ETFs Analysis & Opinion

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) was one of the darlings of Wall Street in 2020. In the past 52 weeks, the shares returned about 33%. On Sept. 2, the stock saw a record-high $232.86. As a mega-cap company with...

Despite the impressive gains in broader markets}} and several industries in 2020, not every sector, company or investment theme was a winner last year.We covered several of these laggards in recent...

Another earnings season is here. The financial sector typically gets the most attention in the first days of quarterly reporting. Yet, many other closely-followed companies in other sectors report...

Companies return cash to investors by two methods—share buybacks and dividends. We regularly discuss exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that pay dividends. But today, we focus on share buybacks and...

Innovation is one of the most important drivers of growth worldwide. Today, we introduce two UK-based chemicals groups that heavily depend on technology in their manufacturing processes. Their...

A new year typically means renewed hopes for many people. It is also a good time for retail investors to review long-term portfolio holdings.Concerns about how COVID-19 could affect some sectors were...

This year has been a roller-coaster for markets and the exchange traded funds that track them, with significant divergences in fortunes across sectors during the pandemic. Today, we review ETFs that...

Many investors look for anomalies or systematic patterns—often described as influences due to seasonality—to beat the market. One of these is the January effect which suggests that...

Considering joining the “Dogs of the Dow” club in 2021?The Dogs of the Dow is a stock-picking strategy, ideal for passive-income seekers, that invests in the 10 highest dividend-yielding...

In this three-part series, we've been taking a closer look at each of the 11 S&P 500 sectors and attractive ETFs with which to add exposure to each one. Although the S&P 500 gave up some...

Investing in any of the S&P 500 index’s 11 sectors could help diversify long-term retail portfolios.In this three-part series, we are taking a closer look at each sector and appropriate ETFs...

The S&P 500 index, which measures the stock performance of the largest publicly-traded 500 companies in the US, is up over 14% so far in 2020 with a market cap over $30 trillion.A sizeable portion...

Wall Street has long been regarded as a forecasting tool. Recent positive momentum in equity markets across many sectors, including industrial metals, is possibly pricing in speedy global economic...

In the current record-low interest rate environment, dividend stocks are appealing to a wide range of buy-and-hold investors. In addition to offering passive income, many regard steady or growing...