Nasdaq ETFs

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WisdomTree’s options writing ETF, the WisdomTree PutWrite Strategy Fund (PUTW) has changed its index and name as it refocuses its strategy to provide more consistent income for investors. PUTW was formerly the CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Strategy Fund and tracked the CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Index. The fund will now track the Volos US Large [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Investors can utilize targeted ETF strategies to stay invested in the markets while having a buffer against any further downside risks. In the recent webcast, How to Mitigate Risk in Turbulent Times, Gene Goldman, CIO and director of research at Cetera Investment Management, noted that the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy has dominated the current market [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Suppose you didn’t know about managed futures before this year. In that case, that’s almost assuredly been remedied in the volatility of 2022 when managed futures funds have outperformed virtually everything else by a sizable margin. In the most recent episode of ETF Battles, ETF Guide’s founder Ron DeLegge hosted a head-to-head of the KFA [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Regardless of who wins, the political fallout associated with the midterm elections will likely shake up the markets, contributing to renewed volatility, but the elections could pave the way for new opportunities in portfolio allocation strategies. In the upcoming webcast, The Possible Policy Outcomes of the Midterms and How to Prep Your Portfolio, Matthew Bartolini, [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

While semiconductors have been hit by slowed consumer spending, the market has benefitted from big tech firms like Google, Microsoft, and Amazon upping their capital expenditures in this sector. Google parent Alphabet reported its Q2 capital expenditures growing 24% year-over-year to $6.9 billion. Microsoft’s capital spending grew by 19% YoY to $8.7 billion in the [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The largest producer of lithium globally, Albermarle Corp, a U.S.-based company, beat third-quarter profit expectations due to the increased demand for lithium from electric vehicle manufacturers and strong price momentum for the metal, according to the company. Lithium is a non-ferrous metal and is one of the core components in almost every electric vehicle battery [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Capital gains season is almost upon mutual fund investors. This is a time when fund managers attempt to give their investors an idea of what their 2022 tax bills may look like by estimating how much their funds will distribute in income and capital gains later in the year. While the broad market is down [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

In a year when mega-cap tech firms have taken some serious hits, with big names like Meta, Inc. (META) dropping by as much as 74% YTD and Amazon (AMZN) down almost 50% YTD, investors may be wondering how best to get exposure to innovation. In a market beset by rising rates and geopolitical uncertainty, one [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Foreign investment into China that plummeted in October on fears of what President Xi’s newly appointed cabinet would mean for many aspects of national policy appears to be on the rise once more as China navigates the transition into Xi’s third term. Concerns about a potential tightening of COVID-19 policies in the country, impacts to [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Many advisors have historically gotten emerging markets exposure from a passive ETF or a mutual fund, but there are numerous benefits to switching to active ETFs when tax-loss selling. Matthews Asia has a long history of offering active management expertise to investors, traditionally through mutual funds and separately managed account wrappers. However, in July, the [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

China’s Community Party Congress last month set China equities strategies ablaze as investors grew concerned that government interference and restrictive COVID policies would make the market “uninvestable.” Since then, those concerns have begun to recover, and with reports suggesting COVID-19 rules may become less disruptive, investors should keep an eye on a low fee China [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

With market-based indicators increasingly pointing to a global recession, the utilities sector is poised to outperform the broad market. The U.S. economy avoided another quarter of contraction during Q3; however, forward-looking indicators are signaling that a recession may be looming. The two- and 10-year Treasury yield spread has been negative for four consecutive months, and [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Client First Tax & Wealth Advisors announced the launch of its first exchange traded fund, the Adaptiv Select ETF (NYSE Arca: ADPV). The actively managed U.S. large-cap stock selection fund is available to trade on the New York Stock Exchange. ADPV seeks to identify and own the 25 highest-ranked U.S. large-cap stocks out of a [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

As a very volatile year winds down, it’s time for investors to contemplate their tax loss harvesting strategies. Tax loss harvesting involves selling an investment at a loss, then reinvesting the proceeds of that sale into another asset. The Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is down 16% as of September 30. Meanwhile, the average intermediate [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

I was a dual degree in theater and finance, but until graduation my practical work experience was entirely backstage in performance production. I often get asked if there are applications to my work today as CIO of iShares ETFs and Index investments. My answer? Absolutely.

It’s well-documented that many environmental, social, and governance (ESG) exchange traded funds are heavy on growth stocks. That’s certainly the case with the Invesco ESG Nasdaq 100 ETF (QQMG). QQMG, which turned a year old last week, follows the Nasdaq-100 ESG Index, meaning a growth/technology profile is in this ETF’s DNA. That explains the ETF’s [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The path to clean is green: this seems to be a common refrain as the world becomes more reliant on alternative energy in order to reduce carbon contamination in the atmosphere. This creates opportunities for clean energy exchange traded funds (ETFs). Global mass adoption is already making its way into data. So far wind and [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The capital markets are expecting more rate hikes, and this could give bearish bond traders an opportunity, particularly for inverse Treasury exchange traded funds (ETFs). Obviously, it’s not a new strategy, given the way the bond markets have been trending down for most of the year. Aggressive rate hiking by the U.S. Federal Reserve has [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Meet a Strategist is a feature where Evan Harp talks to different strategists about how their firms are responding to the current moment. This week, he sat down with Chris Konstantinos, director of investments and chief investment strategist at Riverfront Investment Group. Evan Harp: What’s keeping your clients up at night? Chris Konstantinos: What isn’t [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.