ETFs Analysis & Opinion

The SPDR® S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:SPY) was the first exchange-traded fund launched in the US in January 1993. Since then the number of funds and assets under management have grown...

Amid the recent volatility in broader markets, a stock debut on Sept. 22 has been making headlines: restaurant software group Toast (NYSE:TOST). It started trading on the Big Board at an opening price...

Yesterday, the Fed kept benchmark interest rates unchanged, close to zero. The central bank is likely to start reducing monthly asset purchases though, some believe as soon as November. However, no...

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock hit an all-time high of $157.16 on Sept. 7. The up move was, in part, due to buying the rumour before the iPhone launch event of Sept. 14.On the day, management revealed the...

Buy-and-hold investors are noticing that September has brought volatility and declines in broader markets. So far in the month, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ 100 are...

So far in 2021, consumer spending in the U.S has been strong. According to the metrics released Aug. 31, the Consumer Board Consumer Confidence Index was “113.8, down from 125.1 in July,”...

Coffee prices hit multi-year highs in 2021. In August, the commodity recorded the 10th consecutive month of surge, mainly due to concerns about weather-related supply constraints and...

Thematic investing could help long-term investors gain from transformative, structural trends. According to BlackRock: "Thematic exchange traded funds (ETFs) target stocks positioned to benefit from...

Hurricane Ida brought attention to energy markets, as "150-mph winds crippled a Louisiana electric grid." Extreme weather patterns due to climate change as well as the devastation they cause, seem to...

We regularly discuss currency exchange-traded funds (ETFs). For example, we recently looked at the Invesco DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund (NYSE:UUP) that could appeal to US dollar bulls as well as...

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk has significant power on social media, providing momentum to asset classes and changing the discourse in the market with a single tweet. He has close to 60 million...

September is regarded as the most active month of the hurricane season—the Atlantic hurricane season extends from early June to late November, and the Eastern Pacific hurricane season runs from...

Currency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) enable retail investors to participate in the foreign exchange market. Market participants can buy or sell a currency fund similar to an equity ETF.According to...

Broader markets, as well as many stocks, are hovering near record highs. So far in 2021, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ 100 are up about 15.5%, 20.4% and 20.9%,...