This week in our #WCGImpactSeries we’re providing insight into how the #ESG consideration of fossil fuel free investing can impact your portfolio and the planet. The integration of ESG analytics can provide valuable insight about company practices and the potential benefits or risks associated with those practices. These analytics apply to all the three categories [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
By Scott Welch, CIMA ®, Chief Investment Officer – Model, WisdomTree Investments This article is relevant to financial professionals who are considering offering model portfolios to their clients. If you are an individual investor interested in WisdomTree ETF Model Portfolios, please inquire with your financial professional. Not all financial professionals have direct access to these model [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
By Margaret Dorn, Senior Director, ESG Product Strategy, North America, S&P Dow Jones Indices As a pioneer in the index space, S&P DJI has long understood the necessity for evolving indices to address the changing needs of the investor. In recent years, one significant development has been the growing focus on sustainable investing and an increased [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
By Robert Serenbetz; Multi-Asset Solutions team, New The Democratic and Republican national conventions have officially wrapped up, but an uncertain election outcome persists. So far, markets have largely ignored election proceedings and changes in polling. Investors should prepare for potential election related volatility by rebalancing, broadening equity exposures, and building a cash position. As we noted in [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
By Brandon Rakszawski, Senior ETF Product Manager, VanEck Global The Morningstar® Wide Moat Focus IndexSM (the “Index”) completed its quarterly review on Friday, September 18, 2020. The first quarter and second quarter reviews saw more significant changes to the index, as its process of identifying attractively priced wide moat companies was more noteworthy during and following the market turbulence of earlier this year. [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
By Brittany Damico, Business Development Specialist, The Wealth Consulting Group When you make the decision to align your personal values with your purchasing power as a consumer, you have the ability to shape the economy. Most of us do this every time we make a decision to purchase one product over another, we cast our [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
By Kevin Flanagan, Head of Fixed Income Strategy, WisdomTree Investments Ah, remember the original Batman TV series? There was nothing like a good Riddler riddle for the dynamic duo. Well, the answer to my crack at it is pretty straightforward: the U.S. economy. As I’ve blogged about before, there are a variety of economic indicators that [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
By Frank Holmes, CEO and CIO, U.S. Global Investors Gold is one of the rarest elements in the world, making up roughly 0.003 parts per million of the earth’s crust. But how much gold is the world digging up each year and what countries produce the most? In 2019, global gold mine production was a [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
By Frank Holmes, CEO and CIO, U.S. Global Investers In the past three or four months, you may have noticed a plethora of headlines proclaiming the “death” of big U.S. cities such as New York, Chicago and Seattle. To paraphrase Mark Twain, these reports may be greatly exaggerated. However, there’s no denying that many urban [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
By Fran Rodilosso, Head of Fixed Income ETF Portfolio Management, CFA, VanEck Global In a year that has already seen record volume of new fallen angel bonds, including the entry of several big names like Ford and Kraft-Heinz into the fallen angel universe, what can investors expect in the remainder of the year? In this ETF Prime podcast, [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
A global health crisis, an unstable economy, and the impending presidential election have all created a market environment filled with uncertainty. In the upcoming webcast, Keep Calm and Buffer On: Seeking Stable Returns in Volatile Markets, Greg Goin, Risk Management Consultant, Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America; and Joanna Kanakis, Strategic Relationship Manager, Halo [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Europe region-specific exchange traded funds were dealt a heavy blow, with European markets suffering their worst weekly decline since mid-June, on growing fears of a second wave of coronavirus infections that could hinder the economic recovery process. Over the past week, the Vanguard FTSE Europe Index Fund ETF Shares (NYSEArca: VGK) fell 1.6%, JPMorgan BetaBuilders [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
While the coronavirus has upended many businesses, the initial public offerings market along with related exchange traded fund has been enjoying one their best year ever. The Renaissance IPO ETF (IPO) is one of the best performing non-leveraged ETFs of 2020, advancing 59.1% year-to-date. With three months left in the year, U.S.-listed initial public offerings [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
The European Central Bank and European Commission plan to significantly increase the size of the market for environmentally friendly bonds, potentially supporting the wider acceptance of sustainable finances and improving the transparency of this burgeoning market. The European Central Bank said it will purchase sustainability-linked corporate bonds as part of its quantitative-easing program and accept [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Corporate credit quality could be ready to take a step forward and investors can leverage that theme via the FlexShares Credit‐Scored US Corporate Bond Index Fund (NasdaqGM: SKOR). SKOR tracks the Northern Trust Credit-Scored US Corporate Bond Index, which focuses on issues from companies with quality characteristics such as strength in management efficiency, profitability, and [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
With credit markets steadying with some assistance from the Federal Reserve and Treasury yields still low, the VanEck Vectors Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF (NASDAQ: ANGL) remains a relevant consideration in a low-yield environment. ANGL seeks to replicate as closely as possible the price and yield performance of the ICE BofAML US Fallen Angel [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
U.S. markets and stock ETFs strengthened Friday but were on pace for their fourth consecutive week of declines as uncertainties over the economic recovery and political uncertainty ahead of the presidential elections weighed on risk sentiment. On Friday, the Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ: QQQ) increased 1.4%, SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (NYSEArca: DIA) was [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.