Nasdaq ETFs

China country-specific exchange traded funds reeled Monday after updated economic data revealed a sharp slowdown in growth. On Monday, the Xtrackers CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF (ASHR) fell 0.4% and the KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF (KBA) dropped 0.4%. Meanwhile, among the China ETFs that don’t track the China A-shares market or Chinese companies [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Fine print in the infrastructure bill in the House of Representatives shows support for clean water, which should help the Global X Clean Water ETF (AQWA). “The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act features significant and vital potential investment in clean water infrastructure and environment, totaling ~$84B,” a Global X analysis said. “Everyday, tens of millions [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Investors’ appetite for ETFs is only growing, and that includes a growing interest in bond funds. Invesco offers up three (among many) for consideration. A State Street Global Advisors report noted that “ETFs first gained institutional credibility in the world of equities, but they are now a popular and proven vehicle with which to access [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

A changing pharmaceutical industry is setting up a few trades in the leveraged fund space, specifically for ETFs from Direxion Investments. One of the catalysts for change, especially within the past year is the incorporation of more e-commerce channels for distribution. “One of the biggest shifts taking place in pharmaceutical distribution right now is that [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Income investors that embrace international stocks are facing a conundrum when it comes to emerging markets. Developing economies often sport higher dividend yields than broader U.S. equity benchmarks and China is the biggest emerging markets dividend payer in dollar terms. Yet as investors well know, China is now a financial minefield owing to Beijing’s regulatory [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Stocks, index ETFs, and commodities have been relatively muted in light of the shocking scenes out of Afghanistan after Taliban fighters took over Kabul, the Afghan capital on Sunday. President Ashraf Ghani fled the country the country, along with American and international diplomats worried over retaliation in the new regime. President Joe Biden expedited 5,000 troops to Kabul [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

As investors consider the growing influence of a newly-digitized generation, many are asking themselves: which companies are positioned at the front of these trends? In the recent webcast, A Digital Revolution in Emerging Markets: Opportunities in China’s Tech Sell-off, Kevin Carter, Founder and CIO, The Emerging Markets Internet & Ecommerce ETF (EMQQ), underscored the opportunity [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

When emphasizing a single factor, be it growth, size, value, or others, investors are, to an extent, expressing a tactical view. Sometimes, it pays to get even more tactical to enhance a factor’s potency. When it comes to adding a bit more to the value investing proposition, the Invesco S&P 500 Enhanced Value ETF (SPVU) [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The industrial sector isn’t a group many investors associate with disruptive growth and innovation. After all, companies like Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) are viewed as large, old, and perhaps even sleepy entities. However, a glance at some of ARK’s actively managed exchange traded funds turns up several funds with exposure to old-guard [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The federal government heaped billions of dollars on states to help them tidy up their balance sheets in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. However, municipal default rates ticked higher in 2020 and to this point this year. Yet that’s not damping the case for high-yield municipal bonds and the VanEck Vectors High Yield Muni [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Crude oil and crude ETFs tumbled by more than 3.5% on Monday to a one-week low, falling for a third consecutive trading session amid slowing economic activity in China and suggesting that new coronavirus outbreaks could be hamstringing the world’s second-largest economy. Although the chaos this weekend in Afghanistan might appear to be a key [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Over the past several years, investors have grown acquainted with some familiar refrains regarding ex-U.S. developed market equities. Chief among those are that developed market equities are inexpensive relative to their U.S. counterparts, but they frequently lag domestic benchmarks. That’s certainly been true of the MSCI EAFE Index in recent years, but that benchmark may [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The iShares MSCI USA Multifactor ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Monday, with over 1.9 million shares traded versus three month average volume of about 107,000. Shares of LRGF were trading flat on the day.

In trading on Monday, the iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF is outperforming other ETFs, up about 1% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Beazer Homes USA, up about 2.3% and shares of Taylor Morrison Home, up about 2.2% on the day.

Investors are hearing plenty about inflation and the rising Consumer Price Index (CPI) this year. And will price increases be persistent or transitory? Whether inflation passes in a few months or if it proves long-lasting, the fact is that it is here today. It’s a problem for investors in or near retirement because inflation strains [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

On August 15th, 1971, Richard Nixon ended the Bretton Woods agreement by suspending the convertibility of the U.S. dollar into gold. As the world passes the 50th anniversary of this historic event, Sprott Gold Talk Radio host Ed Coyne discussed its ongoing implications for the financial markets today with Jim Grant of Grant’s Interest Rate [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

BHP Group Ltd, the world’s largest mining company, could give answers to its plans for the petroleum side of its business as early as next week during its earnings release on Tuesday, reports Reuters. The company’s environmental approach has come under increasing pressure, as investors push for more sustainability across industries. Activist investor Market Forces [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

China’s latest lockdown measures could be dampening growth markets, causing bearish sentiment to rise in funds like the Direxion Daily CSI 300 China A Share Bear 1X Shares (CHAD). CHAD seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, of 100% of the inverse of the daily performance of the CSI 300 Index. The fund, under [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The current infrastructure bill stands to greatly benefit the increased use of clean energy and electric vehicles, boding well for a pair of Global X ETFs. “The Senate’s bipartisan bill would direct almost $90B of new federal spending to clean technologies and infrastructure supportive of a transition to clean and renewable energy sources,” a Global [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Getting in and out of trading positions takes deft skill, and that’s where an active exchange traded fund (ETF) like the FlexShares Core Select Bond Fund (BNDC) can chip in. With the rising tide of interest rates looming ahead, the fixed income notion has been to move into ultra-short bonds. Now, with the sense that inflation [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.