ETFs Analysis & Opinion

Wall Street has started 2022 on a down note. In the first trading week this year, the Dow Jones, the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ 100 were down about 0.3%, 1.9% and 4.5%, respectively.Meanwhile,...

Economists have been debating whether the US consumer will stay strong in the new year. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects global economic growth to be shy of 5% in 2022. Meanwhile, The...

Passive-income seekers see the start of a new year as an opportunity to participate in the "Dogs of the Dow" strategy, an approach that involves buying 10 of the highest dividend-yielding members of...

January 2022 could be a good time to review financial goals and start investing regularly. Long-term investors know that time is always on their side.Here’s why: Let’s assume you are now...

Wall Street pays attention to the month of January as a potential predictor of equity returns for the remainder of the year. According to the concept known as the "January effect," stocks,...

In 2021, not all sectors or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) were winners. Investors who believe there could be a sectoral rotation in the weeks ahead might consider researching some of those funds that...

The year 2021 was a robust period for the broader indices as well as the 11 sectors of the S&P 500, which we recently reviewed. But we did see divergences in returns of many stocks, especially...

We conclude our four-part ETF exposure review of the 11 sectors of the S&P 500 with today's post.The first article presented the Communication Services, Consumer Staples and Consumer Discretionary...

Investing in any of the 11 sectors of the S&P 500 index could help anyone diversify their portfolio. Yesterday, we discussed using exchange traded funds (ETFs) to gain a stake in three SPX...

We have entered the final stretch of 2021. Therefore, this week, we'll review the S&P 500 index and its 11 sectors, as per the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®), which uses a...

The last few days of December usually means fewer trading days on Wall Street. Meanwhile, billions of global citizens get ready to start the new year with renewed hopes and resolutions. And shopping...

As we get ready to end a volatile month on stock markets, many investors are looking for ways to diversify their portfolios.Numerous academic studies highlight that in the long-run, small caps tend to...

Options-based exchange traded funds (ETFs) have been gaining popularity among investors. Such funds are typically designed to provide income or downside protection (i.e., hedging). In other words,...

Real estate investment trusts (REITs) enable maket participants to invest in the growth of real estate, one of the most important segments of any economy. The asset class typically provides passive...