ETF Analysis & Opinion

Growth stocks have been one of the catalysts of the recent rally in global stock markets. A growth stock typically increases revenue and earnings at a faster rate than its peers. They tend to operate...

In March 2020, the cash price of copper hit a multi-year low of $4,617 per tonne on the LME. Then, recently, along with many asset classes, copper surged to reach the current multi-year highs of...

Financial services and bank stocks are in the spotlight as the likelihood of an additional US fiscal stimulus package increases. In 2020, financial shares underperformed, but renewed hopes for better...

Invesco’s CleanTech ETF (NYSE:PZD) has dropped most of its year-to-date gains in this past week as market volatility seems to have affected the fund’s short-term performance, a situation...

The average equity fund (including ETFs) just managed to stay in positive territory for January, posting a 0.28% return for a third consecutive month of plus-side performance. With investors beginning...

Real estate is one of the most widely-followed sectors of the U.S. economy. Recent metrics released by the U.S. Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development show New Home Sales in...

For many investors, looking beyond equities in their home countries is not always easy. Yet, investing in stocks overseas could give access to global industry titans' growth and provide portfolio...

Special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, were hot in 2020, when 248 went public, raising well over $80 billion. New SPACs are issued nearly every week, and many regard them as one of the...

This GameStop (NYSE:GME) madness is a clear and present danger to our dividends.Let’s stop and look at exactly what it means for our income streams, and what we’re going to buy to protect...

Equity markets are volatile at the moment. The choppiness reminds most investors of the importance of diversification, such as including defensive assets in portfolios. Meanwhile, in the current low...

The earnings season has brought increased volatility as well as downward pressure on broader U.S. indices. As of yesterday, the S&P 500 index has now given up the 2021 gains and is in negative...

It wasn’t supposed to be this way, but the Reddit army discovered their favourite broker for taking from the rich, Robinhood, was secretly the Sheriff of Nottingham. That dominated business news...

Innovation comes in many forms. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) defines innovation as “the implementation of a new or significantly improved product (good or...

In many ways, 2020 was an unforgettable year for investors. Despite rapid initial declines in equities in February and March, stocks not only recovered but hit record highs in subsequent months. And...