ETF Analysis & Opinion

September is regarded as the most active month of the hurricane season—the Atlantic hurricane season extends from early June to late November, and the Eastern Pacific hurricane season runs from...

Currency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) enable retail investors to participate in the foreign exchange market. Market participants can buy or sell a currency fund similar to an equity ETF.According to...

Broader markets, as well as many stocks, are hovering near record highs. So far in 2021, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ 100 are up about 15.5%, 20.4% and 20.9%,...

August was a strong month for the broad indices, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100 gaining about 1.4%, 2.5% and 2.7%, respectively. As we welcome September, analysts...

"The global health industry was worth $8.45 trillion in 2018 and global healthcare could reach over $10 trillion by 2022," according to PolicyAdvice a US insurance specialist. And the US leads global...

As August ends, millions of students are preparing for a new school year. Given the unknowns regarding the Delta variant, different jurisdictions in the US and other countries are likely to have...

Industrial commodities typically refer to raw materials used in infrastructure and construction projects. Thus, the price of copper, as well as ferrous metals like steel; niche metals, such as cobalt;...

We cannot survive without water. As a result of the increasing global population, climate change and the degradation of lakes and rivers, water resources are coming under pressure. In addition to...

We finish the week by discussing two exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that could be appropriate for those looking to invest in so-called "sin" or "vice" shares. Such businesses typically focus on tobacco,...

Global equity markets were on shaky ground during the early weeks of the pandemic in 2020, when investors evaluated risk from a very different perspective. As a result, shares of companies in many...

The amount of money managed by exchange-traded funds (ETFs) continues to grow significantly. “In the first five months of 2021, ETF net inflows are nearly $282 billion… Over the last...

Semiconductors, which include memory chips, microprocessors and integrated circuits are the “brains” of every kind of electronic device. Buoyed by significant demand during the pandemic,...

Warren Buffett, the widely-followed "Oracle of Omaha" who founded and is currently chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRKa) (NYSE:BRKb), is one of the US's most prominent buy-and-hold value...

In 2020, there were more than 7,600 exchange-traded funds (ETFs) worldwide. For the week that ended Aug. 4, U.S. domestic equity funds saw “inflows of $7.90 billion for the week.” In other...