ETF Analysis & Opinion

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...

Recent days saw the four major U.S. indices hit all-time highs. Yet, not every sector had a strong 2020. Namely, shares of companies in the energy, leisure, travel, insurance and real estate sectors,...

Don’t listen to the index-fund crowd: it is possible to beat the market year in and year out—and you can do it while grabbing big 7%+ dividends, too!There are three steps to pulling off...

Wall Street is on track this week for a flood of quarterly earnings reports from some of the US's biggest companies. Investors will be paying special attention to Big Tech and other businesses whose...

Investors in cannabis stocks and cannabis-focused exchange-traded funds (ETFs) had a roller-coaster 2020. Until the end of October, many of them had lost around half their value or, in some cases,...

Fidelity Investments, whose history goes back to the early 1940s, has long been associated with mutual funds. However, in recent years, the group has also increased its exchange-traded funds...

Washington is getting ready to welcome a new administration on Wednesday as President-elect Joseph Biden is inaugurated on Jan. 20. Since the Democrats will soon control both branches of Congress, as...

Anyone on the prowl for vulnerable ETFs might want to look at consumer staples, the symbol being Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR® Fund (NYSE:XLP): Here’s a closer look. Roll over,...

Since March 2020, the US Dollar Index, which measures the value of the greenback relative to a basket of six currencies from some of the most significant U.S. trading partners, has been steadily...

We can look back at 2020 as the year precious metals regained their luster. Gold and silver prices went up by about 20% and 43%, respectively during that period.We recently covered global silver miner...

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) was one of the darlings of Wall Street in 2020. In the past 52 weeks, the shares returned about 33%. On Sept. 2, the stock saw a record-high $232.86. As a mega-cap company with...

Despite the impressive gains in broader markets and several industries in 2020, not every sector, company or investment theme was a winner last year.We covered several of these laggards in recent...

Another earnings season is here. The financial sector typically gets the most attention in the first days of quarterly reporting. Yet, many other closely-followed companies in other sectors report...