ETFs Analysis & Opinion

Wall Street is debating whether the Federal Reserve might announce an emergency interest rate hike soon. Recent data released by the Labor Department shows inflation at 7.5%, the highest level in...

In January, US consumer prices charged higher as the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) went up by 0.6%. Inflation now stands at 7.5%, the highest figure in four decades.A...

Many people have marked Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, on their calendars. The annual festivity has evolved to one of the year’s most lucrative shopping seasons in the US. Therefore, Wall Street pays...

Financial technology (fintech) stocks were some of the hottest on Wall Street during the pandemic. Research by SVB Financial Group highlights that five of the ten most prominent venture capital-backed...

Non-fungible token (NFT) investors have a special reason for tuning into the Super Bowl LVI next Sunday. In September 2021, the National Football League (NFL), along with the National Football League...

Wall Street was pleased with Alphabet's (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Q4 and FY 2021 results released on Feb. 1. Before the release GOOGL stock was around $2,700. The next day, it surged to $3,030.93. The tech...

Better-than-expected quarterly earnings from several heavyweights, such as Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD), Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL), Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Caterpillar...

February started on a higher note. But after January's rout on Wall Street, volatility looks poised to persist, at least for the next few weeks. As a consequence, many investors are looking to...

The uncertainty caused by soaring inflation levels, a hawkish Fed, and novel COVID-19 variants has left many investors scratching their heads. As a consequence, broader markets have turned south. The...

Risk-off conditions, including increasing inflation, put broader markets on edge in January. The S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100 indices have turned lower and lost 6.9% and 11.5% so far in the...

Supply-chain issues dominated headlines in 2021. Since the early days of COVID-19, we have seen a ripple effect across global supply chains, restricting international trade flows. Bottlenecks...

Investors looking for exposure to the foreign exchange (forex) market are increasingly researching currency exchange-traded funds (CETFs). As regular brokerage accounts can access these ETFs, retail...

Volatility is back on Wall Street, just as many analysts predicted. The widely-followed VIX index is hovering around the 29 level, its highest in a year. Meanwhile, broader indices including the Dow...

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) recently announced the acquisition of the leading video game publisher Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI). The all-cash deal reported on Jan. 18 values ATVI stock at $95 per...