Nasdaq ETFs

Value is clearly the story among investment factors this year, and while the rally in value stocks is still young – it’s just nine months old – investors may want to assess other factors as the economic recovery moves along. That evaluation should include quality, a factor accessible with the Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Exchange traded fund investors should consider the current opportunities in healthcare innovation. In the recent webcast, The Era of Biotech: How Biology Became Technology, Jeremy Schwartz, Executive Vice President, Global Head of Research, WisdomTree Asset Management; and Jamie Metzl, member of the World Health Organization expert committee on human genome editing, explained that the so-called [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Biotechnology has long been fertile territory for disruptive growth and innovation in the healthcare sector.  The ALPS Medical Breakthroughs ETF (SBIO) is one of the premier exchange traded funds to tap into that theme. SBIO follows the S-Network Medical Breakthroughs Index (PMBI), which offers multiple benefits. First, members of that benchmark must have one or more [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Endowment-style investing, popularized by the late David Swensen of Yale University, was once reserved for endowments, but thanks to Swensen’s stellar long-term track record, more money managers are looking to duplicate these endowment strategies. More investors seem to be receptive to the idea too, but for advisors, building endowment-style portfolios from scratch is difficult. Model [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Crude oil and crude ETFs have been ripping higher since last month, and with black gold’s climb above the technical resistance levels near $70, some analysts and speculators are pondering if $100 oil could be in the cards. The number was almost impossible to fathom at this time last year when economies and global crude [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

It may be time to call it a crypto summer, as it’s continually a hot topic of conversation. ETF Trends CIO and Director of Research Dave Nadig joined Oliver Renick on TD Ameritrade Network’s “Morning Trade Live” to discuss the latest activity in ETFs, including how the SEC is regulating crypto and what the future [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

When the ARK Space Exploration ETF (ARKX) debuted in late March, some critics pondered the inclusion of the ARK 3D Printing ETF (CBOE: PRNT) among the space exchange traded fund’s top holdings. These days, the 3D printing fund is the second-largest holding  in ARKX at a weight of 6.69%, as of June 18, according to ARK [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

There are some inklings in the markets that growth stocks may be starting to turn a corner. For example, 10-year Treasury yields recent steadied and the S&P 500 Growth Index is higher by almost 5% for the month ending June 18. Still, it’s worth considering how quality can play pivotal role in mitigating some of [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Bitcoin tumbled to a two-week low to start the week after news was released that China has intensified its suppression of cryptocurrency mining. The world’s biggest digital currency sank to $31,760 Monday morning, dropping below $32,000 for the first time since June 8, according to data from Coin Metrics. It has been trading near its [...] 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 and chart book. As the global economy begins to recover from the coronavirus, we’ve been warning that the apparent [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Last week was downbeat for Wall Street mainly due to the rate hike speculation. The S&P 500, the Dow Jones, the Nasdaq Composite and the Russell 2000 lost about 1.9%, 3.5%, 0.3% and 4.2% last week.Though the Fed held interest rates steady at a near-zero level in its l

Crypto critics often cite the environmental impact of Bitcoin mining as a major reason for concern, but why exactly is mining so energy intensive? And what exactly is Bitcoin mining in the first place? Simply put, Bitcoin mining is the process by which more Bitcoin is created. But it’s more than that: Bitcoin mining is [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Investors are growing more confident in the post-pandemic recovery, which is spurring movement into corporate bonds, a good sign for the Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares (VCLT). “The premium between corporate debt and US Treasuries has dropped to its lowest level in more than a decade in a sign that investors are [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Wall Street saw wild swings last week with the return of volatility triggered by sooner-than-expected rate hike signals and higher inflation expectation. The Federal Reserve turned hawkish in its latest FOMC meeting, indicating two interest rate hikes by the end of 2023,

Gold is having its best month in over a year, says Sprott Asset Management CEO Peter Grosskopf, in an interview with Asset TV’s Jenna Dagenhart. “The long-term physical accumulation phase is just getting started for gold,” he said. “We may have an extended period where gold is likely to enjoy advantages over other assets. We, [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Traditional approaches to dividend investments either target a high dividend yield or a history of dividends, yet both methods may be short-sighted in isolation. Alternatively, investors can consider a dividend exchange traded fund strategy that targets both strong fundamentals and dividend growth over time. Specifically, the SmartETFs Dividend Builder ETF (NYSE Arca: DIVS) is an [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

President Biden and congressional Democrats have put forward sizable spending proposals, particularly the American Families Plan. When politicians boost spending, revenue needs to be raised. That’s often easier said than done, and revenue-raising conversations on Capitol Hill often lead to talk about tax increases. Politicians will also often examine closing loopholes that advantage certain asset [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

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Russian equities tend to soar when oil prices do the same, and that scenario is repeating itself in 2021. With Brent crude, the global benchmark, shooting higher, the VanEck Vectors Russia ETF (RSX) is up nearly 20%. Russia isn’t a member of the Organization of Petroleum Countries (OPEC), but it’s one of the largest oil producers [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.