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ETF News and Commentary: Archive

Sweta Killa

Gasoline ETF (UGA) Hits New 52-Week High

This gasoline ETF hits a new 52-week high. Are more gains in store for this ETF?

UGAPositive Net Change

Sanghamitra Saha

5 Inverse/Leveraged ETF Areas of Last Week

Wall Street was downbeat last week, with losses seen in all major indexes

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Sweta Jaiswal, FRM

ETF Strategies to Tackle Persistently High U.S. Inflation Levels

Focus on these specific ETF areas that are considered good investment options amid persistently high-inflation woes.

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Sweta Jaiswal, FRM

United States Gasoline Fund (UGA) Hits a 52-Week High

The United States Gasoline Fund (UGA) scales a new 52-week high. Are more gains in store?

UGAPositive Net Change

Sanghamitra Saha

5 Emerging Markets & Its ETFs Defying the Losing Trend in 2022

Emerging market (EM) ETF investing is currently in a tight spot due to the dollar strength, rising rates in the United States, capital outflows, a slump in China's economy, rising inflation and a debacle in Russia investing.

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Sweta Killa

S&P 500 Near Bear Market: Inverse ETFs in Focus

The bearish trend is likely to continue, with some analysts expecting bigger drops.

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Sweta Killa

5 Top-Ranked Mid-Cap ETFs to Buy Now

While large companies are normally known for stability and the smaller ones for growth, mid caps offer the best of both worlds, simultaneously allowing growth and stability in a portfolio.

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Sanghamitra Saha

U.S. Dollar Index at Two-Decade High: ETFs to Benefit/Lose

The U.S. dollar is at a two-decade high. These ETF areas will gain/lose ahead.

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Sweta Jaiswal, FRM

How Are Utility ETFs Reacting to Decent Q1 Earnings Results?

Let's take a look at some big utility earnings releases and see if these can leave an impact on ETFs exposed to the space.

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Sanghamitra Saha

6 Dividend ETFs Up At Least 6% YTD & Yielding At Least 3%

Dividend-paying companies are usually good for value investing and are in demand when volatility flares up.

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Sweta Killa

Pharma ETFs in Focus Post Q1 Earnings

Many industry bigwigs reported solid results with some beating on earnings or revenues or both.

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Sweta Jaiswal, FRM

U.S. Dollar Bullish Fund (USDU) Hits a 52-Week High

The WisdomTree Bloomberg U.S. Dollar Bullish Fund (USDU) scales a new 52-week high. Are more gains in store?

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Sweta Killa

2 ETFs to Watch for Outsized Volume on Small-Cap and Tech

VB and VGT saw massive volumes in yesterday trading session.

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Sweta Killa

ETFs to Gain As Inflation Remains Second Highest in 4 Decades

Inflation has eased slightly from a 40-year high in April but still marks the second-highest inflation in four decades.

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Sanghamitra Saha

5 Sector ETFs to Win from a 8%+ U.S. Inflation

Annual inflation rate in the United States slowed to 8.3% in April from a 41-year high of 8.5% in March.

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Sanghamitra Saha

5 Sector ETFs to Win from an 8%+ U.S. Inflation

Annual inflation rate in the United States slowed to 8.3% in April from a 41-year high of 8.5% in March.

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Neena Mishra

Can Energy ETFs Stay Hot?

Energy is the best performing sector again this year

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Sanghamitra Saha

Is There 'Massive' Opportunity in Tech? ETFs to Play

One of Goldman???s top tech fund managers, Brook Dane, said that the recent sell-off in the tech space (due to rising rates) has opened up massive buying opportunity in some tech stocks,

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Sanghamitra Saha

Defensive ETFs for Investors Fearing Further Market Crash

After an awful start to a year since 1939, the global market has more selloffs in the cards, according to Bank of America Corp., as quoted on Bloomberg.

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Sweta Killa

A Look at Transport ETFs Post Q1 Earnings

The first-quarter earnings picture for the transportation sector has been mixed.

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Sweta Killa

5 ETFs Under $20 to Add to Your Portfolio

Low-priced ETFs could be attractive as these will enable them to buy more shares instead of just a handful of higher-priced shares for the same amount.

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Sweta Jaiswal, FRM

Can Industrial ETFs Gain on Mixed Q1 Earnings?

The industrial sector is expected to face the challenges stemming from rising interest rates, growing inflation levels and ongoing supply-chain disturbances in 2022.

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Sweta Jaiswal, FRM

How Are Biotech ETFs Reacting to These Q1 Earnings Releases?

Let's take a look at some big biotechnological earnings releases to see if these will impact ETFs exposed to the space.

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Sanghamitra Saha

Worried About Stagflation? Try the New ETF STGF

Red-hot inflation reading (due to COVID-19-and-war-induced supply chain issues) has been hitting headlines across the developed markets lately.

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Sanghamitra Saha

An ETF Retirement Portfolio for 2022

What should a retiree do in a rocky investing environment like now? We highlight a few ETF strategies that could be considered in a retirement portfolio with a medium-term focus.

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