As global governments reshape their economies to achieve a more sustainable future, capital will shift away from high-polluting industries and sectors toward greener, cleaner ones. However, this change won’t happen overnight, providing investors with unique opportunities to capitalize on the companies driving the change. In the upcoming webcast, Understanding Investing in the Carbon Transformation: A [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Global forces are pushing gold prices higher, and investors can turn to smart gold miner exchange traded fund to capitalize on these price moves. In the recent webcast, War, Safe Havens, and the Fed: Why Now Could Be Gold’s Time to Shine, Frank Holmes, CEO of U.S. Global Investors, noted that gold has been a [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) raised its view on interest income and announced a profitable outlook, lifting financial sector-related exchange traded funds. On Monday, the Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLF) increased by 3.1%, the Fidelity MSCI Financials Index ETF (NYSEArca: FNCL) gained 2.8%, and the Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEArca: VFH) advanced 2.8%. Meanwhile, JPMorgan shares jumped [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
U.S. oil and gas exploration and production sector-related exchange traded funds could maintain their steady forward momentum as shale crackers and oil companies shift gears and focus on returning value to investors instead of aggressively expanding production. The Wall Street Journal reports that executives at U.S. drilling companies are refraining from boosting output despite high [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Real estate and infrastructure stocks are favored for their resiliency in inflationary and rising rate environments. Investing in real estate and infrastructure through the Goldman Sachs Future Real Estate and Infrastructure Equity ETF (GREI) can offer investors attractive yield, strong growth potential, low correlations to traditional asset classes, and inflation-hedging benefits while focusing on assets [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
On this week’s ETF Edge, host Bob Pisani spoke with VettaFi’s financial futurist Dave Nadig and Gerard O’Reilly from Dimensional Fund Advisors about what long-term investors should be doing with the S&P 500 nearing bear market territory. As far as what history dictates and what O’Reilly is telling investors, “It’s important to set expectations correctly, [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Electric vehicle sales are growing at a high-speed pace, according to the latest report from the International Energy Agency. More EVs are now sold each week than in all of 2012 combined. Sales, which topped 6.6 million in total in 2021, have already crossed the 2 million mark in the first quarter of 2022 despite [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Palladium and platinum are at a crossroads as the situation in Russia has led to an unusual dislocation between the two main palladium markets. This price dislocation is not unlike the 2020 precious metals market chaos from when the start of the pandemic grounded flights and forced a number of shutdowns. This had bullion banks [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
In trading on Monday, shares of the iShares MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers ETF (Symbol: PICK) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $44.69, changing hands as high as $44.88 per share. iShares MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers shares are currently tra
The war in Ukraine has severely impacted the production and exportation of corn, wheat, and other commodities. Speaking with Bob Pisani on CNBC’s “ETF Edge,” Teucrium president and CEO Sal Gilbertie said that this is a “critical” moment for corn. “It’s critical because it’s corn-planting season in the Northern Hemisphere, and Ukraine, which is a [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Todd Rosenbluth, head of research, recently appeared on Bloomberg with hosts Kailey Leinz, Katie Greifeld, and Eric Balchunas to discuss how the dynamic between ETFs and mutual funds, momentum ETF strategies, and Tesla departure from the S&P 500 ESG index. Bond mutual funds have seen more than $157 billion in outflows, while bond ETFs saw [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Since the beginning of the year, investors have been rotating away from growth ETFs and stocks, namely big tech, in favor of high dividend-yielding investments, moving into sectors including financials and energy. Financial stocks enjoyed broad gains on Monday, with the sector leading all S&P 500 sectors, up 3.8% as of mid-day. The gains follow [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
In this piece, we discuss important elements of both blockchain equities and bitcoin futures, and why we believe combining these two exposures in one fund can provide an efficient and comprehensive approach to the blockchain and digital assets theme.
Market volatility can understandably make retirees — and those saving for retirement — nervous. After all, since 1928, there have been 26 bear markets. Fortunately, there are ways to protect against inevitable market downturns. At Kiplinger, Brandon Domenick, a managing partner at Capital A Wealth Management, argues that retirement income should depend on math, not the market. [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
This year has been a difficult one for advisors as market volatility, soaring inflation, rising interest rates, global supply chain issues, and the ongoing pandemic have all taken their toll on portfolios. In a market where bonds and equities have both plummeted, finding U.S. equity allocations that work when the Nasdaq Composite remains in a [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Invesco Head of Innovation and Commercialization John Feyerer sat down with VettaFi editor-in-chief Lara Crigger to talk about how investors can manage their risk for their portfolios, given the enormous challenges facing the market in 2022. “When you look at what we’ve seen thus far this year, it’s been elevated equity volatile that we think [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
This week will see both the broad and core personal consumption expenditures (PCE) indexes updating at the end of the week. It will be a large component in how the Fed responds with interest rate increases in the coming months. The WisdomTree Floating Rate Treasury Fund (USFR), a fund that hedges for interest rate changes, has [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
As powerful long-term trends continue to evolve and disrupt vast segments of the global economy, we believe it is increasingly valuable to see and evaluate these themes in action.
The iShares Russell Top 200 Value ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Monday, with over 1.9 million shares traded versus three month average volume of about 196,000. Shares of IWX were up about 2.1% on the day.