Nasdaq ETFs

In today’s stubbornly low interest rate environment, constructing a portfolio for the long haul is incredibly challenging. Advisors have been forced to hunt for yield by taking on more risk. What if there was a way to find yield and keep an added layer of risk mitigation? In the upcoming webcast, Getting Smart About Income, [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Debt tied to carbon emissions may have low financial penalties but can also ding issuers on intangibles like their reputation. There has been an increased jump in issuance of bonds and loans tied to environmental, social, and governance performance, or ESG, to meet the huge demand from investors for socially responsible investments, the Wall Street Journal [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

As President Joe Biden eyes a tax hike on America’s wealthy, the exchange traded fund industry could benefit from an influx of investors seeking tax-efficient investment vehicles. Biden has outlined plans to double the rate for those generating over $1 million per year on investment profits, which could accelerate the ongoing shift that has sent [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

On Tuesday, Fred Alger Management, LLC (“Alger”), a leading growth equity investment manager, announced the launch of the Alger 35 ETF (ATFV), a high-conviction, actively managed exchange traded fund (ETF). It will invest in the 35 “best ideas” sourced from the firm’s experienced analyst team. Effective on or about May 7, 2021, ATFV will be reclassified [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The world’s largest economy has started to witness a decline in the number of new coronavirus cases. In fact, the seven-day average of daily cases dropped to under 50,000, down 17% from the previous week (as of May 1), per a CNBC article. There has been a decline in the number

In trading on Tuesday, shares of the SPDR— S&P— China ETF (Symbol: GXC) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $129.33, changing hands as low as $129.00 per share. SPDR— S&P— China shares are currently trading down about 1.4% on the day.

Chinese Internet and technology companies have endured a fair bit of regulatory scrutiny from Beijing in 2021. Predictably, that’s been a drag on exchange trade funds, including the Invesco Golden Dragon China ETF (PGJ). However, with that regulatory scrutiny ebbing, growth-heavy PGJ merits more positive attention of its own. “The shares of Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

May is here, and with the arrival of the fifth month of the year come jitters about the old “sell in May and go away” saying. Indeed, May marks the arrival of what’s been a historically weaker six-month period for equities. “’Sell in May and go away,’ is popular because the May-to-October period is historically [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The month of April was all about an economic rebound from the coronavirus-related slump, President Biden’s reported plans to hike capital gain tax on wealthy Americans, another wave of coronavirus in several parts of globe and encouraging corporate earnings growth in the United

By Roman Chuyan, CFA I show (again) that the stock market valuation is at its highest in at least 150 years. However, reason doesn’t apply in a bubble; instead, crowd mentality is in charge. What might trigger a turn in the market? I think inflation and rising rates are inevitable. Stocks have continued to rise [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The Global X U.S. Infrastructure Development ETF (PAVE) has paved the way for the full suite of Global X ETFs the past month. Infrastructure has been a hot topic ever since U.S. president Joe Biden revealed his $2 trillion plan. The proposal includes a comprehensive plan to address not only infrastructure, but also home/community care, affordable [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Are traders souring on small caps and running with the bulls on tech? The past week saw the strongest inflows in leveraged Direxion products, particularly the Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3X Shares (TZA) and the Direxion Daily Technology Bull 3X ETF (TECL). Small cap strength was evident at the start of 2021, with the Russell [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

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Stocks and index ETFs traded in the red on Tuesday, after a healthy beginning to the new month on Monday, with technology stocks leading the way lower. The Dow Jones Industrial Average held up the best of the major benchmarks, falling 250 points. The S&P 500 shed about 1.2%, and the tech-dominated Nasdaq Composite was [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

In trading on Tuesday, the SPDR— S&P— Metals & Mining ETF is outperforming other ETFs, up about 2.9% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Arconic, up about 16.6% and shares of Cleveland-cliffs, up about 9.6% on th

Investors are putting money where their mouths are by flooding into renewable energy exchange traded funds. The First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy Index Fund (NasdaqGM: QCLN) is benefiting from that trend, wracking up inflows at a prodigious pace to start 2021. “The five funds attracting the most flows in the first quarter of [...] 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. April 16, 2021 In the NBC mockumentary show The Office, the character Jim Halpert gets tricked [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

In trading on Tuesday, shares of the QYLD ETF (Symbol: QYLD) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $22.27, changing hands as low as $22.14 per share. QYLD shares are currently trading down about 1.4% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of QYLD s

In trading on Tuesday, shares of the iShares Global Clean Energy ETF (Symbol: ICLN) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $22.59, changing hands as low as $21.83 per share. iShares Global Clean Energy shares are currently trading down about 3.8% on the day. The chart