ETF Analysis & Opinion

Emerging Market Funds had a strong start to the calendar year, attracting $4.4 billion in January and $1.3 billion in February. This led to their largest quarterly intake in a year (+$6.0 billion)....

Successful traders and investors tend to watch junk bonds performance to understand when the financial market is bullish (junk bonds do well) versus when the market is bearish (junk bonds don’t...

During the LSEG Lipper fund-flows week ended May 31, 2023, both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite finished at their highest levels since August 2022 after Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) beat its Q1...

Investors were net sellers of fund assets (including those of conventional funds and ETFs) for the first week in six, redeeming a net $2.1 billion for the LSEG Lipper fund-flows week ended Wednesday,...

During Refinitiv Lipper’s fund-flows week that ended May 24, 2023, investors were overall net purchasers of fund assets (including both conventional funds and ETFs) for the sixth week in a row,...

Investors were net purchasers of fund assets (including those of conventional funds and ETFs) for the fourth week in a row, injecting a net $4.6 billion for the LSEG Lipper fund-flows week ended...

US Oil Fund (USO) invests primarily in futures contracts for light, sweet crude oil, other types of crude oil, diesel-heating oil, gasoline, natural gas, and other petroleum-based fuels.Essentially,...

Following an aggressive interest rate hiking cycle throughout 2022 and 2023, cracks began appearing in the U.S. banking sector by March, disproportionately affecting smaller regional banks.After...

Investors were net sellers of fund assets (including those of conventional funds and ETFs) for the first week in eight, withdrawing a net $69.7 billion for the Refinitiv Lipper fund-flows week that...

As regional bank liquidity fears recede and the Federal Reserve Board softened its language about future rate hikes after hiking its key lending rate by 25 basis points (bps) on March 22, saying...

Investors were net purchasers of fund assets (including those of conventional funds and ETFs) for the fifth week in a row, injecting a net $39.8 billion for the Refinitiv Lipper fund-flows week ended...

At a time when stress in the financial sector continues to persist, investors are looking to avoid exposure to banks. While it is tough to pick out ETFs or any funds that have absolutely no exposure...

Bond prices continued to rebound last week as investors worried that the turmoil in the banking sector could spread.Government bonds in developed markets ex-U.S. posted the strongest gain for the...

Government bonds recovered last week, leading the risk-off trade in global markets amid the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history on Friday.The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank raised the...