When investors think about Visa (V) and Mastercard (MA), two huge companies, they don’t immediately think “disruptive finance companies.” Disruption isn’t just for the small, software-focused, “App” economy names, however. Visa and Mastercard are continually anticipating the future. They also participate in the evolution of digital finance by investing in disruptive firms. That search for [...]
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On this episode of “What Makes That Ticker Tick,” VettaFi CMO Jon Fee spoke with Stacey Morris, head of Energy Research at VettaFi, to discuss the Alerian MLP Infrastructure Index (AMZI). The AMZI Index is the underlying index that currently powers two funds. The two funds that it powers are the Alerian MLP ETF (AMLP) [...]
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While the U.S. bond market continues to show signs of struggle this year, investors should still hold fixed income ETFs. For one thing, prices are down while yields are up. Plus, bonds are still far less risky than stocks over the long term. “Bond prices have continued to fall in 2023 as the Federal Reserve [...]
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Many investors are rushing into gold or energy commodity ETFs to try to capture the current opportunity set — a strategy that’s not guaranteed to pay off. In the current environment, characterized by uncertainty and unknown unknowns, diversification is key. A broad-basket commodity ETF offers exposure to the asset class without placing significant bets on [...]
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The SPDR S&P 500 Fossil Fuel Reserves Free ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Wednesday, with over 744,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 74,000. Shares of SPYX were down about 0.8% on the day.
In trading on Wednesday, the The Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund ETF is outperforming other ETFs, up about 1.1% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Valero Energy, up about 3% and shares of Phillips 66, up about 2% on the day.
The debate between active and passive management has been going on for years. And while active management has faced headwinds over the past decade or so, it’s starting to reclaim dominance over passive. Proponents for passive management contend that informationally efficient markets make it difficult for active funds to regularly beat the benchmarks. However, Moneta [...]
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In trading on Wednesday, shares of the Vanguard Industrials ETF (Symbol: VIS) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $195.40, changing hands as low as $194.00 per share. Vanguard Industrials shares are currently trading off about 1.6% on the day. The chart below shows
In trading on Wednesday, shares of the First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF (Symbol: FPE) entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $15.59 per share. We define oversold territory using the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which is a technical analysi
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF (Symbol: DGRO) where we have detected an approximate $227.6 million dollar inflow -- that's a 1.0% increase week ov
Looking at units outstanding versus one week prior within the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, the biggest outflow was seen in the HYLB ETF, where 13,500,000 units were destroyed, or a 13.9% decrease week over week.
Comparing units outstanding versus one week ago at the coverage universe of ETFs at ETF Channel, the biggest inflow was seen in the ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ, which added 16,200,000 units, or a 8.3% increase week over week.
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the The Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund (Symbol: XLC) where we have detected an approximate $153.9 million dollar outflow -- that's a 1.1
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the SPDR Bloomberg Short Term High Yield Bond ETF (Symbol: SJNK) where we have detected an approximate $151.6 million dollar outflow -- that's a 4.5% de
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares Select Dividend ETF (Symbol: DVY) where we have detected an approximate $97.9 million dollar outflow -- that's a 0.5% decrease week over wee
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the Invesco S&P 500— Quality ETF (Symbol: SPHQ) where we have detected an approximate $76.6 million dollar inflow -- that's a 1.3% increase we
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the Lithium ETF (Symbol: LIT) where we have detected an approximate $81.8 million dollar outflow -- that's a 3.3% decrease week over week (from 46,924,6
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust (Symbol: DIA) where we have detected an approximate $136.0 million dollar outflow -- that's a 0.5% decre
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the AVEM ETF (Symbol: AVEM) where we have detected an approximate $82.2 million dollar inflow -- that's a 2.2% increase week over week in outstanding un
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Value ETF (Symbol: SPYV) where we have detected an approximate $139.8 million dollar outflow -- that's a 0.9% decrease we