Nasdaq ETFs

Advisors continuing the search to maximize yield in clients’ portfolios is a key theme for 2023. Layering the ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (SDOG), a deep value strategy, and the ALPS O’Shares U.S. Quality Dividend ETF (OUSA), a quality strategy, in a portfolio can maximize yield. Investors seeking to capture yield with dividend growth strategies to offset [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

It’s deal-hunting season A guilty pleasure of mine this time of year is to scan websites for good deals, sorting by the biggest percentage discounts. Anybody who has gone down this dark path already knows that this is a fruitless exercise. All it leads to is hundreds of listings of absolute garbage. Investors often make [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Fixed income, which historically provides ballast and diversification in portfolios against equities during times of volatility, saw negative returns last year as the Federal Reserve aggressively raised interest rates to fight elevated and persistent inflation. Rising interest rates and higher interest rate expectations lowered bond returns in 2022 and created short-term pain for investors. But [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

High beta has been off to a strong start this year after being one of the worst-performing factors in 2022. The S&P 500 increased by 0.7% on Tuesday, as yesterday’s data on rising wholesale inventories and falling trade sales bolstered hopes for easing of inflationary pressures, according to the S&P Dow Jones Indices daily dashboard. [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Retirement portfolios experienced the squeeze and outsized impacts of inflation and aggressive rate hikes in 2022, and advisors began turning to more traditional sources of income in economically challenging times, namely dividends and strategies that reduced volatility. The top-read retirement income stories in 2022 reflected the research advisors were doing to find ETF options for [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Brendan Ryan, Portfolio Manager 2022’s grim returns in nearly all assets presented historic tax-loss selling, evidenced by December’s late decline. Many investors, including ourselves, may have been puzzled by the poor market returns we saw in the last few weeks of December. Despite the positive market reaction to lower-than-expected inflation on December 13th[1], the [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Asia ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Wednesday, with over 1.1 million shares traded versus three month average volume of about 57,000. Shares of EEMA were up about 0.6% on the day.

USCF today announced it has launched the USCF Sustainable Battery Metals Strategy Fund (NYSE Arca: ZSB), which seeks total return by investing primarily in metals derivative instruments and, to a lesser extent, the equity securities of companies that are economically tied to the metals that are necessary for the process known as “electrification.” “The energy [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

In trading on Wednesday, the Invesco Solar ETF is outperforming other ETFs, up about 3% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Jinkosolar Holding, up about 7.6% and shares of Array Technologies, up about 7.5% on the day.

After a tumultuous and challenging year for fixed income, money is pouring back into some of the largest bond ETFs in 2023. Bonds are likely to be an increasingly popular choice this year as continued economic slowdown is likely to impact equities for much of the year, and for advisors looking to expand or diversify [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

In trading on Wednesday, shares of the iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (Symbol: USHY) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $35.65, changing hands as high as $35.67 per share. iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond shares are currently trading up a

In trading on Wednesday, shares of the Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF (Symbol: VCIT) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $79.67, changing hands as high as $79.77 per share. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond shares are currently trading up about

In trading on Wednesday, shares of the Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF (Symbol: VTWO) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $73.49, changing hands as high as $73.54 per share. Vanguard Russell 2000 shares are currently trading up about 0.9% on the day. The chart below shows

In trading on Wednesday, shares of the iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (Symbol: IGIB) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $50.84, changing hands as high as $50.92 per share. iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond shares are currently

In trading on Wednesday, shares of the iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (Symbol: LQD) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $109.49, changing hands as high as $109.64 per share. iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond shares are currently tra

A look at the weighted underlying holdings of the Invesco S&P MidCap 400— Pure Value ETF (RFV) shows an impressive 12.2% of holdings on a weighted basis have experienced insider buying within the past six months. Kohl's Corp. (Symbol: KSS), which makes up 2.38% of th

Bull vs. Bear is a weekly feature where the VettaFi writers’ room takes opposite sides for a debate on controversial stocks, strategies, or market ideas — with plenty of discussion of ETF ideas to play at either angle. For this edition of Bull vs. Bear, Evan Harp and Elle Caruso debate the investment case for frontier markets.   [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Commodities are on a two-year winning streak over stocks and some market observers believe more upside is in store for commodities in 2023. Count platinum as one that’s starting the new year in an upbeat fashion. Platinum was a winner last year, topping gold and silver thanks to a stellar fourth-quarter showing and that momentum [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The performance of tech stocks was disappointing in 2022, ending a lengthy run of leadership by the largest sector in the S&P 500, but the group remains a hub of innovation, confirming long-term investors have a lot to look forward to. With that, there are implications for a variety of exchange traded funds, including the [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Large- and mega-cap growth equities wilted last year against the backdrop of seven interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve — actions that created downside for a variety of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) exchange traded funds. Amid expectations that inflation will ease over the course of 2023, potentially paving the way for reduced Fed [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.