Nasdaq ETFs

The 60/40 portfolio structure had its day in the sun. Actually, it was decades in the sun, but these days, advisors need to offer clients more. That’s particularly true at a potentially perilous time in the fixed income market. The Federal Reserve could easily raise interest rates next year. Bond yields are low, implying the [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Americans love their mobile phones, and the evolution of the smartphone only enhanced that adulation. The smarter smartphones get, the more everyday tasks can be performed in mobile fashion. That includes online retail purchases — something that emerging markets consumers have long been hip to. In fact, the growth of emerging markets consumers’ embrace of mobile [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve made it clear that it will begin dialing back its $120 billion in monthly bond buying later this month. That’s also known as tapering. Owing to the “taper tantrum” of 2013, “taper” is usually viewed as an offensive word in the world of finance. It doesn’t have to be. In [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Government spending plans are front and center on Capitol Hill as the two parties continue squabbling over the “human infrastructure” legislation and the significantly larger budget reconciliation package. “House Democrats released the nearly 1,700-page Build Back Better Act on Oct. 28. The $1.75 trillion budget reconciliation package pared back total spending from an earlier version [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Ethereum could be eyeing the $5,000 price level as the second-largest cryptocurrency in terms of market cap continues its hot streak that began in October. So far this year, ethereum is up over 500%, which is over 400% more than bitcoin. This comes after bitcoin drew its all-time high in October following the introduction of [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

China’s regional economies are still experiencing a relatively high growth rate, and issuers in the region have all come together to present a great income opportunity in Asian high yield, writes Henry Greene, investment strategist for KraneShares, in a white paper. With the recent restructuring of Evergrande, investors’ concerns are being felt within the bond [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

There’s no such thing as unwelcome income, and despite rumors that income is hard to find, there are a number of ETFs putting out juicy yields. Here are three dividend-focused ETFs with yields north of 8%: The Global X SuperDividend ETF (SDIV) The VanECK BDC Income ETF (BIZD) The Alerian MLP ETF (AMLP) SDIV Gets [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The SPDR— S&P— Pharmaceuticals ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Thursday, with over 353,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 50,000. Shares of XPH were up about 1.5% on the day.

In trading on Thursday, the Semiconductor ETF is outperforming other ETFs, up about 2.1% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Qualcomm, up about 11.2% and shares of Nvidia, up about 8.6% on the day.

The vast majority of passive equity-based exchange traded funds are weighted by market capitalization. The universe of equal-weight ETFs is well-populated, but significantly smaller. Among equal-weight ETFs, the Invesco S&P 500® Equal Weight ETF (RSP) is the largest, and while equal-weight ETFs aren’t exclusive, per se, choosy investors can find a lot to like with [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By Solomon G. Teller, CFA, Chief Investment Strategist, Green Harvest Asset Management Stocks rocketed in October with the S&P 500 gaining 7.0% to achieve a new all-time high. Despite strong pre-tax returns, there are almost always opportunities to capture or harvest tax benefits to improve after-tax returns, and this month was no exception. Below are harvesting [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The digital future is one that is increasingly lived online. As such, the companies that succeed are the ones that not only know how to collect and organize deep, high-quality sets of data, but that can also refine that data into meaningful, actionable insight. In 2020, approximately 64 zettabytes — or 6.4 trillion gigabytes — of data [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Investors continue hearing terms like “net-zero” and “carbon transition” floating around, but more than lip service is required to lift the fortunes of clean energy investments, such as the Invesco WilderHill Clean Energy ETF (PBW). Fortunately, it looks like stakeholders, including governments and asset managers, realize that the amount of capital required to adequately transition [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Confluence Investment Management offers various asset allocation products which are managed using “top down,” or macro, analysis. We publish asset allocation thoughts on a weekly basis in this report, updating the report every Friday, along with an accompanying podcast. The debt limit on authorized Treasury borrowing has created a periodic problem in recent years. When the [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The S&P 500 rose to new highs after the Federal Reserve let the capital markets know that the economy is strong enough to stand on its own two legs without the central bank’s help. As such, the Fed said that it would begin its stimulus tapering agenda with a pullback on bond buying. Last year, [...] 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 The Real Estate Select Sector SPDR— Fund (Symbol: XLRE) where we have detected an approximate $167.9 million dollar inflow -- that's a 3.6% in

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the The Health Care Select Sector SPDR— Fund (Symbol: XLV) where we have detected an approximate $913.1 million dollar inflow -- that's a 2.9% inc

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the SPDR— Portfolio Mortgage Backed Bond ETF (Symbol: SPMB) where we have detected an approximate $148.1 million dollar inflow -- that's a 3.6% in

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the Invesco S&P 500— Pure Value ETF (Symbol: RPV) where we have detected an approximate $136.2 million dollar inflow -- that's a 4.8% increase

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the SPDR— S&P 500— ETF Trust (Symbol: SPY) where we have detected an approximate $4.6 billion dollar inflow -- that's a 1.1% increase we