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By Scott Welch, CIMA ® Chief Investment Officer – Model Portfolios This article is relevant to financial professionals who are considering offering Model Portfolios  to their clients. If you are an individual investor interested in WisdomTree ETF Model Portfolios, please inquire with your financial professional. Not all financial professionals have access to these Model Portfolios. [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Natalia Gurushina Chief Economist, Emerging Markets Fixed Income The consensus expectations suggest that real policy rates should be positive in most EMs in about a year. Is it too restrictive for the weakening growth outlook? EM Real Policy Rates Recent communications from emerging market (EM) central banks showed greater concerns about the growth outlook – in fact, some [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

U.S. investors have piled into dividend equity strategies for the better part of the last 15 years. U.S. dividend ETFs alone grew from approximately $10B in assets in 2008 to over $330B as of June 2022, according to Morningstar. We believe a dividend investing approach that considers a company’s long-term financial health and valuations may [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Winter is coming for Europe, and energy prices are soaring as international sanctions on Russia curb the supply of natural gas, on which many European Union (EU) countries have increasingly become dependent. Continental gas spot prices and futures have already hit record highs, and last week, the massive Russian gas provider Gazprom warned that prices [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Emerging markets (EM) central banks hiked early and large, and we believe U.S. sanctions are backfiring and undermining developed markets (DM) currencies in favor of EM commodity-based currencies. Additionally, fire-sale levels of high-beta EM credit spreads in USD have enabled us to accumulate in July. This is yet another reason why, following the devastation of [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Agriculture commodity-related exchange traded funds were strengthening Friday as the annual crop tour across the U.S. highlighted the challenges farmers face in one of the worst droughts in a decade. Among the better performing non-leveraged ETFs of Friday, the Teucrium Corn Fund (CORN) increased 2.3%, the Teucrium Wheat Fund (WEAT) rose 4.1%, and the Teucrium [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The highly anticipated speech from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell Friday led to disappointment and a market drop-off into the close, with the major indexes closing down for a second week in a row. Powell reiterated the central bank’s fight against inflation, recommitting again to doing what is necessary to bring inflation back under control, [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

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The CBOE Volatility Index and volatility-related exchange traded funds jumped Friday on growing anxiety over the pace of the Federal Reserve’s future interest rate hikes. Among the best performing non-leveraged ETFs of Friday, the iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short Term Futures ETN (VXX) increased 4.5% and the ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (VIXY) gained [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

U.S. markets and stock-related exchange traded funds plunged after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell reaffirmed the central bank’s commitment to reining in inflationary pressures and maintaining its monetary policy tightening. On Friday, the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA) was down 2.2% and the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was 2.4% lower. At the [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

GDP growth in emerging markets has failed to translate into earnings per share growth — and consequently, returns. But, all emerging markets are not created equal. Investors may be surprised to learn that the leading source of return and diversification within EM is actually China. As China becomes a larger component within EM and global [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The latest and largest round of the U.K.’s renewables auction, Contracts for Difference, led to record energy commitments at record low prices. Eleven gigawatts of new renewable energy capacity were gained at the auction and they will create electricity that is nine times cheaper than current gas prices, reported Carbon Brief. The UK has committed [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Electronic Arts Inc. (NasdaqGS: EA) shares climbed Friday, paring some of the losses in gaming sector-related exchange traded funds, on a potential deal to buy out the video game maker. On Friday, the VanEck Vectors Video Gaming and eSports ETF (ESPO) fell 2.7%. Meanwhile, Electronic Arts shares were 4.6% higher. EA makes up 5.1% of ESPO. [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

It’s been a difficult year for markets, investors, and their portfolios, where equities and bonds have been challenged by soaring, persistent inflation alongside a rising rate environment. Advisors have been turning more towards income-seeking opportunities such as dividends for their portfolios, but some funds are providing meaningful yield through other means that could be overlooked [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Investors looking to fully capitalize on the energy transition should consider allocating to investments in fossil fuels, such as crude oil and natural gas, as well as investments in renewable energy sources, such as wind, solar, and fuel cells. Investors can diversify their portfolios and maximize potential upside by investing in both the Alerian MLP [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Regulators from China and the U.S. have come to an official agreement that will permit U.S. auditors to inspect Chinese company audit papers, the first step in preventing delisting of over 200 Chinese companies currently listed in U.S. markets, reported the Wall Street Journal. The deal has taken months to reach, comes after years of [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

History suggests that signs of a peak in inflation can create a good backdrop for equities. Inflation eased in July with lowered energy prices; however, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said on Friday that the Fed must continue raising interest rates and hold them at a higher level until it is confident that inflation is [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Rising energy prices have been the prevailing narrative for much of 2022, but they’re coming back down to earth as inflation fears dwindle and recession fears take their place. However, the Direxion Daily Energy Bull 2X Shares (ERX) has been rising again the past month, which means that energy could resume its upward trajectory. Oil prices [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

With rising inflation, retirees relying on passive income sources have to re-strategize in order to keep pace with or hopefully outpace increased consumer prices. As such, there are some alternatives to consider to counteract inflation, as outlined in a Motley Fool article. While economic uncertainty remains, especially with recession forecasts looming large, retirees can rely [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The rapid cost declines associated with gene editing and gene synthesis are turbo-charging scientific creativity, enabling the testing of hypotheses that, until now, have been cost-prohibitive, ARK Invest wrote in a recent newsletter. Scientists at Nationwide Children’s Hospital recently published a proof-of-concept study demonstrating that gene therapies might deliver cancer immunotherapies more effectively than the [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.