ETF Analysis & Opinion

Investors were overall net sellers of fund assets (including those of conventional funds and ETFs) for the first week in four, withdrawing a net $21.1 billion for Refinitiv Lipper’s fund-flows...

At his Jan. 11 Senate confirmation hearing, Fed Chair Jerome Powell suggested that higher interest rates would be necessary to control inflation. He said: “We will use our tools to support the...

Investors currently have access to well over 2,000 exchange-traded funds (ETFs) listed in the US, including close to 170 launched in 2021.Meanwhile, metrics from State Street highlight: “ETFs...

Wall Street has started 2022 on a down note. In the first trading week this year, the Dow Jones, the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ 100 were down about 0.3%, 1.9% and 4.5%, respectively.Meanwhile,...

Economists have been debating whether the US consumer will stay strong in the new year. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects global economic growth to be shy of 5% in 2022. Meanwhile, The...

Passive-income seekers see the start of a new year as an opportunity to participate in the "Dogs of the Dow" strategy, an approach that involves buying 10 of the highest dividend-yielding members of...

Wall Street pays attention to the month of January as a potential predictor of equity returns for the remainder of the year. According to the concept known as the "January effect," stocks,...

In 2021, not all sectors or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) were winners. Investors who believe there could be a sectoral rotation in the weeks ahead might consider researching some of those funds that...

The year 2021 was a robust period for the broader indices as well as the 11 sectors of the S&P 500, which we recently reviewed. But we did see divergences in returns of many stocks, especially...

We conclude our four-part ETF exposure review of the 11 sectors of the S&P 500 with today's post.The first article presented the Communication Services, Consumer Staples and Consumer Discretionary...

This article was originally published at The HumbleDollarYOU MIGHT ASK, “What makes an exchange-traded fund the best?” While it’s hard to say for sure which are the right funds to...

In this third of a four-part series, we look at each of the 11 S&P 500 sectors and the exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that give exposure to each segment.As we write, the S&P 500 is hovering at...

Investing in any of the 11 sectors of the S&P 500 index could help anyone diversify their portfolio. Yesterday, we discussed using exchange traded funds (ETFs) to gain a stake in three SPX...

We have entered the final stretch of 2021. Therefore, this week, we'll review the S&P 500 index and its 11 sectors, as per the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®), which uses a...