best performing non-leveraged ETFs of Tuesday, the Global X Nigeria Index ETF (NYSArca: NGE) was up 3.2% on close to two [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
By Raymond McConville, Communications, Americas, S&P Dow Jones Indices On Sept. 4, 2020, S&P DJI’s U.S. Index Committee announced that Etsy, Teradyne, and Catalent were being added to the S&P 500®, replacing H&R Block, Coty, and Kohl’s. The changes attracted significant market attention and sparked a discussion around the names being added to the index, as well as [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
As investors look for ways to position their portfolios for the year ahead, one can take a look at Northern Trust’s comprehensive outlook on asset allocations. In the upcoming webcast, A Better Pie: Asset Allocation for the Next 5 Years, Jim McDonald, Chief Investment Strategist, Northern Trust Asset Management, underscored the ongoing broad global economic [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
By Sherifa Issifu, Analyst, Index Investment Strategy, S&P Dow Jones Indices In the first decade of the 2000s, the U.S. and other developed countries fell behind emerging market equities by a wide margin, and they lagged China’s markets in particular: the S&P China BMI grew by 600% in the first decade of the new millennium. The 2010s saw a [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
By Stephen McBride Every day, thousands of investors settle for mediocrity. It’s not their fault. They’ve been fed the same, wrong advice for years: “Buy the S&P 500.” As you probably know, the S&P is by far the most watched, talked about, and written about stock benchmark in the world. Studies show tens of millions [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
By Jeremy Schwartz, CFA, Executive Vice President, Global Head of Research, WisdomTree Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting Ed Morse, head of commodities research at Citi, on our Behind the Markets podcast to discuss his outlook for commodities. Most commodities today have seen a lack of investment in new exploration, particularly across metals. [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Stock indexes and index ETFs remain mixed Tuesday, after rallying amid news Monday evening that President Trump would be discharged from Walter Reed Army Medical Center. The announcement mitigated fears of increased political uncertainty, as stimulus talks also drew optimism. Investors were sanguine that Congress would settle on a new stimulus deal. Lawmakers were driven by [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
U.S. markets and stock exchange traded funds were mixed Tuesday, with the technology sector falling behind, after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned that the economic recovery process still has some ways to go. On Tuesday, the Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ: QQQ) fell 0.3%, SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (NYSEArca: DIA) was up 0.4% [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
ECONOMY AND EARNINGS BEAT EXPECTATIONS A good quarter for stocks: The third quarter provided investors positive absolute returns across global asset classes (see chart below). Emerging Market equities led all asset classes in the quarter posting a 9.6% total return after trailing US equities in Q2. US Large caps continued to rise after a historic [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Pandemic fears, social unrest, and political uncertainty drove a small sell-off. Home sales increased more than 12% thanks to low mortgage rates and an influx of housing starts. Partially due to a decreasing labor force, unemployment dropped below 8%. These and other economic topics are examined in September’s edition of Julex’s Monthly Macro Chart Book. [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Precious metals like silver got a nice bump after U.S. president Donald Trump was released from the hospital after testing positive for the coronavirus. That said, with the pandemic still a wild card and the presidential election forthcoming, is there more upside ahead for silver prices? “In this situation, traders increase purchases of riskier assets [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
While the month of September saw sell-offs in the U.S. tech sector, it’s an area that continues to thrive in China. That said, the stars are aligned for tech-focused funds in China, which saw the launch of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to capture gains in the country’s biggest and brightest in the tech sector. Per a [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) may have the spotlight, but the lesser-known exchange-traded note (ETN) should not be forgotten — or is that exactly what is happening in the capital markets right now? The rise of ETFs could be spelling doom for ETNs, which have experienced a number of closings thus far in 2020. “Exchange-traded notes, which [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
While the majority of eyes will be on the upcoming U.S. presidential race this coming November, certain states will also have a chance to vote on other issues. For example, Maryland will have the option to vote for or against the legalization of sports betting, which could benefit a certain exchange-traded fund (ETF) should other [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.