A total of $45.9 billion flowed into fixed income strategies in the second quarter. And much of these inflows were into intermediate fixed income ETFs. Per Vanguard, this is the first time in about seven years that investors pulled assets out of short-dated bond strategies. This suggests that investors possibly sense that the Fed’s credit [...]
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Investors are increasingly turning to direct indexing accounts to create customized portfolios. Direct indexing services are separately managed accounts designed to track the performance of an index. But unlike a pooled investment vehicle, the investor directly owns the securities in a direct indexing account. This means an advisor can set up an account that tracks [...]
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This week, cannabis ETFs took the top performing ETF positions, according to Logicly. Eight of the top twelve strategies, including the top three, all focus on cannabis. While cannabis strategies have not necessarily performed as well as some may have hoped since they arrived on the scene, they still present an intriguing opportunity for some [...]
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Compared to its U.S. equity factor peers, momentum is looking very compelling this month. The S&P 500 Momentum is up 1.6% in September, while the benchmark has lost 1.1% during the month. Momentum is the only S&P 500 factor index to have a positive return month to date. Aside from momentum, five other factors are [...]
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In trading on Monday, shares of the Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF (Symbol: VSGX) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $52.26, changing hands as high as $52.31 per share. Vanguard ESG International Stock shares are currently trading up about 0.9% on the day. Th
Seeing that inflation might be sticking around for awhile, investors are starting to pile into gold at levels not since in over a decade, according to a recent Business Insider article. The economy is running hot and people are anticipating that rate hikes will eventually come down. This had led to gold trading sideways for [...]
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Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF (Symbol: VPL) where we have detected an approximate $201.5 million dollar inflow -- that's a 3.2% increase week over week
In trading on Monday, shares of the iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (Symbol: EFA) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $70.78, changing hands as high as $71.12 per share. iShares MSCI EAFE shares are currently trading up about 1% on the day. The chart below shows the one year
In trading on Monday, shares of the iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF (Symbol: ESGD) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $71.06, changing hands as high as $71.53 per share. iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE shares are currently trading up about 1% on the day. The chart belo
In trading on Monday, shares of the SCHC ETF (Symbol: SCHC) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $33.48, changing hands as high as $33.62 per share. SCHC shares are currently trading up about 1.2% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of SCHC sha
In trading on Monday, shares of the HDEF ETF (Symbol: HDEF) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $22.96, changing hands as high as $23.06 per share. HDEF shares are currently trading up about 1.6% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of HDEF sha
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF (Symbol: BIV) where we have detected an approximate $191.1 million dollar inflow -- that's a 1.3% increase week
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the NULV ETF (Symbol: NULV) where we have detected an approximate $116.5 million dollar outflow -- that's a 7.2% decrease week over week (from 46,600,00
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Corporate Bond ETF (Symbol: SPIB) where we have detected an approximate $222.2 million dollar outflow -- that's a 3
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF (Symbol: JNK) where we have detected an approximate $164.7 million dollar outflow -- that's a 2.2% decrease week
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (Symbol: AGG) where we have detected an approximate $114.9 million dollar outflow -- that's a 0.1% decrease wee
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the ARK Innovation ETF (Symbol: ARKK) where we have detected an approximate $170.4 million dollar outflow -- that's a 2.1% decrease week over week (from
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares Russell 1000 ETF (Symbol: IWB) where we have detected an approximate $220.7 million dollar outflow -- that's a 0.7% decrease week over week
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the BBJP ETF (Symbol: BBJP) where we have detected an approximate $277.7 million dollar inflow -- that's a 3.2% increase week over week in outstanding u
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF (Symbol: EMXC) where we have detected an approximate $163 inflow -- that's a 3.2% increase week over week