ETF Analysis & Opinion

Options-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have gained popularity among retail investors looking for shelter amidst the current volatility on Wall Street. ETFs incorporating option strategies are...

Currently, only about a third of all 3,000 US-listed ETFs are actively managed funds. However, data from 2021 shows that those numbers have been growing dramatically; approximately 60% of new ETFs...

I’d like to trot out our old friend IYR (real estate ETF) once again as a prospective short-sale candidate (or, in my case, long puts, as I did acquire those today). The little fellow has...

Around the Father’s Day and Juneteenth holidays in the US this month, thousands of flights were canceled creating what some dubbed a ‘travel Armageddon,’ impacting millions of...

Investors wishing to reallocate risk have been looking at bond exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which may hold corporate, municipal, Treasuries, or international bonds. In recent days, transactions in US...

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) values have been fundamental tailwinds for many companies and sectors over the past few years. Meanwhile, innovative clean technology (cleantech) businesses...

Keeping pace with high inflation has undoubtedly been among the greatest concerns for stock investors this year. In May, the cost of living, as measured by the consumer price index, rose to 8.6%, a...

On Friday, June 17, Wall Street finished one of its worst trading weeks since the sharp declines seen in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. Broader indices tried to recover their...

Investors were overall net sellers of fund assets (including those of conventional funds and ETFs) for the first week in three, redeeming a net $45.2 billion for the Refinitiv Lipper fund-flows week...

It's been a notably strong year for the US Dollar Index, the basket of six other currencies belonging primarily to the US's most significant trading partners. The index is used as a measure of the...

Despite the current US market rout, the popularity of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has been rising steadily. Hardly a week goes by without a new fund hitting Wall Street's trading floor.Recent data...

After the hot Consumer Price Index release on June 10, analysts are expecting the Federal Reserve to keep raising rates. For consumers and businesses, the huge jump in food and energy prices is...

Wall Street finished last week awash in red as US CPI increased more quickly than expected in May, accelerating the debate as to how much the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in an effort to...

Despite current high levels of volatility on Wall Street, new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are still hitting the market in astonishing numbers. In fact, according to Bloomberg, year-to-date figures...