ETF Analysis & Opinion

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...

Earnings season has begun and many investors are wondering if the wobbly price action seen in broad markets over the past few days could well continue in the near future.Many stocks and indices have...

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...

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...

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...

Companies return cash to investors by two methods—share buybacks and dividends. We regularly discuss exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that pay dividends. But today, we focus on share buybacks and...

A new year typically means renewed hopes for many people. It is also a good time for retail investors to review long-term portfolio holdings.Concerns about how COVID-19 could affect some sectors were...

If you are thinking about investing in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) next year, there are several that provided double-digit returns in 2020 that could possibly continue to do well in the coming...

This year has been a roller-coaster for markets and the exchange traded funds that track them, with significant divergences in fortunes across sectors during the pandemic. Today, we review ETFs that...

Many investors look for anomalies or systematic patterns—often described as influences due to seasonality—to beat the market. One of these is the January effect which suggests that...

As COVID-19 vaccines become more widely available, Wall Street is hopeful that 2021 will bring more normalcy and in turn revive industries stymied by the impact of COVID-19.Last week's...

Considering joining the “Dogs of the Dow” club in 2021?The Dogs of the Dow is a stock-picking strategy, ideal for passive-income seekers, that invests in the 10 highest dividend-yielding...