ETF Analysis & Opinion

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...

Cryptocurrencies have mostly started the new year on a down note. For instance, Bitcoin and Ethereum, the two largest digital assets by market capitalization, are down around 11% and 14%,...

Wall Street has been paying close attention to Brent and crude oil prices after the duo came under pressure in the last quarter of 2021, mainly due to the uncertainty caused by surging Omicron cases....

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...

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...

January 2022 could be a good time to review financial goals and start investing regularly. Long-term investors know that time is always on their side.Here’s why: Let’s assume you are now...

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,...