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Emerging markets bonds offer elevated levels of income, but the asset class can be tricky to navigate for ordinary investors. Active management can help separate risk from reward. One prominent example is the Global X Emerging Markets Bond ETF (EMBD)
Seasoned investors know it’s practical to take a long-term view of developing economies – a task made easier with cost-effective assets like the Invesco PureBeta FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (PBEE) . PBEE seeks to track the investment results (before fees and expenses) of the FTSE Emerging Index.
There is always a “wall of worry” for financial markets to climb. Today, investors rightly worry about how trillions in monetary and fiscal stimulus will impact inflation, interest rates, economic growth, company earnings, and equity valuations.
Social distancing measures during the pandemic only accelerated growth in the financial technology (fintech) space. As such, the environment is rife for digital payments via the VanEck Vectors Digital Transformation ETF (DAPP) . One of DAPP’s holdings is payment processing company PayPal, which saw posted a monster 2020. “The fintech giant had a record year as the pandemic drove shoppers from stores,” a Time article said. “Instead, they bought groceries, movies and underwear on their phones and computers.
Investors late to the value party don’t always need to fret. Value action may just be getting started, indicating it’s not too late to examine the already hot Invesco S&P 500® Pure Value ETF (RPV ) . RPV follows the S&P 500® Pure Value Index.
Since August interest rates have been moving higher. The 10-year U.S. Treasury Note’s yield has moved from 60 basis points to 1.6%. On a historical basis, this is still very low. Investors seeking income may have better choices than buying treasuries.
Whether it’s momentum, volatility, size, quality, or value, there is no one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to factor investing. This is where multi-factor funds can assist, and one place to start is the strongest 2021 performers
Finbold recent highlighted the 10 biggest ETFs in the world , four of which fall under the iShares brand umbrella. “Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are registering increased global interest, and the growth is evident based on the total value of their assets under management,” the Finbold article noted. “Data acquired by Finbold indicates that the value of assets under management (AUM) by the ten largest ETFs has surged 47.56% between March 2020 and April 2021, from $1.14 trillion to $1.69 trillion.
When reviewing the current state of the global economy and investment markets , we recommend focusing on market signals and weeding out market noise.
Real estate investment trusts (REITs) were repudiated at the height of the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, and retail REITs were among the most vulnerable owing to increasing adoption of e-commerce. However, some analysts see opportunities reborn with retail REITs.
Cybersecurity has long been one of the premier and most durable disruptive growth themes, and it’s not stopping anytime soon. The newly minted WisdomTree Cybersecurity Fund (NASDAQ: WCBR) helps investors access the theme. WCBR, which debuted in January, tracks the WisdomTree Team8 Cybersecurity Index.
There were some bumps in the road last year, but dividend growth is returning, highlighting the benefits of exchange traded funds like the ProShares S&P 500 Aristocrats ETF ( NOBL A- ). NOBL tracks the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index and targets the cream of the crop, only selecting components that have increased their dividends for at least 25 consecutive years.
Having accurate and comprehensive data is critical to tracking the evolving European ETF universe. CFRA’s ETF dataset has included reference data for all global ETFs for several years. Today, CFRA announced we were expanding our data set to include constituent holdings coverage for all Europe-based ETFs.