ETF Analysis & Opinion

Risk-off conditions, including increasing inflation, put broader markets on edge in January. The S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100 indices have turned lower and lost 6.9% and 11.5% so far in the...

Supply-chain issues dominated headlines in 2021. Since the early days of COVID-19, we have seen a ripple effect across global supply chains, restricting international trade flows. Bottlenecks...

Investors looking for exposure to the foreign exchange (forex) market are increasingly researching currency exchange-traded funds (CETFs). As regular brokerage accounts can access these ETFs, retail...

Volatility is back on Wall Street, just as many analysts predicted. The widely-followed VIX index is hovering around the 29 level, its highest in a year. Meanwhile, broader indices including the Dow...

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) recently announced the acquisition of the leading video game publisher Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI). The all-cash deal reported on Jan. 18 values ATVI stock at $95 per...

Inverse and leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) typically replicate the reverse or the leveraged (usually twice or three times) of the returns of an index daily. Assets in such products increased...

An increasing appetite for exchange-traded funds (ETFs) was evident on Wall Street in 2021. Net inflows into US-listed ETFs hit a record $910 billion, according to data from research and analytics...

Tech shares have mostly begun 2022 on a down note, as the tech-heavy NASDAQ 100 index has lost 5% since the start of the year. Seasoned investors realize that occasional market declines, especially...

Cryptocurrencies have mostly started the new year on a down note. For instance, Bitcoin and Ethereum, the two largest digital assets by market capitalization, are down around 11% and 14%,...

January brings a new earnings season when most US-listed names begin issuing results for the last quarter of the previous year. Financial shares usually are the first to report.On Jan 14, markets paid...

Wall Street has been paying close attention to Brent and crude oil prices after the duo came under pressure in the last quarter of 2021, mainly due to the uncertainty caused by surging Omicron cases....

At his Jan. 11 Senate confirmation hearing, Fed Chair Jerome Powell suggested that higher interest rates would be necessary to control inflation. He said: “We will use our tools to support the...

Investors currently have access to well over 2,000 exchange-traded funds (ETFs) listed in the US, including close to 170 launched in 2021.Meanwhile, metrics from State Street highlight: “ETFs...

Wall Street has started 2022 on a down note. In the first trading week this year, the Dow Jones, the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ 100 were down about 0.3%, 1.9% and 4.5%, respectively.Meanwhile,...