Nasdaq ETFs

Infrastructure stocks and ETFs are benefitting from news that the House of Representatives passed a $1 trillion bill over the weekend, checking off a major milestone for President Biden and generating enthusiasm for investors who supported his plan. Late last Friday, the House of Representatives passed the bill for which prospects had been tenuous since [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Richard Clarida is anticipating a reduction in inflation going forward but has said that if inflation-driven prices continue next year, it would cause serious issues for the central bank, reports the Wall Street Journal. The surprise spikes in inflation have been driven by pandemic economics, intense demand created from reopening, and [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Summary A number of factors contribute to the gasoline price posted at your local corner store, but the primary determinate is the price of oil. Demand trends, quality specifications that change seasonally, and refinery outages are examples of some of the items that can also impact gasoline prices. There are many potential touchpoints for midstream [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Environmental, social, and governance funds cover a broad range of topics, the best-known being sustainability and climate. The social and governance aspects, though, are also crucial categories that shouldn’t be overlooked, as they ensure that companies are utilizing ethical work practices and promoting diversity and advancement all the way up through the executive level. Investing [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The ETF industry is booming, continuing to set records with inflows and assets under management. With an influx of mutual fund clones into the ETF world, it’s important for investors coming from mutual funds to understand the difference in trading for ETFs and the optimal times to trade. ETFs are attractive for the cost savings [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Dividend growth is back in a big way this year. That’s a good thing, particularly with inflation soaring and bond yields tumbling. Speaking of yields, the dividend yield on the S&P 500 is a paltry 1.27%. It’s a barely better 1.36% on the MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI). Of course, yields move inversely to [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

With fresh new highs the past week, momentum is clearly on the side of the S&P 500, and funds focused on the index can build off the strength with Berkshire Hathaway’s recent operating profit numbers. Run by CEO and famed investor Warren Buffett, the holdings company saw its operating profit and cash increase despite an [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Thematic investment can be a powerful tool to vault your portfolio past the myriad of obstacles that can plague the moment. If you’re locked into the right disruptive megatrends, you won’t have to stand by and watch inflation gobble up your portfolio or volatility strike it down. However, the right themes can be hard to [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

After an uphill climb on Capitol Hill, the trillion-dollar infrastructure plan passed through the House of Representatives, paving the way for various ETF opportunities, with the most obvious being for infrastructure-focused funds. “The House passed a more than $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill late Friday, sending it to President Joe Biden’s desk in a critical [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Shares of electric vehicle (EV) giant Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) are up 54% over the past month, bringing the company’s market capitalization to a tidy $1.17 trillion, as of the close of U.S. markets on Friday, Nov. 5. The big move is helping a plethora of exchange traded funds, including the First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Green [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The upcoming holiday travel season would appear to be an opportune time to consider an exchange traded fund such as the ALPS Global Travel Beneficiaries ETF (NYSEARCA: JRNY), but investors might not want wait much longer because some JRNY components are already surging. JRNY, which debuted in September, tracks the S-Network Global Travel Index, which [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

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Inflation continues its upward trend, and while plenty of experts expect rising consumer prices will ebb next year, many of them thought that inflation would be transitory. Go figure. While pinpointing exactly when inflation will ease is likely a fool’s errand, investors should be evaluating assets that offer inflation-fighting qualities. Moreover, they should also look [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Software has always been one of the premier industry-level investment destinations in the broader technology sector, but it wasn’t that long ago that cloud computing was basically unheard of. Obviously, that changed, and the cloud is growing in exponential fashion, bringing with it significant opportunity with exchange traded funds, including the WisdomTree Cloud Computing Fund [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Even though space flight involves leaving the Earth, like every other sector, it is contending with its environmental impact. Two British rocket startups are claiming that their technology can reduce spaceflight’s carbon footprint through renewable fuel. Both Skyrora and Orbex have unique solutions to the carbon emissions problem. Skyrora plans to utilize a fuel that [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Income investors are grappling with plenty of challenges in 2021. As if low interest rates across the fixed income universe aren’t bad enough, what income is being earned is being pinched by inflation — a major concern for retirees. Those scenarios are putting a spotlight on alternative sources of income, including the Nationwide Risk-Managed Income ETF [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

As the landscape of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) funds grows and evolves, more end users are demanding clarity on ESG ratings and scoring. Those demands are escalating at a time when market participants, many of whom are eager to embrace ESG funds, are increasingly concerned about greenwashing — or funds purporting to be ESG when [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

In trading on Monday, the Uranium ETF is outperforming other ETFs, up about 5.7% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Centrus Energy, up about 11.7% and shares of Uranium Energy, up about 11.4% on the day.

The Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) is one of the more beloved equity benchmarks among advisors and investors, and one of the big reasons for that status is NDX’s penchant for being home to an array of innovative growth stocks. On that note, it’s a luxury to be able to access some of those names before they [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.