ETF Analysis & Opinion

February started on a higher note. But after January's rout on Wall Street, volatility looks poised to persist, at least for the next few weeks. As a consequence, many investors are looking to...

In 2021, Wall Street saw over 350 new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) become listed, amounting to a total of 2,570 ETFs stateside by Dec. 31. Globally, there were over 1,330 funds launched last year,...

Red ink flowed like wine for most of the major asset classes in January, with some notable exceptions, based on a set of ETFs.Commodities were the upside outlier last month, offering substantial...

The uncertainty caused by soaring inflation levels, a hawkish Fed, and novel COVID-19 variants has left many investors scratching their heads. As a consequence, broader markets have turned south. The...

Risk-off conditions, including increasing inflation, put broader markets on edge in January. The S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100 indices have turned lower and lost 6.9% and 11.5% so far in the...

Green energy may be the future, but it’s still having a rough time in the present while shares of conventional fossil fuel companies extend last year’s strong bull run.The sharp divergence...

Investors were overall net purchasers of fund assets (including those of conventional funds and ETFs) for the first week in three, injecting a net $15.2 billion for Refinitiv Lipper’s fund-flows...

Investors looking for exposure to the foreign exchange (forex) market are increasingly researching currency exchange-traded funds (CETFs). As regular brokerage accounts can access these ETFs, retail...

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) recently announced the acquisition of the leading video game publisher Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI). The all-cash deal reported on Jan. 18 values ATVI stock at $95 per...

Inverse and leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) typically replicate the reverse or the leveraged (usually twice or three times) of the returns of an index daily. Assets in such products increased...

Widespread losses…with a few places to hide: Risk assets took a hit this week, or at least most did. But some corners of the global market were havens. The main upside outlier: commodities....

Volatility and declining equity prices have dominated financial news since the start of the new year. The Dow Jones, the S&P 500, and the NASDAQ 100 declined 4.4%, 5.9%, and 9.5%, respectively....

An increasing appetite for exchange-traded funds (ETFs) was evident on Wall Street in 2021. Net inflows into US-listed ETFs hit a record $910 billion, according to data from research and analytics...

Tech shares have mostly begun 2022 on a down note, as the tech-heavy NASDAQ 100 index has lost 5% since the start of the year. Seasoned investors realize that occasional market declines, especially...