By Shawn Reynolds, Portfolio Manager, Van Eck Associates Corporation Commodity and resource equity markets faced unprecedented challenges in the first quarter of the year, demonstrating the need for increased growth in sectors connected to global resources. Commodity Rally Intensifies on Geopolitical Strife While commodities, as measured by the Bloomberg Commodity Index,1 notched their largest single-quarter gain in over 30 [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
By Frank Holmes By now you’ve heard that the annual rate of inflation hit a 41-year high of 8.5% in March. Prices for food, energy and used vehicles increased the most, with preowned cars and trucks jumping 35%, gasoline 48%. But here’s something you may not know: The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), which issues [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
By Michael Cohick Director, Product Marketing Van Eck Associates Corporation How much impact does an investor make when they invest in sustainable municipal bonds? We explore in this report. All municipal bond issuances finance projects all over the country. However, only some of those bonds can be qualified as having a positive environmental, social and governance [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Both short and long-term factors are driving demand for agricultural commodities, with agribusiness companies well-positioned to benefit, in our view. Agricultural Commodities Reach Fresh Highs Amid Supply Constraints Commodity prices, including agricultural commodities, have traded through their peaks because of the Russia-Ukraine conflict’s impact on supply. The price of wheat rose by nearly 70% since mid-February1, following [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
By Michael Walton Managing Partner, Consultant & Client Relations & Thomas Urano Managing Partner, Portfolio Management April 6, 2022 — Sage Managing Partner Michael Walton and Thomas Urano, who leads the Portfolio Management Team, talk about “the perfect storm” that caused one of the all-time worst quarters for the bond market. They discuss the three [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
By Natalia Gurushina Chief Economist, Emerging Markets Fixed Income Strategy Van Eck Associates Corporation Geopolitical fragmentation, China’s policy miscalibration, global stagflation risks, EM winners and losers, and poorer nations’ debt distress dominate discussions at the IMF Spring Meetings. Geopolitical Risks, Future of Dollar Base System We are at the IMF Spring Meetings this week, and it’s now [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
To learn more about Main Management and how some of our strategies could help you with your investment needs, please contact Darol Ryan, our Head of Sales and National Accounts, at ryan@mainmgt.com. Also check out Main Management CEO Kim Arthur on Twitter and Main Management on LinkedIn. Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Governments and industries face an increasingly complex and difficult task in working to curb emissions and global warming. There is a renewed since of urgency thanks to recent findings from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Their most recent report found that emissions must be capped by 2025 at the very latest to remain close to [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
According to a study conducted by Pew Research Center, most adults in the U.S. favor the United States taking steps to achieve net-zero carbon emissions. This January 2022 survey confirms 69% of U.S. adults favor this goal being achieved by 2050. In that same survey, the same percentage (69%) also prioritize developing alternative energy sources, such [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
The Treasuries market was pummeled after a spike in inflation dragged on real returns and a hawkish Federal Reserve hiked interest rates. The selling may have been overdone and investors could begin to pick up a bargain in Treasury bond exchange traded funds. Year-to-date, the Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF (NYSEARCA: EDV) declined 18.2%, the SPDR [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
This Earth Day, investors can align their money and morals by investing in funds offering exposure to companies furthering the transition to sustainable energy. Clean energy initiatives have seen a resurgence in popularity this spring following concerns about over-reliance on Russian energy exports, focused attention on the role of renewables and energy efficiency in improving [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Exchange traded fund investors should consider the investment opportunities in a greener future. In the recent webcast, This Earth Day, Discover Portfolio Opportunities that Help Toward a Cleaner Future, Brandon Knott, Thematic and Specialty Strategist for ETFs and Indexed Strategies, Invesco, underscored the fact that global economies are targeting a greener future. It is only [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Speculative-grade municipal bond-related exchange traded funds have taken a beating, with high-yield munis on pace for their worst year since 2008. Year-to-date, the VanEck Vectors High Yield Muni ETF (HYD) declined 10.8%, the SPDR Nuveen S&P High Yield Municipal Bond ETF (NYSEArca: HYMB) decreased 11.0% and the BlackRock High Yield Muni Income Bond ETF (HYMU) [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
The Bitcoin network, as enormously popular as it is, has long struggled with a scalability issue when it comes to payments. The Lightning Network, a “layer 2” protocol that is layered on top of an existing blockchain, such as bitcoin, in this case, allows for rapid, simultaneous payments and has been a boon since its [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Originally published by EMQQ Global. Nykaa is India’s version of Sephora, an Indian eCommerce behemoth in the online beauty and personal care business that is using the strategy used by so many Chinese Internet pioneers and is investing its profits into the strategic stakes in several emerging brands in India. Nykaa has recently bought strategic [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
In trading on Friday, shares of the Vanguard Russell 1000 Value ETF (Symbol: VONV) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $71.56, changing hands as low as $71.19 per share. Vanguard Russell 1000 Value shares are currently trading off about 2% on the day. The chart belo
In trading on Friday, shares of the iShares Russell Top 200 Value ETF (Symbol: IWX) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $68.38, changing hands as low as $68.11 per share. iShares Russell Top 200 Value shares are currently trading off about 2% on the day. The chart b
In trading on Friday, shares of the iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF (Symbol: IWS) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $117.79, changing hands as low as $116.86 per share. iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value shares are currently trading off about 2% on the day. The chart
In trading on Friday, shares of the iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (Symbol: EWU) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $33.22, changing hands as low as $32.97 per share. iShares MSCI United Kingdom shares are currently trading off about 2% on the day. The chart below
In trading on Friday, shares of the iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF (Symbol: IWD) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $163.08, changing hands as low as $162.21 per share. iShares Russell 1000 Value shares are currently trading off about 2% on the day. The chart below
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