Exchange traded fund investors seeking to adapt a portfolio to prevailing global trends should explore the wide-reaching impacts of the clean energy revolution. In the recent webcast, Keeping it Clean: Renewable Energy in Your Portfolio, Ron Pernick, Founder and Managing Director, Clean Edge, Inc., highlighted five major contributing factors to the global clean energy revolution, [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
High-yield corporate bonds aren’t necessarily inexpensive these days, but in a low Treasury yield environment, junk bonds are useful for income investors. One noteworthy quality play the FlexShares High Yield Value-Scored Bond Index Fund (NYSEArca: HYGV). HYGV’s index reflects the performance of a broad universe of U.S.-dollar denominated high-yield corporate bonds that seeks a higher [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Wall Street has delivered a strong start to April 2021. The market rally that was witnessed in March is expected to continue this month as well. The major factors that induced optimism last month like accelerated coronavirus vaccine rollout, continued progress in vaccine develo
The global economy has lurched toward an even greater reliance on technological innovation. With the coming Gen Z set to dominate the next wave of a rapidly digitizing consumer base, a country of nearly 1.4 billion makes India poised for transformation. In the upcoming webcast, Emerging Market Internet Trends: The Rising Generation of Digital Consumers [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Vanguard today introduced its first active bond ETF, managed by its in-house fixed income team. The Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF (VUSB) offers a low-cost, diversified option for investors seeking income and limited price volatility. The ETF, which is listed on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (Cboe), has an expense ratio of 0.10%, compared to a categorical average [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
U.S. markets and stock exchange traded funds seesawed throughout Wednesday’s session as the Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting reaffirmed their commitment in supporting the economic recovery. On Wednesday, the Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ: QQQ) was up 0.2%, SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (NYSEArca: DIA) fell 0.1%, and iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (NYSEArca: IVV) was [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
In an ultra-low yield environment, income investors often need to go beyond bonds and common stocks. Asset classes to embrace include preferred stocks, accessible via exchange traded funds like the Global X U.S. Preferred ETF (Cboe: PFFD). PFFD, which debuted in September 2017, tracks the ICE BofAML Diversified Core U.S. Preferred Securities Index. Preferred stocks [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Dividend growth is returning in a big way, and that scenario couldn’t arrive at a better time with Treasury yields still low. Advisors can position for what’s expected to be a materially better environment for payout names with the Global Dividend Model Portfolio, which is part of WisdomTree’s Modern Alpha series of model portfolios. “This [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Muni bond ETF investing may come to the limelight all over again in the coming days. The segment underperformed thanks to the rising rate trends and historically rich valuations. But there are a few factors that could brighten the struggling space in the near term. Below we highl
On Wednesday, State Street Global Advisors, the asset management business of State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT), announced the launch of the SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Emerging Markets USD Bond ETF (EMHC). The fund was developed to provide exposure to US dollar-denominated debt issued by sovereign and quasi-sovereign emerging market issuers. EMHC may provide investors with an attractive [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Stocks and index ETFs are trading near the prior day’s highs Wednesday, as investors prepare to receive the breakdown from the Federal Reserve’s last policy meeting later this afternoon. In another narrow-range day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average traded slightly lower, while the S&P 500 added 0.1% and the Nasdaq Composite slipped 0.1%. Major stock [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
The Invesco MSCI Sustainable Future ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Wednesday, with over 312,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 53,000. Shares of ERTH were off about 2% on the day.
In trading on Wednesday, the iShares Global 100 ETF is outperforming other ETFs, up about 0.4% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of AMAZON.COM, up about 2% and shares of Alphabet, up about 1% on the day.
The ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (SDOG) is a high dividend exchange traded fund and one that’s benefiting from the rotation to cyclical value assets. Yet there’s much more to the story, and that’s a positive for investors. SDOG tries to reflect the performance of the S-Network Sector Dividend Dogs Index, which applies the “Dogs [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Soon-to-be public crypto exchange operator Coinbase, fund giant Fidelity, and fintech stalwart Square are among the companies behind the new Crypto Council for Innovation – an organization aimed at giving companies with cryptocurrency exposure a say in how the asset class is regulated. The Crypto Council for Innovation (CCI) was created by San Francisco-based investment [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
After the worst plunge last year since the 1970s, the U.S. auto industry bounced back strongly in the first quarter of 2021. This is especially true as car sales soared 11% in the first quarter of 2021 buoyed by the waning signs of COVID-19 crisis and concerns over potential vehi
The first quarter ended last week and, among other things, that means another earnings season will soon kick off. That also means that, per usual, financial services stocks will get the ball rolling, putting the Invesco KBW Bank ETF (NASDAQ: KBWB) in focus. KBWB tracks the widely followed KBW Nasdaq Bank Index. “The Index is [...] 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 USO ETF (Symbol: USO) where we have detected an approximate $81.4 million dollar outflow -- that's a 2.7% decrease week over week (from 74,823,603 t
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