Amid the ongoing bank crisis, WisdomTree Investments hosted a webinar on Thursday titled “Navigating Market Headlines With Professor Siegel.” In the discussion, Professor Jeremy Siegel, senior investment strategy advisor for WisdomTree and emeritus professor of finance at the Wharton School, joined the firm’s head of fixed income strategy Kevin Flanagan and global CIO Jeremy Schwarz [...]
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It’s not hard to guess what the hot watercooler talk was this week: the regional banking crisis. Today, the VettaFi Voices weighed in on the risk of contagion, what impact it might have on the Fed’s rate policy, and what it all means for the rest of the market and banking ETFs writ large. Todd [...]
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Turmoil in the banking sector is likely to elicit a slowing of interest rate hikes by the Fed at next week’s meeting according to markets. If the Fed is forced to slow or halt its interest rate hiking regime, bonds could be a winner looking ahead this year as rates stabilize. Markets are currently pricing [...]
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Advisors can use NightShares ETFs in client portfolios for non-correlated exposure across asset classes. Alternative assets are used to reduce the overall risk and diversify client portfolios, as alternatives should have minimal correlation to stocks or bonds. These non-correlated assets can minimize the volatility of the portfolio and often lead to higher overall portfolio returns. [...]
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In trading on Friday, shares of the Invesco Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt ETF (Symbol: PCY) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $18.74, changing hands as low as $18.71 per share. Invesco Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt shares are currently trading off about 0.6% on
The last week has seen some potent volatility to put it mildly, but that hasn’t stopped the ETF Issuer League from plugging along, headlined by some dramatic inflow numbers for Vanguard and some striking outflows for State Street’s SPDR ETF suite. Gold, too, stood out, as investors are perhaps flocking to the precious metal as [...]
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Investors may wonder about the overlap between two funds with the same methodology, where one of the funds incorporates ESG screening. As investors consider allocating to equal-weight strategies, the Invesco ESG S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (RSPE) is a lesser-known relative of the Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (RSP). While RSPE screens for ESG criteria, both funds [...]
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By Chris Konstantinos, CFA, Director of Investments, Chief Investment Officer, SUMMARY Our long-term forecasts for stocks – and particularly bonds – have improved meaningfully from last year. Significantly higher starting interest rates, as well as cheaper starting valuations for stocks, will likely have a positive effect on future returns for balanced portfolios, in our view. [...]
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This morning, many in the leadership of Women in ETFs rang the opening bell of the NYSE while hundreds of people that are part of the group cheered them on. While the ceremony took place in the middle of Women’s History Month, the efforts of the industry group are year-round. Indeed, Women in ETFs had [...]
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The iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Friday, with over 5.8 million shares traded versus three month average volume of about 912,000. Shares of QUAL were down about 0.7% on the day.
In trading on Friday, the Junior Gold Miners ETF is outperforming other ETFs, up about 4.2% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Orla Mining, up about 15.2% and shares of Orla Mining, up about 14.9% on the day.
Eleven banks are depositing a total of $30 billion to First Republic Bank in an attempt to not just lift the struggling bank out of a tailspin but also to boost confidence in the U.S. banking system. Bank of America, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, and Wells Fargo announced they are each depositing $5 billion into the [...]
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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 iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (Symbol: EWY) where we have detected an approximate $437.0 million dollar outflow -- that's a 12.0% decrease week over
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the BlackRock Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF (Symbol: ICSH) where we have detected an approximate $140.4 million dollar outflow -- that's a 2.2% decrease wee
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the Invesco KBW Bank ETF (Symbol: KBWB) where we have detected an approximate $362.5 million dollar outflow -- that's a 19.9% decrease week over week (f
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares Core Growth Allocation ETF (Symbol: AOR) where we have detected an approximate $143.4 million dollar outflow -- that's a 7.4% decrease week
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the Invesco Senior Loan ETF (Symbol: BKLN) where we have detected an approximate $202.4 million dollar outflow -- that's a 4.9% 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 SPDR Bloomberg Short Term High Yield Bond ETF (Symbol: SJNK) where we have detected an approximate $343.6 million dollar outflow -- that's a 9.5% de
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares TIPS Bond ETF (Symbol: TIP) where we have detected an approximate $184.3 million dollar outflow -- that's a 0.8% decrease week over week (fr