ETF Analysis & Opinion

An actively managed exchange-traded fund (ETF) invests in financial assets, including stocks, bonds, currencies or commodities, selected by its fund manager rather than passively following a benchmark...

Equal-weighted exchange-traded funds (ETFs) invest equal amounts of money in companies irrespective of their market capitalizations (caps). As such, a firm's market cap does not matter. The ETF...

As the 12-year bull market rages on, the importance of technology stocks has taken center stage – in our daily lives as well as in the stock market. Make no mistake, this bull market has been...

Real estate is one of the most important sectors of the US economy, and Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) typically get significant investors attention. In the US, regulations require REITs to...

New exchange-traded funds (ETFs), especially with a thematic focus, have been regularly entering the market. Today, we'll introduce two actively-managed funds recently announced by Simplify Asset...

Investing concepts, including environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing, socially-responsible investing (SRI) and impact investing, have become important features of the investment process....

The NASDAQ 100 is at a record high, up about 43.6% over the past 12 months. By comparison, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 are up around 6.4% and 16.4%, respectively.While the...

A wild year like 2020 is a great acid test for closed-end funds (CEFs)—and it can tell us a lot about which of these high-yield plays to pick (and avoid!) as we move deeper into 2021.A Split...

Almost a year ago, in mid-February 2020, broader markets stalled and went into freefall in a matter of weeks as COVID-19 became a global pandemic. Then came the rally that took many stocks to record...

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...