The Forbes company Q.ai uses an AI analytics methodology that identifies investing opportunities. Right now, it’s liking semiconductors. More specifically, Q.ai likes the VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF (SMH) and the iShares PHLX Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) .
Financial advisors can generate alpha across style, size, and region with environmental, social, and governance ETF strategies. In the recent webcast, ESG: The Key to Portfolios with Both Growth And Value , Brian Griggs, Managing Director, Portfolio Strategist, Nuveen, noted that since the late 2000s, growth has been the standout style.
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.
Semiconductor assets like the iShares PHLX Semiconductor ETF (NasdaqGM: SOXX) are benefitting from supply shortages. Those shortfalls are, in large part, attributable to a rapidly evolving technology landscape, one that includes technologies like data centers, electric vehicles, and much more.
As thematic ETFs see a spike in popularity, one the funds that is seeing heavy inflows is the Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF (LIT) .
As investors rotated out of growth and into value, socially responsible funds that track environmental, social, and governance principles took an indirect hit. ESG strategies target themes beyond company fundamentals and have leaned heavily toward growth-oriented companies in recent years, notably through technology giants like Apple, Google’s parent company Alphabet, and Microsoft.
The present chip shortage is certainly putting the pinch on various industries who need the processing power. As such, semiconductors top the fund flow leader board on ETF Database , which includes assets like the VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF (SMH)
The U.S. advertising market is expected to explode this year as businesses spend more on advertisements to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, bolstering telecommunication sector exchange traded funds that track some of the largest internet advertising venues.
Semiconductors are among the most important technology products today. Assets like the iShares PHLX Semiconductor ETF (NasdaqGM: SOXX) are surging. One of the positive, long-ranging factors in favor of SOXX is rising data center demand.
While cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin tend to get the limelight, the underlying technology known as blockchain continues to work behind the scenes. ETFs like the actively managed Amplify Transformational Data Sharing ETF ( BLOK ) can capture continued upside in the space as blockchain technology continues to permeate business.
SPAC Boom 2020 saw a historic boom in investor sentiment towards Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs), also known as “blank check firms”. SPACs are investment vehicles that go to market without an underlying business, instead using its funds to merge with another company after its IPO.
As the Covid-19 vaccination process picks up pace, stranded travelers will soon begin to take flight, lifting the airline sector and this exchange traded fund. The U.S. Global Jets ETF (NYSEArca: JETS) has already increased 14.9% so far this year as vaccination efforts progress
In recent weeks, concerns have escalated that real inflation is rising. Typically, investors do not think of sector and industry exchange traded funds as inflation-fighting tools. They may want to reconsider with the Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF ( PPA B+ ). PPA seeks to track the investment results (before fees and expenses) of the SPADE® Defense Index.
VIDEO During CNBC’s “ETF Edge,” host Bob Pisani spoke with ETF Trends’ CEO Tom Lydon, ProcureAM CEO Andrew Chanin, and State Street Global Advisors’ Matthew Bartonlini about the upcoming ARK Space Exploration ETF (ARKX) . More specifically, they commented on which stocks they predict could make it into Cathie Wood’s latest venture at Ark Invest.
