VettaFi head of research Todd Rosenbluth appeared on Bob Pisani’s ETF Edge along with Vivek Ramaswamy, executive chairman of Strive Asset Management, and Arne Noack, head of systemic investment solutions for the Americas at DWS. ESG remains a hot-button issue for many, with many arguing that firms should pay more attention to ESG issues. Ramaswamy’s [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
In trading on Monday, shares of the iShares Latin America 40 ETF (Symbol: ILF) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $25.46, changing hands as high as $25.60 per share. iShares Latin America 40 shares are currently trading up about 7.8% on the day. The chart below sho
The S&P 500 finished September on a down note, with the index notching its worst month since March 2020. September has historically been a bad month for investors, with the S&P 500 falling on average by about 1%, according to Howard Silverblatt, senior analyst at S&P Dow Jones Indices. The S&P 500 fell 9.3% last [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
International allocations face many headwinds in 2022, including a strong U.S. dollar and rising geopolitical tensions. However, many investors are doubling down on their risk by investing in unhedged strategies. In the upcoming webcast, What’s Your Strategy for International Allocations? Seeking Opportunities Against Geopolitical Risk and the Strong Dollar, Jeremy Schwartz, global chief investment officer [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Meta Platforms last Thursday published research with details on the company’s new in-house artificial intelligence model that generates video footage from text input. According to research from Meta, the Make-A-Video model circumvents obstacles by using existing text-to-image model frameworks in conjunction with unsupervised learning on unpaired video data, Andrew Kim, research associate at ARK Invest, [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
These were the best-performing ETFs for the week ending Sept. 30, 2022. NOTE: We’ve excluded funds that use leverage or make inverse bets on their underlying assets. In the past week’s top performers, one theme stood out among the rest: precious metals miners. Gold and silver miner ETFs surged last week, with silver miners seeing particularly [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
It has been suggested that active management has a greater ability to outperform in bear markets. All three major indexes were solidly in bear market territory by the end of September, meaning that each has fallen more than 20% from posted highs. September has historically been a bad month for investors, with the S&P 500 [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
While there are currently many passive rules governing exposure to the megatrend of carbon transition, the rules governing this growing and constantly evolving trend are going to change over the next couple of decades. So, Neuberger Berman takes an active management approach to investing in such megatrends as decarbonization. Neuberger Berman ETF specialist Fred Edwards [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Green energy spending by individual consumers is undoubtedly an important part of the equation, but companies and governments have the deep pockets necessary to show widespread commitment to renewable energy. The Goldman Sachs Future Planet Equity ETF (GSFP) is among the exchange traded funds levered to that theme. At a time when more companies, including [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
In trading on Monday, the SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF is outperforming other ETFs, up about 7% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Century Aluminum, up about 17.7% and shares of Coeur Mining, up about 15.3% on the day.
While it’s been a bad time for stocks, it’s been even worse for bonds. This year has been the worst period for bonds since at least 1926, and it’s shaping up to be the worst year for bonds since the late 18th century. But while it’s been a tumultuous time for fixed income, it’s also [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Gold and precious metals, like many sectors of the economy, have had a harrowing 2022. However, the gold market is experiencing some October momentum as fears of a global recession renew safe haven interest in the metal. The ISM manufacturing index fell to 50.9% as data from the Institute for Supply Management indicated that manufacturing [...] 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 DIREXION DAILY SEMICONDUCTOR BULL 3X SHARES, which added 58,950,000 units, or a 19.4% 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 Invesco QQQ (Symbol: QQQ) where we have detected an approximate $2.1 billion dollar outflow -- that's a 1.4% decrease week over week (from 554,650,0
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the Semiconductor ETF (Symbol: SMH) where we have detected an approximate $138.8 million dollar inflow -- that's a 2.4% increase week over week in outst
A look at the weighted underlying holdings of the Energy Income ETF (EINC) shows an impressive 12.4% of holdings on a weighted basis have experienced insider buying within the past six months.
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (Symbol: EPD), which makes up 4.48% of the Energy
A look at the weighted underlying holdings of the iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF (VLUE) shows an impressive 10.3% of holdings on a weighted basis have experienced insider buying within the past six months.
FedEx Corp (Symbol: FDX), which makes up 0.94% of the iShares MSCI U
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 500 ETF Trust (Symbol: SPY) where we have detected an approximate $1 inflow -- that's a 0.4% increase week over week in outstanding uni