Nasdaq ETFs

Is 2023 truly the year of active ETFs? Yes, active ETFs have become more popular. However, not all active strategies are taking the moment by the horns and showing why they deserve a place in portfolios. There is one active equities ETF, though, that has carried the torch for actives so far in 2023. The [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

To learn more about Main Management and how some of our strategies could help you with your investment needs, please contact Darol Ryan, our Head of Sales and National Accounts, at ryan@mainmgt.com. Also check out Main Management CEO Kim Arthur on Twitter and Main Management on LinkedIn. Read more at ETFtrends.com.

In this week’s ETF Issuer League table, State Street and T. Rowe Price Investments stood out in their AUM tiers. State Street added a massive $7.7 billion over just the last week, leading the proverbial “Big Three” asset managers. Meanwhile, T. Rowe Price saw larger inflows than any other firm with less than $10 billion [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Eleven ETFs launched during the week ending July 14, 2023. Most notably, Schwab, which tends not to introduce a lot of ETFs in any given year, rolled out its first high-yield bond ETF. There were additional launches from Global X, which debuted a free cash flow ETF and Simplify, which rolled out a multi-asset fund [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

After months of predicted recession, the possibility of a “soft landing” appears to be back on the docket. Advisors and investors still unsure regarding both the short-term and longer-term economic outlook should look to opportunities in cash alternatives given current yields. June’s inflation print saw the first substantial drop in core inflation this year. Core [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

This week the VettaFi Voices discuss sectors (beyond technology, as we just discussed that sector recently) this week. Everything but consumer staples, energy, healthcare, and utilities are up YTD if you’re looking at the Select Sector SPDRs. However, only three are outperforming SPY so far — information technology, communication services (which is right on tech’s [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The Vanguard Materials ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Friday, with over 684,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 62,000. Shares of VAW were down about 0.5% on the day.

Concentration is a chief concern for investors allocating to the top-heavy tech sector. The technology sector’s current adjusted Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) level of 9.6 is in the 99th percentile of observations, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices. The long-term average adjusted HHI level is 4.9, highlighting the historically high levels of concentration that investors are currently facing. Adjusted [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Markets gained hope this month for the potential of a “soft landing” amidst a historic rate-hiking regime. While it’s a shift from the heightened uncertainty that covered markets in the first half, much remains unknown. In such uncertainty, dividend strategies continue to prove popular, and a fund to consider is the KFA Value Line Dynamic [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Invesco is executing share splits for several funds in its range of equity ETFs. The Atlanta-headquartered firm is executing forward splits for 23 funds and reverse splits for three funds, impacting some of the firm’s largest ETFs. The funds will effect the share splits after market close on July 14, with trading beginning on a [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

In 2021, which was a record year for IPOs, many high-net-worth investors exited large positions from holdings in private assets. During this time, an advisory client of Vanguard would roll those capital gains from these exits “into an opportunity zone.” That opportunity zone was in direct indexing. Direct indexing is a separately managed account designed [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

As its name suggests, Democracy Investments is “laser-focused on democracy,” CEO Julie Cane told NYSE’s Judy Shaw at Exchange 2023. See more: “Democracy Investments Launches New International ETF, ‘DMCY’” “Our strategy has set out to reverse the trends of over-allocating to authoritarian states,” Cane said. Democracy Investments developed its strategy “over two years ago… to [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

In trading on Friday, the iShares U.S. Healthcare Providers ETF is outperforming other ETFs, up about 2.7% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of UnitedHealth Group, up about 6.9% and shares of Lifestance Health Group, up about 6.5% on

In trading on Friday, shares of the The Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund ETF (Symbol: XLV) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $131.37, changing hands as high as $131.60 per share. The Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund shares are currently trading up about 1.2%

Comparing units outstanding versus one week ago at the coverage universe of ETFs at ETF Channel, the biggest inflow was seen in the SPDR Portfolio High Yield Bond ETF, which added 6,300,000 units, or a 13.0% increase 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 SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (Symbol: XOP) where we have detected an approximate $167.3 million dollar inflow -- that

In trading on Friday, shares of the SDOG ETF (Symbol: SDOG) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $50.81, changing hands as low as $50.62 per share. SDOG shares are currently trading off about 1.2% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of SDOG sha

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 Treasury ETF (Symbol: SPTI) where we have detected an approximate $188.0 million dollar outflow -- that's a 4.5% de

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the The Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (Symbol: XLK) where we have detected an approximate $925.3 million dollar inflow -- that's a 1.8% increase we