ETFs Analysis & Opinion

Tech juggernaut Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) went public in May 1997 at only $18. Now, it has a market cap of about $1.56 trillion and trades around $3,100 per share. The Seattle-based e-commerce giant...

An actively managed exchange-traded fund (ETF) invests in financial assets, including stocks, bonds, currencies or commodities, selected by its fund manager rather than passively following a benchmark...

Equal-weighted exchange-traded funds (ETFs) invest equal amounts of money in companies irrespective of their market capitalizations (caps). As such, a firm's market cap does not matter. The ETF...

Real estate is one of the most important sectors of the US economy, and Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) typically get significant investors attention. In the US, regulations require REITs to...

New exchange-traded funds (ETFs), especially with a thematic focus, have been regularly entering the market. Today, we'll introduce two actively-managed funds recently announced by Simplify Asset...

Investing concepts, including environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing, socially-responsible investing (SRI) and impact investing, have become important features of the investment process....

The NASDAQ 100 is at a record high, up about 43.6% over the past 12 months. By comparison, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 are up around 6.4% and 16.4%, respectively.While the...

Almost a year ago, in mid-February 2020, broader markets stalled and went into freefall in a matter of weeks as COVID-19 became a global pandemic. Then came the rally that took many stocks to record...

In March 2020, the cash price of copper hit a multi-year low of $4,617 per tonne on the LME. Then, recently, along with many asset classes, copper surged to reach the current multi-year highs of...

Financial services and bank stocks are in the spotlight as the likelihood of an additional US fiscal stimulus package increases. In 2020, financial shares underperformed, but renewed hopes for better...

For many investors, looking beyond equities in their home countries is not always easy. Yet, investing in stocks overseas could give access to global industry titans' growth and provide portfolio...

Special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, were hot in 2020, when 248 went public, raising well over $80 billion. New SPACs are issued nearly every week, and many regard them as one of the...

Healthcare became one of the most important areas in daily life and equity markets in 2020. We previously covered several exchange-traded funds in the industry, such as the Health Care Select Sector...

Equity markets are volatile at the moment. The choppiness reminds most investors of the importance of diversification, such as including defensive assets in portfolios. Meanwhile, in the current low...