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.
Harbor Capital Advisors has added a new ETF to its lineup by converting an existing mutual fund with a nine-year track record and roughly $150 million in assets under management. The Harbor Dividend Growth Leaders ETF (GDIV), listed on the NYSE on May 23, is an active ETF sub-advised by Westfield Capital, the same portfolio [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Starbucks and McDonald’s are exiting Russia nearly three months after the country launched its invasion of Ukraine. On Monday, Starbucks announced that it will no longer have a brand presence in Russia after 15 years in the country. The Seattle-based global coffee chain has 130 licensed locations in the country, which aren’t directly operated by [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETFs/ETPs ecosystem, reported today that Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) ETFs listed globally gathered net inflows of US$6.83 billion during April.
In trading on Monday, shares of the iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF (Symbol: KSA) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $44.16, changing hands as low as $44.10 per share. iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia shares are currently trading down about 2% on the day. The chart below sh
Healthcare stocks are being dragged lower by acute broader market weakness this year, among other factors, but the sector isn’t performing as poorly as the S&P 500. Some of the related exchange traded funds confirm as much. For example, the Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Health Care ETF (RYH) is beating the S&P 500 by [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF (Symbol: USMV) where we have detected an approximate $161.8 million dollar outflow -- that's a 0.6% decrease wee
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (Symbol: AGG) where we have detected an approximate $206.3 million dollar inflow -- that's a 0.3% increase week
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the SPDR Gold Shares (Symbol: GLD) where we have detected an approximate $1.0 billion dollar outflow -- that's a 1.6% decrease week over week (from 367,
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (Symbol: IJR) where we have detected an approximate $1.2 billion dollar outflow -- that's a 1.9% decrease week ov
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (Symbol: ESGU) where we have detected an approximate $438.8 million dollar outflow -- that's a 2.0% decrease week ove