Tag: ETF sectors and rotation

According to the latest U.S. e-commerce data release on February 17, 4Q e-commerce continues to grow its market share of total retail sales on a year-over-year basis as predicted . The S-Network Global E-Commerce

The actively managed Franklin Exponential Data ETF (XDAT) offers a different look, investing in global firms in the big data space that may benefit from advancements in AI processes like machine learning. For

Furthermore, agricultural commodities like wheat offer investors alternative exposure to traditional assets in a portfolio like stocks and bonds. That said, agricultural commodities can offer that hedge should

While consumer studies from the University of Michigan and Conference Board show that the overall mood of American consumers is still below pre-pandemic levels, reports from travel, services, and consumer goods

In particular, we note that Norway is supporting substantial investment into the Norwegian Continental Shelf, even offering tax rebates to oil companies to develop these strategic reserves while the markets are still

The oil macro in 2023 will likely be heavily influenced by headlines related to Russian supply and Chinese demand as the country reopens.
US production growth is expected to be modest, as companies practice capital discipline and grapple with service cost inflation.
Traditional energy companies have been using cash flows from oil and gas to invest in clean energy opportunities.

It will be worse, in our view, because most of the restaurants, hotels, cruise lines, and nursing facilities employee low-paid staff with high turnover. While Chipotle has largely cleaned up its act (after adopting

“The U.S. government spends far more on defense than any other country, awarding contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars to American companies that manufacture military technology and

In the United States, domestic disappearance of oats due to human consumption surpassed that of animal feed only in the last decade, as interest in the crop for food has strengthened. This figure underlies the

Energy had a record year in 2022, but it is still a great place to put your money to work in 2023, as drivers of last year’s performance are intact. The sector had the best earnings growth by far in the S&P 500 in 2022. While this will slow in 23, supply dynamics and margins are bullish. The Energy sector has changed over the years to be more shareholder friendly. Valuations and capital policies are both attractive. The market seems to have assigned too low of a terminal value to Energy. Hurdles to renewables will continue throughout 2023.

Europe has made a conscious effort to fill its natural gas storage capacity going into winter and reduce its demand for energy, with a European Union (EU) agreed target to reduce gas demand by 15% from August

Both 2019 and 2020 were quite positive years, leading to companies increasing capital expenditures, which leads to increasing the supplies of semiconductors, which eventually leads to supply outpacing demand and

Healthcare significantly outperformed the broader market last year, after two years of underperforming the S&P 500.When the end to restrictive policy is in sight, then the sector is likely to witness a group rotation to more growth-oriented stocks. Groups like medical devices and biotechs should perform better as the year matures, while defensive groups like pharma should perform well during the earlier part of the year.

VanEck Natural Resources ETF tracks an index of hard asset firms. HAP has a global portfolio with holdings across six continents. The fund invests in companies that generate at least half their revenue from hard assets including agriculture, alternatives, base/industrial metals, energy, forest products and precious metals. HAP has had an impressive run of late up 12% over the past three months