A global health crisis, an unstable economy, and the impending presidential election have all created a market environment filled with uncertainty. In the upcoming webcast, Keep Calm and Buffer On: Seeking Stable Returns in Volatile Markets, Greg Goin, Risk Management Consultant, Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America; and Joanna Kanakis, Strategic Relationship Manager, Halo [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Europe region-specific exchange traded funds were dealt a heavy blow, with European markets suffering their worst weekly decline since mid-June, on growing fears of a second wave of coronavirus infections that could hinder the economic recovery process. Over the past week, the Vanguard FTSE Europe Index Fund ETF Shares (NYSEArca: VGK) fell 1.6%, JPMorgan BetaBuilders [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
While the coronavirus has upended many businesses, the initial public offerings market along with related exchange traded fund has been enjoying one their best year ever. The Renaissance IPO ETF (IPO) is one of the best performing non-leveraged ETFs of 2020, advancing 59.1% year-to-date. With three months left in the year, U.S.-listed initial public offerings [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
The European Central Bank and European Commission plan to significantly increase the size of the market for environmentally friendly bonds, potentially supporting the wider acceptance of sustainable finances and improving the transparency of this burgeoning market. The European Central Bank said it will purchase sustainability-linked corporate bonds as part of its quantitative-easing program and accept [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Corporate credit quality could be ready to take a step forward and investors can leverage that theme via the FlexShares Credit‐Scored US Corporate Bond Index Fund (NasdaqGM: SKOR). SKOR tracks the Northern Trust Credit-Scored US Corporate Bond Index, which focuses on issues from companies with quality characteristics such as strength in management efficiency, profitability, and [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
With credit markets steadying with some assistance from the Federal Reserve and Treasury yields still low, the VanEck Vectors Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF (NASDAQ: ANGL) remains a relevant consideration in a low-yield environment. ANGL seeks to replicate as closely as possible the price and yield performance of the ICE BofAML US Fallen Angel [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
U.S. markets and stock ETFs strengthened Friday but were on pace for their fourth consecutive week of declines as uncertainties over the economic recovery and political uncertainty ahead of the presidential elections weighed on risk sentiment. On Friday, the Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ: QQQ) increased 1.4%, SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (NYSEArca: DIA) was [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Dividends from common stocks are taking a beating this year, but that style of investing still merits consideration for long-term investors. However, it can use a compliment in the form of the Nationwide Risk-Managed Income ETF (NYSEArca: NUSI). NUSI is an actively managed portfolio of stocks included in the Nasdaq-100 Index and an options collar. [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
The ARK Fintech Innovation ETF (NYSEARCA: ARKF) is a prime example of an ETF with a slew of tailwinds and many of those are derived from two marquee holdings: Square (NYSE:SQ) and PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) In fact, the actively managed ARKF allocates 11.63% to Square, the largest weight that fintech name among all exchange traded funds. [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
The still young universe of active non-transparent ETFs (ANTs) is poised to get a new, big-name constituent. Fidelity Investments filed plans with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for an ANT version of its famed Fidelity Magellan Fund, an actively managed mutual fund with $21.7 billion in assets under management. One of the most venerable [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
This post was originally published on 9/10/19 and updated on 9/17/20 By Dave Haviland, Beaumont Capital Management Sometimes our industry grabs on to a concept and cannot let it go. Is September the worst month from a performance standpoint? Does it almost always go down? Should one avoid the markets in September? Let’s take a quick look. [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
For good reason, the Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) is one of the hottest equity benchmarks this year and has been for some time. However, investors looking to reduce some of the risk associated with cap-weighted strategies while maintaining exposure to the NDX have options. Consider the Direxion NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index Shares (NYSEArca: QQQE) and the [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Following its June debut, the Principal Spectrum Tax-Advantaged Dividend Active ETF (PQDI) is proving to be one of the more well-timed new ETFs to come to market this year and that status is becoming clear as the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) examines qualified dividends. PQDI is the first of its kind—offering investors access to qualified [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Amid the recent tech selloff, exchange-traded fund (ETF) investors are probably wondering which equity sectors they can stash their capital into for refuge—one place is the consumer sector with companies like Nike staving off the recent losses. The shoe company is doing favors for ETFs with heavy holdings of Nike. “Exchange-traded funds with big exposure [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
With environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing rising, they’re gaining more scrutiny from the powers that be and as such, the Big Four accounting firms have developed a set of metrics for companies to use with regard to ESG reporting. “The metrics were released Tuesday by the World Economic Forum in conjunction with the fourth [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.