Nasdaq ETFs

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The major equity indexes extended their rally Friday to close up for the month, buoyed by positive earnings from mega-cap companies this week. For advisors and investors looking to earn income within equities, the NEOS S&P 500 High Income ETF (SPYI) is worth consideration, given recent distribution yields ahead of the strong earnings season thus [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The S&P 500 closed April with a monthly gain of 1.46%, after a gain of 3.51% in March. At this point, after close on the last day of the month, two of five Ivy Portfolio ETFs — Vanguard Real Estate ETF (VNQ) and Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund (DBC) — are signaling “cash”, unchanged from last month’s [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

In trading on Friday, shares of the iShares MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETF (Symbol: MTUM) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $142.36, changing hands as high as $142.67 per share. iShares MSCI USA Momentum Factor shares are currently trading up about 0.7% on the day.

In trading on Friday, shares of the JETS ETF (Symbol: JETS) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $18.09, changing hands as high as $18.11 per share. JETS shares are currently trading up about 2.3% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of JETS sha

In trading on Friday, shares of the SCHM ETF (Symbol: SCHM) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $67.35, changing hands as high as $67.45 per share. SCHM shares are currently trading up about 1% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of SCHM share

Although inflation went down in March, it didn’t drop as much as Wall Street had expected, which suggests the Federal Reserve still has a ways to go in its fight to curb stubbornly high consumer prices. The personal consumption expenditures index excluding food and energy increased by 0.3% in March. Meanwhile, core PCE increased by [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The death knell for First Republic Bank could be tolling as shares continue to plummet on Friday. Banking sector stress and fears of contagion led to a flight to treasuries and other safe havens mid-March and benefited funds like the Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF (IVOL) that invest in TIPS and along the yield [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Invesco has six non-core fixed income ETFs that advisors can add to portfolios to create alpha opportunities and increase portfolio diversification. Exposure to non-core fixed income is important as the largest U.S. bond index only provides exposure to approximately 40% of the U.S. fixed income universe and doesn’t include areas with some of the highest [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Cash holdings were at almost record highs at the start of the year as volatile stock and bond markets led investors to put a record amount of capital into money market accounts at the end of 2022. However, most advisors are now bullish on equities for the remainder of 2023. According to a recent Pulse [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

This week, the VettaFi Voices gather around the water cooler and talk smart beta and equal weight ETFs. With the Invesco S&P 500® Equal Weight ETF (RSP) recently seeing its 20th birthday, how can investors use smart beta ETFs to their advantage? What is their outlook for the rest of the year, and what types [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

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BYD surpassed Volkswagen in sales in China in the first quarter of 2023, becoming the top car brand for the first time, reported Bloomberg. The Chinese EV manufacturer continues to gain ground, expanding into overseas markets in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, and is a company that the KraneShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility ETF (KARS) [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

At Exchange 2023, Asad Jamil, regional vice president, ETF specialist at Capital Group, said that after 2022 “was the first time in 45 years in which we saw stocks and bonds both decline in tandem,” and in 2023, “the conversation is all about risk.” “Looking forward to 2023, I think one of the things investors [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Dividend Fund ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Friday, with over 418,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 153,000. Shares of DES were up about 1% on the day. Components of that ETF with the highest vo

In trading on Friday, the First Trust Natural Gas ETF is outperforming other ETFs, up about 2.9% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Talos Energy, up about 6.5% and shares of Callon Petroleum, up about 5.6% on the day.

Analyzing funds’ Sharpe ratios can be a useful tool in assessing whether investors are being rewarded for taking on additional risk. NightShares launched three ETFs in 2022 that offer exposure to the overnight session, which has historically outperformed the daytime trading session on a risk-adjusted basis, evidenced by a higher Sharpe ratio. This market anomaly [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

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Every week we take stock of the ETF industry in our weekly ETF KPIs, and we’ve observed that the ratio between the number of ETF launches to ETF closures has dropped to roughly 2, indicating that for every 2 ETFs launched, 1 closes down. Just a year ago, we were looking at a ratio that [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

In trading on Friday, shares of the LVHD ETF (Symbol: LVHD) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $37.52, changing hands as high as $37.57 per share. LVHD shares are currently trading up about 0.4% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of LVHD sha