ETF Analysis & Opinion

Insurance coverage is a crucial part of risk management and can provide a safety net when potential dangers get out of control. Individuals are better positioned to deal with some of life's...

A new bipartisan infrastructure deal in the US might have the green light from the Senate soon. The initiative would cover transportation (i.e., roads, airports, ports and electric vehicle charging...

The increase in global cases of the Delta variant has meant increased volatility for many stocks. Yet, broader indices keep making new highs. So far in the year, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the...

Recent headlines from China highlight that authorities there are cracking down on ‘platform businesses’ amid antitrust violations. The businesses that have felt the heavy hand of...

July was jam-packed with earnings releases and results have shown that profit growth continues despite higher inflation. And on July 28, the Fed left interest rates and its bond-buying program...

In July, broader equity markets performed strongly, and the final days of the month brought new highs to the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500 as well as the tech-heavy NASDAQ 100...

There is a problem with gold ETFs like GLD (NYSE:GLD), iShares Gold Trust (NYSE:IAU), and GraniteShares Gold Trust (NYSE:BAR). They don’t pay any yield at all to investors. Gold prices have...

Converting mutual funds to exchange traded funds (ETFs) has been a trend gathering pace on Wall Street. We recently covered some of the differences between these two types of funds as well as the...

Prices of most commodities have been falling in recent weeks, giving up months of gains. These declines have been widespread, extending to corn, copper, lumber, palladium and platinum futures. But...

Heightened volatility could be on the cards in the equity markets as the earnings season continues at full speed. Most of our readers are familiar with how volatility, a statistical measure, shows the...

Renewable energy sources include solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal and biomass energy, a “renewable organic material that comes from plants and animals.” In 2020, the top primary energy...

Since the listing of the SPDR® S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) in 1992, the first exchange-traded fund in the US, the ETF market has grown rapidly. According to recent numbers from the Investment Company...

We’re living in the continued world of low interest rates. Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s recent statement means the central bank is unlikely to change its monetary policy or increase...

The "billionaire space race" is on, according to recent news headlines. On July 11, Sir Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Galactic (NYSE:SPCE), travelled to space aboard the spacecraft VSS Unity. And...