Thematic Investing Channel Global X ETFs announced in a press release the launch of six ETFs designed to help investors looking for options-based strategies in a period of low-yield increased volatility. The COVID -19 pandemic has created a perpetually low-rate environment with marked periods of volatility.
Investors can effectively diversify traditional portfolios with commodities exchange traded funds. In the recent webcast, Industry Experts on Opportunities in Today’s Biggest Commodities , Helima Croft, Managing Director, Head of Global Commodity Strategy and MENA Research, RBC Capital Markets, outlined some of the current energy market dynamics, with the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, or OPEC+, beginning to ease cuts.
Getting multi-asset exposure can help shield the volatility that investors have recently experienced in the stock market, and Invesco exchange-traded funds (ETFs) can give them that exposure for various risk profiles. There are times when investors need to be risk-averse, especially when volatility hits hard.
Surging real estate prices and the popularity of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing make a for a potent combination with the Invesco MSCI Green Building ETF (GBLD) . GLBD poses a unique investing opportunity as the global movement toward energy efficiency slowly permeates into the real estate industry.
Robinson Capital Management has unveiled an actively managed ETF investing in pre-merger Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs). James Robinson, CEO and CIO of Robinson Capital Management. Listed on NYSE Arca , the Robinson Alternative Yield Pre-Merger SPAC ETF (SPAX US) seeks to provide investors with total returns in excess of cash equivalents and short-to-intermediate-duration fixed income while seeking to protect investors’ capital.
Grains-related exchange traded funds jumped Wednesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture came out with lower-than-anticipated plantings estimates and inventory. Among the best performing non-leveraged ETFs of Wednesday, the Teucrium Corn Fund (CORN) increased 6.7%, the Teucrium Wheat Fund (NYSEArca: WEAT) rose 5.1%, and the Teucrium Soybean Fund (NYSEArca: SOYB) gained 5.2%.
Commodities have literally been a hot commodity in the capital markets given inflation fears midway through the year, and investors can capture this upside and hedge inflation with the Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund (DBC) .
Exchange traded fund investors should consider the role commodities can play in a well-balanced investment portfolio. In the recent webcast, Commodities: Disrupted Demand, Disrupted Supply, Continued Opportunities , Robert Minter, Director of ETF Investment Strategy, Aberdeen Standard Investments; and Stan Kiang, Director of Strategic Accounts, Aberdeen Standard Investments, argued that while commodities have always rounded out diversified portfolios, they are becoming even more prominent as we begin to emerge from the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Traditionally, small cap companies come with more risk and volatility than their mid- and large-cap counterparts, but they also offer more upside potential. That’s true across the sector landscape – including in gold miners.
As the capital markets start to fret over rising interest rates, investors can position themselves to soften the blow with commodities, including the Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF (COM) . “Prices for the building blocks of the economy have surged over the past year,” a Wall Street Journal article explained.
Though the tax implications of REITs can seem arcane, their above-average dividends make the asset class worth a look. The average dividend yield for equity REITs is about 5%, compared to 1.9% for stocks in the S&P 500 Index, according to data from the Motley Fool .
Investable Market Real Estate 25/50 Index sports a dividend yield of 3.50%, almost 110 basis points above the yield on the S&P 500. Real estate investors looking to jumpstart their yield profiles can turn to the PowerShares KBW Premium Yield Equity REIT Portfolio (NYSEArca: KBWY), which tracks the yield-weighted KBW Nasdaq Premium Yield Equity REIT Index.
With the Covid-19 pandemic still a wild card in the current market landscape, diversifying through multi-asset exposure is still important. Assets like the Invesco Growth Multi-Asset Allocation ETF (PSMG) can help. PSMG also has a growth component built into the fund.
A seller’s market and relatively low interest rates have helped to fuel real estate ETFs in spite of the pandemic. ETF provider Invesco has a few funds investors may want to consider for real estate exposure. Real estate ETFs give investors exposure to the asset class without the necessary startup capital necessary to purchase property.
