ETF Analysis & Opinion

We often talk about the importance of leadership in the markets. For active investors, it tells us which sectors are out-performing and warns us when those sectors begin to falter.Today is a great...

Emerging Market Funds had a strong start to the calendar year, attracting $4.4 billion in January and $1.3 billion in February. This led to their largest quarterly intake in a year (+$6.0 billion)....

Successful traders and investors tend to watch junk bonds performance to understand when the financial market is bullish (junk bonds do well) versus when the market is bearish (junk bonds don’t...

During the LSEG Lipper fund-flows week ended May 31, 2023, both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite finished at their highest levels since August 2022 after Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) beat its Q1...

Investors were net sellers of fund assets (including those of conventional funds and ETFs) for the first week in six, redeeming a net $2.1 billion for the LSEG Lipper fund-flows week ended Wednesday,...

During Refinitiv Lipper’s fund-flows week that ended May 24, 2023, investors were overall net purchasers of fund assets (including both conventional funds and ETFs) for the sixth week in a row,...

Most associate lithium with EV usage.The largest holding in the ETF basket (Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF (NYSE:LIT) is Albemarle Corp. (NYSE:ALB). The U.S.-based company is not purely a...

US Oil Fund (USO) invests primarily in futures contracts for light, sweet crude oil, other types of crude oil, diesel-heating oil, gasoline, natural gas, and other petroleum-based fuels.Essentially,...

Investors were net purchasers of fund assets (including those of conventional funds and ETFs) for the second week in a row, injecting a net $5.8 billion for the Refinitiv Lipper fund-flows week ended...

Investors were net sellers of fund assets (including those of conventional funds and ETFs) for the first week in eight, withdrawing a net $69.7 billion for the Refinitiv Lipper fund-flows week that...

As regional bank liquidity fears recede and the Federal Reserve Board softened its language about future rate hikes after hiking its key lending rate by 25 basis points (bps) on March 22, saying...

Investors were net purchasers of fund assets (including those of conventional funds and ETFs) for the fifth week in a row, injecting a net $39.8 billion for the Refinitiv Lipper fund-flows week ended...

At a time when stress in the financial sector continues to persist, investors are looking to avoid exposure to banks. While it is tough to pick out ETFs or any funds that have absolutely no exposure...

Bond prices continued to rebound last week as investors worried that the turmoil in the banking sector could spread.Government bonds in developed markets ex-U.S. posted the strongest gain for the...