Nasdaq ETFs

Matthews Asia has a strong reputation for investments in Asia and emerging markets, with a track record spanning over 30 years. The San Francisco-headquartered firm expanded its offerings in July with the debut of its first ETFs, a trio of transparent active ETF strategies focused on global emerging markets, Asia, and China. The Matthews Emerging [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

VettaFi’s vice chairman Tom Lydon discussed the VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF (MOAT) on this week’s “ETF of the Week” podcast with Chuck Jaffe of “Money Life. Jaffe sees wide moats as interesting but not necessarily intuitive play given the current market environment. Lydon noted that many investors have money on the sidelines and are [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Yields for U.S. Treasuries are soaring as the Federal Reserve continues to raise interest rates and investors remain uncertain about how the U.S. central bank will proceed going forward. Per CNBC, on Wednesday, the yield on the 10-year Treasury was higher by around 16 basis points at 3.779%. Meanwhile, the 2-year Treasury climbed 7 basis [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Interest rate hikes to tame inflation may be roiling global markets as investors grapple with recession concerns, but higher interest rates have also arguably made fixed income potentially interesting again for new allocations. With yields for some income investments hitting multi-year highs, today’s note provides an overview of the landscape for income investors and puts [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

India is seeing a surge in startups planning to go public. Citing data from Prime Database, Nikkei Asia reports that during the first eight months of this year, 20 companies have so far raised about 433 billion rupees ($5.27 billion) through IPOs in India. By comparison, 63 companies raised 1.18 trillion rupees over the whole [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The Mortgage REIT Income ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Thursday, with over 400,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 95,000. Shares of MORT were down about 1.7% on the day.

In trading on Thursday, the Oil Services ETF is outperforming other ETFs, up about 1.4% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Transocean, up about 6.2% and shares of Technipfmc, up about 4.8% on the day.

While the news about fixed income markets has been dire, there may be many good investment opportunities in the space. Speaking on “Bloomberg Surveillance,” BlackRock’s head of global fundamental fixed income strategy Marilyn Watson said that higher interest rates have in fact created a “far better environment” for fixed income investors, with “decent returns and [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Distillate Capital, a fundamentals-driven equity manager focused on delivering highly differentiated risk-managed value investing strategies, today announced the launch of the Distillate Small/Mid Cash Flow ETF (NYSE Arca: DSMC), the newest addition to the firm’s ETF lineup built around the firm’s measures of quality, risk, and value as seen through the lens of free cash [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

NightShares, an ETF provider founded by industry veterans focused on capturing value from the “night effect,” a phenomenon whereby overnight markets have historically outperformed the daytime trading session on a risk-adjusted basis, today announced the launch of its newest fund: the NightShares 500 1x/1.5x ETF (NYSE Arca: NSPL). NSPL joins the NightShares ETF lineup, which [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

With U.S. stocks slumping, it’s not surprising that international equivalents are out of favor among market participants. The other side of that coin is that there’s bountiful opportunity among ex-U.S. developed market equities. Investors can even access those opportunities under the umbrella of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles. Enter the IQ Candriam ESG International [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

VanEck today announced the launch of the VanEck Morningstar SMID Moat ETF (CBOE: SMOT), the newest addition to the firm’s lineup of “moat”-focused equity funds. SMOT is designed to provide investors with exposure to attractively priced U.S. small- and mid-cap (SMID-cap) companies that Morningstar believes possess long-term competitive advantages. “Launching SMOT is an exciting natural [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Looking at units outstanding versus one week prior within the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, the biggest outflow was seen in the Invesco Senior Loan ETF, where 13,300,000 units were destroyed, or a 8.0% decrease week over week.

With growth stocks out of favor, the idea of embracing momentum may seem counterintuitive to many investors, but some analysts argue market pullbacks – even in this environment – offer investors opportunity to consider adding momentum equities. For market participants who want to test that thesis without the burden of stock picking, exchange traded funds [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Comparing units outstanding versus one week ago at the coverage universe of ETFs at ETF Channel, the biggest inflow was seen in the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, which added 22,200,000 units, or a 14.3% 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 ARK Innovation ETF (Symbol: ARKK) where we have detected an approximate $384.4 million dollar inflow -- that's a 5.0% increase week over week in out

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 $322.9 million dollar inflow -- that's a 1.3% increase week over week i

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the DIREXION DAILY STANDARD AND POORS 500 BULL 3X SHARES (Symbol: SPXL) where we have detected an approximate $185.1 million dollar inflow -- that's a 8

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares Treasury Floating Rate Bond ETF (Symbol: TFLO) where we have detected an approximate $176.5 million dollar inflow -- that's a 5.4% increase

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the SCHD ETF (Symbol: SCHD) where we have detected an approximate $370.3 million dollar inflow -- that's a 1.0% increase week over week in outstanding u