By Jeremy Schwartz, CFA, Global Head of Research; Kara Marciscano, CFA, Senior Research Analyst Technology experts at Bessemer Venture Partners have released a new report detailing why the FAANG stocks (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google), that so aptly portrayed technology market…
This article melds Dividend Ideas, Retirement, and Portfolio Strategy; it’s an in-depth look at four emerging market ETFs which combine value, growth, quality, and yield
Arguably, dividends never really go out of style, but dividend stocks do encounter rough patches as was the case earlier this year. Good news: payouts are back in style setting up well for the FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund (NYSEArca: QDEF) in 2021.
It’s now the largest actively managed exchange traded of any variety, and its one of the best-performing ETFs this year, active or passive. The ARK Innovation ETF ( ARKK ) didn’t get here by chance. ARKK is often highlighted for being an early ETF advocate for Tesla ( NASDAQ : TSLA ). The case for Tesla upside remains strong because of continuous advancements in EV. “Electric vehicles may cost about the same as their gas-guzzling brethren in just three or four years — and only get cheaper from there,” reports David Baker for Bloomberg .
The current market environment is conducive to equities, but that doesn’t mean bond exposure should be expunged from your portfolio. First, why still get bond exposure? As a Financial Times article put it: “Returns over the horizon may be harder to achieve, but bonds will still play a very important role in portfolios.
Every year, the top asset-gathering exchange traded funds are pure beta, broad market funds. Think the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA: VTI), Invesco QQQ (NASDAQ: QQQ ) or, in the fixed income department, the iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA: AGG).
By Global X In 2020, annual outlooks quickly became obsolete as the COVID-19 pandemic caught the world by surprise. Nearly a year later, we believe massive stimulus efforts, vaccine development and distribution, and new political agendas put us on a likely more predictable path to recovery.
Higher-than-average yield is the number one reason most fixed income investors will add corporate bonds to their debt portfolio. Whether you’re looking for safer haven, investment-grade corporate bonds, or high-risk high-yield debt, VanEck offers plenty of options to consider: VanEck Vectors Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF (BATS: ANGL) : seeks to replicate as closely as possible the price and yield performance of the ICE BofAML US Fallen Angel High Yield Index, which is comprised of below investment grade corporate bonds denominated in U.S. dollars that were rated investment grade at the time of issuance.
By David Schassler, Portfolio Manager and Head of Portfolio and Quantitative Investment Solutions, VanEck VanEck NDR Managed Allocation Fund (NDRMX) tactically adjusts its asset class exposures each month across global stocks, U.S. fixed income and cash.
Fun fact: Over the past decade, exchange-traded funds hauled in $2.7 trillion in new assets while actively managed mutual funds bled $684 billion . That
Amid an already hectic trading session, as investors contend with larger-than-normal trading volumes due to quadruple witching, the phenomenon when options and futures on indexes
It’s been a tricky year for dividend stocks the world over, but that situation is improving, bringing opportunity with exchange traded funds like the Principal
Investors can turn to exchange traded funds to track the expansion of U.S. infrastructure, even if the incoming Joe Biden administration doesn’t make good on
Investors can look to semiconductor sector-specific exchange traded funds as chipmakers struggle to meet a global shortage of chips for electronic devices for laptops, smartphones,
