The Cboe Volatility Index and VIX-related exchange traded funds surged Monday as equity markets reeled and investors turned risk off in face of rising Covid-19 Delta variant infections. On Monday, the iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short Term Futures ETN (NYSEArca: VXX) increased 14.3% and the ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (NYSEArca: VIXY) advanced 14.5%, [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
As of July 16, the dividend yield on the S&P 500 was a mere 1.34%. By no means is that attention-grabbing, but that number is poised to grow, and not just because equity prices are declining. To this point in 2021, there’s been plenty of talk about dividend growth in both domestic and foreign markets. [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Bond exchange traded funds strengthened Monday with yields falling off as investors dumped risky assets and turned to safe-haven fixed income assets on fears that the surge in Covid-19 Delta variant infections could upend the nascent economic recovery. “There’s concern among investors the Delta variant could reset the clock in terms of the progress we’ve [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Investors can effectively diversify traditional portfolios with commodities exchange traded funds. In the recent webcast, Industry Experts on Opportunities in Today’s Biggest Commodities, Helima Croft, Managing Director, Head of Global Commodity Strategy and MENA Research, RBC Capital Markets, outlined some of the current energy market dynamics, with the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
In trading on Monday, shares of the iShares Select Dividend ETF (Symbol: DVY) entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $111.53 per share. We define oversold territory using the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which is a technical analysis indicator used to me
In trading on Monday, shares of the iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF (Symbol: IWS) entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $109.9271 per share. We define oversold territory using the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which is a technical analysis indicator us
In trading on Monday, shares of the iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF (Symbol: IJJ) entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $98.94 per share. We define oversold territory using the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which is a technical analysis indicator u
In trading on Monday, shares of the iShares Core MSCI Pacific ETF (Symbol: IPAC) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $64.79, changing hands as low as $64.57 per share. iShares Core MSCI Pacific shares are currently trading down about 2.1% on the day. The chart below
In trading on Monday, shares of the iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (Symbol: ACWX) entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $55.33 per share. We define oversold territory using the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which is a technical analysis indicator used to
Brent crude prices are in the midst of a three-week slide and West Texas Intermediate is stumbling amidst concerns that the Delta variant of the coronavirus will stymie the reopening trade and as members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the so-called “plus” nations agreed to ramp up output. Predictably, that volatility [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
With stocks and index ETFs tumbling on Monday amid exploding volatility, crude oil futures and ETFs are also under pressure. U.S. Benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude futures sank below $70 per barrel on Monday for the first time in over a month as OPEC and its allies agreed to raise output. WTI futures fell over [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
The WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund (NYSEArca: DXJ) is higher by 11.08% year-to-date, an admirable showing among developed market single-country exchange traded funds. More upside could be on the way for Japanese equities and DXJ as activist investors increasingly augur for change at companies in the world’s third-largest economy. While Japan doesn’t have a deep [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Stocks and index ETFs are getting crushed on Monday, amid fears that a national and global spike in coronavirus cases could stymie economic growth. While the selling has accelerated, particularly in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which is currently headed for its largest drop of the year, some investors are seeing big gains despite the [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
In the early going of second quarter earnings, banks have posted strong earnings, which should give the Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X ETF (FAS) a boost. “Earnings season is off to a monster start, with companies from PepsiCo to UnitedHealthcare reflecting the ongoing economic reopening in their Q2 numbers,” a Cheddar News article mentioned. “But [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
The WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Monday, with over 2.4 million shares traded versus three month average volume of about 267,000. Shares of DGRW were off about 1.5% on the day.
In the first half of 2021, the majority of asset management app downloads were crypto apps, at 51% of the top 50 most downloaded asset management apps. Meanwhile, the top stock trading apps fell to 43% in the first half of 2021. Stock trading apps have historically carried the lion’s share of the U.S. market [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Square (NYSE: SQ), the fintech merchant services provider and the purveyor of the popular money transfer platform Cash App, is higher by decent 6.41% year-to-date. That market-lagging performance is the symptom of growth stocks being under pressure through much of the first half of the year, but Square’s long-term track record is impressive on the [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
In trading on Monday, shares of the iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF (Symbol: VLUE) entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $99.73 per share. We define oversold territory using the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which is a technical analysis indicator used
In trading on Monday, shares of the iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF (Symbol: IEI) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $131.66, changing hands as high as $131.82 per share. iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond shares are currently trading up about 0.5% on the day. The c