Nasdaq ETFs

With the S&P SmallCap 600 Index higher by 6.74% over the past month, it’s not surprising that some market observers are enthusiastic about the prospects for smaller stocks in 2022. Investors looking for an alternative to traditional small-cap index funds and exchange traded funds may want to evaluate the Invesco S&P SmallCap 600 Equal Weight [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

For all the talk — valid though it may be — about global supply chain woes crimping the semiconductor industry, that negativity isn’t reflected in share prices. Just look at the VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF (SMH). SMH, one of the bellwether semiconductor exchange traded funds, is up a stellar 37.67%. That’s about 900 basis points ahead [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Master limited partnerships and energy infrastructure sector-related exchange traded funds are great investment tools that investors should have in their kits. For starters, energy infrastructure companies are an attractive source of income in a yield-starved environment. These companies generate steady cash flows as fee-based businesses, and MLPs are able to pay out more of their [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

As the prospect of easy money comes to an end and we are faced with a more challenging bond market environment, investors will have to adapt their fixed income portfolios to account for a more hawkish Federal Reserve monetary policy outlook. In the upcoming webcast, Why Today’s Bond Market Demands Active Management, Matthew Cohen, head [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Originally published by Alerian on October 14, 2021 in the Thematic Times. In an earlier note, Alerian addressed the blockchain and cryptocurrency market as a longer-term play due to its connection with the digitalization of the economy. But investors may wonder how appropriate the industry is for the long-term given environmental sustainability concerns. These concerns [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Growth stock exchange traded funds rallied Tuesday as continued upbeat quarterly earnings and stronger-than-anticipated retail sales data added to optimism over the upcoming holiday shopping season and eased fears of a tightening monetary policy. Retail sales increased 1.7% in October, the largest rise since March and above the 1.4% estimate, showing that American consumers have [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Investors who are looking for ways to diversify their portfolios can consider some different exchange traded fund approaches to the S&P 500 that can help manage risks and potentially enhance returns. In the recent webcast, Differentiate Your S&P 500 Exposure: Manage Risk, Rotate Factors, Maximize Dividends & Buffer the Downside, Sean O’Hara, president of Pacer [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The Nottingham Company, a consultant for mutual funds and ETFs and an ETF administrator, has launched three actively managed ETFs that are conversions from open-end mutual fund strategies. The three funds, the AI Quality Growth ETF (AQGX), the RH Tactical Outlook ETF (RHTX), and the RH Tactical Rotation ETF (RHRX), were listed on the NYSE [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

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Though the impact of the pandemic is still rippling through the markets, some normalcy is returning. Global dividend payouts are expected to return to their pre-pandemic peak level by the end of December, according to Janus Henderson. Three important things changed during the third quarter. First and most importantly, mining companies all around the world [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Doug Sandler, CFA, Head of Global Strategy SUMMARY Global supply chains are currently clogged-up. We think it will be mid-to-late 2022 before things return to normal. Because we think inflation will be transitory, we remain overweight stocks. Whether It’s Structural or Transitory Remains the Million-Dollar Question That 1968 Chevrolet Chevelle convertible in the picture [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Looking at units outstanding versus one week prior within the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, the biggest outflow was seen in the ARK Innovation ETF, where 4,200,000 units were destroyed, or a 2.4% decrease week over week. Among the largest underlying components of AR

The Invesco S&P 500— Equal Weight Consumer Discretionary ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Tuesday, with over 339,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 71,000. Shares of RCD were up about 0.8% on the day.

On Tuesday, Dimensional Fund Advisors, a global leader in systematic investing, listed the company’s first four active transparent fixed income exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and filed a preliminary registration statement for 10 more equity ETFs. Dimensional launched one of the industry’s first systematic bond funds in 1983. The firm has continued to refine and advance its investment process [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

We have reached a pivotal point in both the economic and monetary policy cycle, and uncertainty for fixed income is high. The key questions on every fixed income investor’s mind are 1) where are rates going, 2) what do returns look like, and 3) what approach is best? Where are rates going? The answer is [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

When people say they’re “checking on the market,” they almost always mean “the S&P 500,” and for good reason. The S&P is the most popular, most invested index in the world. And yet most investors gain their S&P 500 exposure through the brute-force instrument of traditional cap-weighting. What if there was a better way? What [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Michael Paciotti, CFA Last thing I remember, I was running for the door. I had to find the passage back, to the place I was before. “Relax, ” said the night man, “We are programmed to receive. You can check-out any time you like, but you can never leave! ” – Eagles, Hotel California,1976 In [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The recent agreement between China and the U.S. to work together towards environmental and sustainability goals highlights changing priorities for the Asia-Pacific region and a commitment to ESG principles. There are many countries within the Asia-Pacific region that will be drastically affected by global warming and climate-driven catastrophic events, and as such, there is an [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Inflation and Bitcoin remain the two big stories in the ETF World. For this week’s “ETF Edge,” host Bob Pisani is joined by Dave Nadig, ETF Trends’ CIO and Director of Research, James Davolos, Portfolio Manager at Horizon Kinetics, and Anna Paglia, Global Head of ETFs and Index Strategy at Invesco, to cover these topics. [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.