The pandemic gave rise to a golden era for gold prices in 2020, but will the good times continue? Additional stimulus measures could provide more bounce to gold ETFs like the VanEck Merk Gold Trust (OUNZ). OUNZ seeks to provide investors with an opportunity to invest in gold through the shares, taking delivery of physical gold [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Two factors are better than one, but three factors–now that’s a crowd big enough to beat market cap weighted indexes. The trifecta of minimum volatility, value, and momentum comprise the Global X Adaptive U.S. Factor ETF (AUSF). AUSF seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
As the prospect of economic recovery is increasing on vaccine optimism, the mergers and acquisitions space has been buzzing hot. Per the Dow Jones, S&P Global is in advanced talks to acquire IHS Markit for about $44 billion. The deal will bring Wall Street’s two of the larg
High-risk plays in the stock or ETF markets are often unsettling propositions. Investors looking to tap into their cheap—scratch that—cost-efficient selves for pure beta can do it through a pair of international funds. More than ever, cost can be a determining factor of whether an ETF investor wants to allocate any capital towards a fund, [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
The iShares MSCI World ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Monday, with over 233,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 82,000. Shares of URTH were off about 1% on the day.
By Rob Stein With the election behind us and increased visibility of life after the pandemic, I’ve had time to reflect on the economy, the markets and the impact of responses to the economic shut down. Economists often get stuck in the theoretical or the academic reasons for market movements and economies cycles, often missing [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Technology is having a stellar year, and all traders have left to wonder is whether the momentum can carry through to next. An ETF to watch for the bullish at heart is the Direxion Daily Technology Bull 3X ETF (NYSEArca: TECL). With its triple leverage, TECL is certainly not for the weak of heart. The [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
The vaccine rally is giving global markets around the world a swift kick in the pants to close out an odd 2020 year. While year-end sell-offs could be looming in safe haven currencies like the Japanese yen, it’s important to have a hedging component in place via funds like the Xtrackers MSCI Japan Hedged Equity [...] 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 iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF (Symbol: IVW) where we have detected an approximate $67.7 million dollar outflow -- that's a 0.2% decrease week over
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the The Utilities Select Sector SPDR— Fund (Symbol: XLU) where we have detected an approximate $114.8 million dollar outflow -- that's a 0.9% decr
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (Symbol: IJR) where we have detected an approximate $500.8 million dollar inflow -- that's a 1.0% increase week o
Looking at units outstanding versus one week prior within the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, the biggest outflow was seen in the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, where 10,200,000 units were destroyed, or a 1.1% decrease week over week. Among the largest underlying compone
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF (Symbol: VLUE) where we have detected an approximate $171.6 million dollar inflow -- that's a 2.0% increase week o
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (Symbol: IGSB) where we have detected an approximate $801.6 million dollar inflow -- that's a 3
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF (Symbol: IBB) where we have detected an approximate $307.9 million dollar outflow -- that's a 3.1% decrease week ov
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (Symbol: LQD) where we have detected an approximate $386.4 million dollar inflow -- that's a 0.7
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (Symbol: USIG) where we have detected an approximate $86.6 million dollar outflow -- that's a
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (Symbol: EWY) where we have detected an approximate $214.3 million dollar inflow -- that's a 3.6% increase week over we