Nasdaq ETFs

Trend following is having a rip-roaring year this year, capitalizing on continued volatility and uncertainty in markets. Andrew Beer, co-portfolio manager of the wildly popular iMGP DBi Managed Futures Strategy ETF (DBMF), and managing member of Dynamic Beta investments was a recent guest on the “Top Traders Unplugged: Systematic Investor” podcast hosted by Niels Kaastrup-Larsen, a [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The S&P 500 ended last week with a 2.37% up day. It gave investors a bit a “hope” that things could be getting a little better. Maybe the Fed “blinked,” and that is what fueled the markets higher. Perhaps we could even “hope” that the bear markets could be coming to an end. Bear markets [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Thanks to recent strong performance and low correlation to other global asset classes, investor buzz around the carbon markets is growing. This year, the California Carbon Market stands out as regulators have committed to aggressive emissions reduction targets that will constrain the supply of credits in the region. These measures could drive the price of [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Investors seeking future leaders in traditional market sectors can turn to active exchange traded fund strategies to capture these nascent opportunities. In the recent webcast, Positioning for the Future with Thematic ETFs: A Discussion with Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Marissa Ansell, Lead Client Portfolio Manager For Thematic Investing, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, highlighted five ETF [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Investors may want to hold China tech ETFs given the underlying numbers, despite the serious hit to China stocks on Monday following Chinese President Xi Jinping’s consolidation of power at this weekend’s Communist Party Congress. Several key tech stocks, including Alibaba (BABA), Tencent (TCEHY), and Baidu (BIDU), dropped by double-digit percentages amid fears of political [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

While many think the Federal Reserve should ease up on the gas with raising interest rates, JPMorgan Chase President and Chief Operating Officer Daniel Pinto believe the U.S. central bank is on the right track in its quest to curb high inflation. And if the Fed’s rate hikes lead to a recession, so be it. [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The ALPS Disruptive Technologies ETF (DTEC) is a solid offering for consideration as growthier segments of the market take off again. The disruptive tech ETF has increased 7.5% over the past five days and nearly 2% in the past one-month period. The fund is still trading below its previous highs, presenting an opportunity to buy [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Apple’s announcement that it will make its iPhone 14 in India is a clear sign that the tech giant is looking to move production away from China. Although Apple has been assembling phones in India since 2017, they are usually older models. This is the first time the company is producing its latest model in [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

 VettaFi financial Futurist Dave Nadig joined Invesco’s Anna Paglia on ETF Edge with Bob Pisani to discuss tech trends, the search for yield, and commodity trends. After Pisani noted that tech is getting hammered and the Invesco QQ Trust (QQQ) is down 31%, he remarked that flows still seem positive. Paglia attributed this to [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Equal weight sector ETFs are poised to hold up better than their market cap-weighted peers should Big Tech companies report disappointing third-quarter earnings.  Investors are eagerly awaiting earnings reports this week from Big Tech companies Alphabet (GOOGL), Microsoft (MSFT), Intel (INTC), Apple (AAPL), Meta Platforms (META), and Amazon (AMZN). What these companies have to say [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Record high inflation, a hawkish Federal Reserve, and the war in Ukraine have rightfully caused investor sentiment to be bleak of late. While investors may be hard-pressed to find the bright spot in the current economic environment, one silver lining with bear markets is that they often provide buying opportunities. It’s difficult to not see [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Tech earnings week is upon us, and with the stock market in a mini rally over the last several days, earnings numbers from the likes of Apple (AAPL), Meta Platforms, Inc. (META), Alphabet (GOOGL), Amazon.com (AMZN), and Microsoft (MSFT) are poised to drive the narrative for the rest of the month. Investors looking for tech [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

With earnings season about to shift into high gear, VettaFi head of research Todd Rosenbluth appeared on Yahoo!Finance to discuss how big tech earnings could impact ETF investors. Rosenbluth noted that tech ETFs have been relatively strong in 2022 in terms of inflows. He said, “we’ve seen over 6 billion dollars of money go into [...] 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 Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF (Symbol: IDEV) where we have detected an approximate $157.4 million dollar inflow -- that's a

ARK Genomic Revolution ETF (ARKG) holding Pacific Biosciences (PACB) opened lower on Monday but is still posting one-month returns topping 48%.  Shares of Pacific Biosciences traded up around 16% last Friday after a busy news week. The company announced last Monday a collaboration with the Consortium for Long Read Sequencing (CoLoRS) to analyze the frequency [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

The Invesco Dynamic Oil & Gas Services ETF (PXJ) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Monday, with over 3.7 million shares traded versus three month average volume of about 106,000. Shares of PXJ were up about 0.9% on the day.

In trading on Monday, the iShares U.S. Regional Banks ETF (IAT) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 2.4% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Western Alliance (WAL), up about 6.9% and shares of Keycorp (KEY), up about 5.9% on the d

As the leaves turn, the time has come again to consider the merits of tax loss harvesting troublesome stocks and holdings — even those that we still want to hold. With the FAANGs down YTD in amounts ranging from -69.5% at worst for Meta Platforms Inc. (META) to -21.07% in the best case for Apple [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Bitcoin’s correlation to gold has ramped up in recent weeks, causing some investors to incorrectly speculate that it could once again contend with the yellow metal as an inflation-hedging store of value in the event of widespread economic collapse. Over the past 40 days, Bitcoin’s correlation with gold is at .50. Much of this is [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

In a study of analyst recommendations at the major brokerages, for the underlying components of the S&P 500, DexCom Inc (Symbol: DXCM) has taken over the #45 spot from Horton Inc (Symbol: DHI), according to ETF Channel. Below is a chart of DexCom Inc versus Horton Inc plot