Nasdaq ETFs

Today we’re going to play the same game, with the answers being PayPal, Kanye (or Ye, as he’s now known) and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). Readers of a certain age will remember Carnac the Magnificent, Johnny Carson’s recurring alter ego. As Carnac, the late-night host would list off three seemingly unrelated words, all of [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Inflation persistence and hawkish Fed remarks pushed equities into bear market territory. Despite this, Oil & Gas stock weights increased in the BUZZ Index as sentiment in the sector held steady. Equities tumbled during the recent period between the BUZZ NextGen AI US Sentiment Leaders Index (the “BUZZ Index” or “Index”) selection dates (September 8, 2022, to [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Tom Butcher Director of ESG VanEck’s sustainability-related solutions incorporate many of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, thus enabling investors to choose investments that reflect their values and concerns. Introduction For many investors, it is no longer just a matter of setting financial goals for their portfolios. Increasingly, it may also be as important for them to ensure [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Brian Manby, CFA Senior Analyst, Research Last month, I had the privilege of visiting the New York Stock Exchange to hear Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida address investors while in town for the U.N. General Assembly. Japanese markets have piqued interest this year, owing to staggering weakness in the yen and the Bank of [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Natalia Gurushina Chief Economist, Emerging Markets Fixed Income South Korea trade numbers point to more global growth headwinds. But can EM Asia avoid the high inflation “curse” that plagued more of the world this year? Global Growth Headwinds South Korea’s sluggish early-October exports added to concerns about the global growth outlook. South Korean trade numbers are [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard was a recent guest on the “Behind the Markets” podcast on Wharton Business Radio, hosted by Jeremy Schwartz, global CIO at WisdomTree, and Wharton finance professor Jeremy Siegel. Bullard and Siegel discussed all things inflation-related, diving into the data and decisions the Fed has made up [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Markets closed out the week up, marking the best week for the three major indexes since June. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 4.7% and 4.9%, respectively, while the Nasdaq gained 5.2%, but one investor suspects the market rally may not last. Investors shouldn’t take this as a sign that markets will [...] 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.

Two top holdings for the actively managed Neuberger Berman Disrupters ETF (NYSE Arca: NBDS) outperformed their peers on Thursday. While shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (KEYS) fell 0.22% to $160.80 on Oct. 20, the tech firm’s stock outperformed several of its competitors, including National Instruments Corp. (NATI), Ametek Inc. (AME), and Danaher Corp. (DHR). Meanwhile, [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

An equal weight strategy will often outperform its market cap-weighted peers, further demonstrated by the year-to-date relative outperformance of the ALPS Equal Sector Weight ETF (EQL).  EQL is designed to offer more balanced exposure than funds tracking the S&P 500, such as the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), and has the added benefit of [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

As we look to the positive trends that will support the developing economies, investors can utilize a focused emerging markets exchange traded fund strategy to capture these overseas opportunities. In the recent webcast, Burton Malkiel on Emerging Markets: The Next Decade of Global Growth & How to Capture It, Dr. Burton G. Malkiel, EMQQ Global [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Innovation continues to march forward with thematic ETFs, and investors should be ready to follow suit or risk being left behind. As we look for ways to capture new developments, investors can turn to targeted strategies to focus on specific opportunities shaping our future. In the upcoming webcast, Positioning for the Future with Thematic ETFs: [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

ARK Invest’s Cathie Wood recently increased the ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK)‘s position in Tesla (TSLA), buying the dip, demonstrating an advantage of active management. On Thursday, ARK’s flagship fund added 66,190 shares of Tesla as the stock declined, reaching a 52-week low, closing at $202 per share with a loss of 6.7% following Tesla’s third-quarter earnings [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

In trading on Friday, shares of the MLP and Energy Infrastructure ETF (Symbol: MLPX) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $40.70, changing hands as high as $40.76 per share. MLP and Energy Infrastructure shares are currently trading up about 2% on the day. The chart

In trading on Friday, shares of the Invesco California AMT-Free Municipal Bond ETF (Symbol: PWZ) entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $22.91 per share. We define oversold territory using the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which is a technical analysis in

The housing market is in turmoil and investors are rightly concerned. Our analysis of the housing market points to one clear issue, a buyer’s strike. It is not a lack of demand for new homes, nor is it a matter of household finances. The real culprit seems to be the prices for homes. After experiencing [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Eric Stevenson As inflation pushes prices of nearly everything higher, more workers and working families are feeling the squeeze in their household budgets. Many people are dipping into their personal savings to cover essential expenses. An out-of-the-blue expense – think car problems or emergency medical care – could make this situation worse. In the [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Birth rates had already been declining for nearly three decades when the COVID-19 outbreak struck in early 2020. Analysts looking at the data justifiably expected a baby bust, with millennials still struggling to hit financial and life milestones that support having children. New research from the U.S. National Bureau for Economic Research instead shows that [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Despite inflation refusing to be tamped down by the Federal Reserve raising interest rates, there’s been a strong bid for high-yield fixed income. After the U.K. pension crisis spilled over into U.S. assets, the resulting selloff of U.S. junk bonds led to yields not seen since 2020 when credit markets froze at the beginning of [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Many advisors are surprised to learn the energy transition is actually bullish for commodities. While it may seem counterintuitive, a smooth energy transition will require ensuring supply reliability through continued investment in oil infrastructure. The International Energy Agency (IEA) has estimated that oil demand will continue for over 10 years. Global “net-zero” efforts should also [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.