Mount Lucas president and CIO Tim Rudderow recently sat down with KraneShares to discuss how managed futures and the KFA MLM Index handle various sectors of the markets, such as energy and commodities, given current conditions. Rudderow pioneered systematic trend-following and managed futures to provide investors with uncorrelated returns amid market volatility and significant events. Energy Sector [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Inflation continues to weigh heavy on the minds of investors, but there are ways for them to push back in order to extract maximum benefit from their portfolios. “The annual inflation rate in the US surged to 6.2% in October of 2021, the highest since November of 1990 and above forecasts of 5.8%,” Trading Economics [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
A recent study done by State Street Global Advisors asked over 300 institutional investors their thoughts on ESG going forward and how they plan to proceed with ESG investing. The study found that in just two years, the primary reasoning for investing in ESG had changed amongst investors, a significant find and a good indicator [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
The U.S. Dollar Index is continuing its upward trajectory in 2021 just as Biden agreed to renominate current Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell. The capital markets appear to be digesting the news positively if the movements in the dollar serve as an indicator. The U.S. Dollar Index continued to push higher despite ongoing inflation fears. [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Investment-grade corporate bonds aren’t doing much to foster confidence among investors this year. For example, the widely followed Markit iBoxx USD Liquid Investment Grade Index is off 5.18% year-to-date, adding another layer of frustration to the 2021 fixed income market. However, 2022 could bring better things with investment-grade corporates, particularly if downgrades and defaults remains [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
By Michael Contopoulos, Director of Fixed Income With inflation surprising to the upside and lasting longer than most expect, we believe investors will need to rethink portfolio management and what it means to own a balanced portfolio. Below we address many of the questions related to our view on inflation and its implications for the future. [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
The VanEck Bitcoin Strategy ETF (XBTF) debuted last week, joining a pair of other futures-backed funds in the bitcoin exchange traded fund landscape. As the third of the three ETFs to come to market in the U.S., XBTF needed to differentiate itself. That’s the case with any new ETF, regardless of underlying asset class or [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Biotechnology stocks are healthcare laggards this year, and much of the lagging is concentrated in the small- and mid-cap biotech spaces. However, retail traders are embracing some speculative small-cap biotechnology names, and that could highlight the advantages offered by the ALPS Medical Breakthroughs ETF (SBIO). “Two tiny biotechs, ISpecimen Inc. and Longeveron Inc., are the latest [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
The Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (RSP) has a lengthy track record of beating the cap-weighted S&P 500. For many investors, that’s enough, but some want to know what makes the equal-weight methodology tick. One of the oft-cited reasons regarding equal-weight’s ability to beat cap-weighted strategies is the former’s value tendencies. With broader cap-weighted [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
It is no secret that technology-related stocks have a significant impact on the overall market’s movements. In fact, the largest 5 tech stocks make up 24% of the S&P 50. In other words, that is 1% of the components accounting for 24% of the movement. Today, technology-related stocks make-up a larger percentage of the S&P [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
In recent trading, shares of PNC Financial Services Group (Symbol: PNC) have crossed above the average analyst 12-month target price of $207.00, changing hands for $209.09/share. When a stock reaches the target an analyst has set, the analyst logically has two ways to react: do
In recent trading, shares of Avangrid Inc (Symbol: AGR) have crossed above the average analyst 12-month target price of $52.00, changing hands for $52.01/share. When a stock reaches the target an analyst has set, the analyst logically has two ways to react: downgrade on valuatio
Looking at the underlying holdings of the ETFs in our coverage universe at ETF Channel, we have compared the trading price of each holding against the average analyst 12-month forward target price, and computed the weighted average implied analyst target price for the ETF itsel
Looking at the underlying holdings of the ETFs in our coverage universe at ETF Channel, we have compared the trading price of each holding against the average analyst 12-month forward target price, and computed the weighted average implied analyst target price for the ETF itsel
Looking at the underlying holdings of the ETFs in our coverage universe at ETF Channel, we have compared the trading price of each holding against the average analyst 12-month forward target price, and computed the weighted average implied analyst target price for the ETF itsel
Looking at the underlying holdings of the ETFs in our coverage universe at ETF Channel, we have compared the trading price of each holding against the average analyst 12-month forward target price, and computed the weighted average implied analyst target price for the ETF itsel
Looking at the underlying holdings of the ETFs in our coverage universe at ETF Channel, we have compared the trading price of each holding against the average analyst 12-month forward target price, and computed the weighted average implied analyst target price for the ETF itsel