Nasdaq ETFs

U.S. markets and stock exchange traded funds wobbled Friday but were on pace for three weeks of gains after comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on stimulus tapering weighed affected sentiment. The Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (RSP), which follows the S&P 500 Equal Weight Index (EWI), gained 0.4% on Friday. Meanwhile, the [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Oil-related exchange traded funds strengthened on Friday as tightening U.S. supplies helped support gains, but falling coal and natural gas prices helped ease fuel switching that had previously added to demand for crude oil products for power generation. On Friday, the United States Oil Fund (NYSEArca: USO), which tracks West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures, [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

By ERShares Eva Ados, COO and Chief Investment Strategist at ERShares, recently appeared on CNBC’s–Trading Nation to discuss the current inflationary pressures. She highlights two under-the-radar stocks that can hedge against these inflationary concerns and continue to drive better results with an underlying entrepreneurial base.  “In these markets, we want stocks that can maintain their [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

China country-specific exchange traded funds are beginning to pick up momentum as some argue that the worst is behind the emerging market. Over the past week, the Invesco Golden Dragon China ETF (PGJ) was up 6.5%, and the KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF (KWEB) was 6.4% higher. Meanwhile, the more widely observed Xtrackers CSI 300 [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Exchange traded funds are continuing to experience record inflows this year as more investors clamor to the space. The chance at high returns in a vehicle that is more tax-efficient is an investment opportunity that many are jumping to, but it’s important to look beyond just the recent returns when considering ETFs. It isn’t an [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Don’t jump! Advice for goalkeepers from economic psychology. Investors are wrestling with, among other things, the fallout from global supply chain disruptions, both labor distortions and energy shortages stoking input costs and inflation and escalating political rancor between China and Taiwan. The issues are well framed and understood. Markets rarely digest surprises and investor complacency [...] 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. Although we expect the recovery’s rapid pace of growth to slow markedly, we believe the probability of [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

This week has seen dramatic moves in social media stocks and ETFs amid news that Snap reported that its advertising business fell due to Apple’s privacy changes, and Trump-related social media SPAC soars. Snap shares tumbled over 24% on Thursday evening and continue to fall on Friday, sparking declines in Facebook and Twitter of 4% and [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

All that talk about growth stocks disappointing this year is proving inaccurate as the S&P 500 Growth Index is up about 23.1% year-to-date. The Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF (GINN) is among the exchange traded funds benefiting from steadiness in growth stocks. GINN has been showing some momentum as of late, as it’s higher by [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The 60% equities/40% fixed income portfolio split has been relied on by advisors and clients for generations. However, longevity doesn’t always equate to efficiency, and there are some market observers who now believe that 60/40’s best days are behind it. With equities richly valued and bond yields depressed, 60/40 could be challenged to hold up [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The iShares Russell Top 200 ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Friday, with over 195,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 56,000. Shares of IWL were off about 0.5% on the day.

The 26th U.N. Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) will be held October 31st–November 12th in Scotland, and as more reports are released regarding the effects of global warming, growing ESG concerns could help to push commitments further, reports Barron’s. There is a huge focus by investors on reducing carbon emissions, and mounting pressure [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The spookiest thing about October isn’t ghosts or goblins, but cybersecurity threats. Recent high-profile hacks have crippled oil pipelines, breached streaming platforms like Twitch, and unsecured millions of social media users from Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Just as ghosts lead to a need for Ghostbusters, data breaches lead to a demand for cybersecurity. Recently, ETF [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

When investors think of equal-weight exchange traded funds, they typically think of large-cap strategies, including the Invesco S&P 500® Equal Weight ETF (RSP). That makes sense not only because RSP is the largest equal-weight ETF, but also because concentration risk is becoming an issue with large-cap equal-weight funds as market values for the likes of [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Ink is spilling about bitcoin replacing gold. The launch of the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITO) on Tuesday and today’s debut of the Valkyrie Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BTF) have some investors, such as Social Capital founder Chamath Palihapitiya, eager to declare that gold has been replaced. The argument tends to go like so: Bitcoin is [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Energy is the best-performing sector in the S&P 500 this year, and that’s a trend permeating an assortment of industries, including the midstream. Just look at the VanEck Vectors Energy Income ETF (EINC), which is higher by more than 43% year-to-date and residing near all-time highs. All that with a dividend yield of 4.41%, which is jaw-dropping in [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The energy sector is the best-performing group in the S&P 500 this year. It’s also generating plenty of upside in European and some emerging markets benchmarks, too. However, plenty of chastened investors remember the drubbing the sector incurred last year during the coronavirus market swoon. They also remember other oil bear markets that stoked significant [...] 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 Vanguard Energy ETF (Symbol: VDE) where we have detected an approximate $58.9 million dollar outflow -- that's a 1.0% decrease week over week (from

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the Vanguard Russell 2000 Value ETF (Symbol: VTWV) where we have detected an approximate $55.0 million dollar outflow -- that's a 5.2% decrease week ove