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ETF News and Commentary: Archive

Sanghamitra Saha

U.S. Dollar at Four-Week Low: ETFs to Benefit

The U.S. dollar recently dropped to a four-week low against other major currencies.

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Sweta Jaiswal, FRM

Robotics & Artificial Intelligence ETF (BOTZ) at 52-Week High

Robotics & Artificial Intelligence ETF recently hit a 52-week high. Can this soar further?

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Sweta Jaiswal, FRM

Will J&J ETFs Suffer on Latest COVID-19 Vaccine Updates?

Let's take a look at some ETFs that can see adverse impacts as Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus vaccine sees a setback amid the worsening pandemic conditions.

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Sanghamitra Saha

U.S. Inflation Hits More Than 2-Year High: ETFs & Stocks to Win

Annual consumer price inflation rate in the United States rose to 2.6% in March 2021 from 1.7% in the previous month. This marked the highest rate since August 2018.

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Sanghamitra Saha

U.S. ETFs Fetch Record Cash in Q1, Newbies Make a Killing

In the first quarter of 2021 itself, U.S. listed ETFs amassed more than $243 billion total, the biggest asset generation on record with more than $200 billion going into equity funds alone, per a Bloomberg article.

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Sweta Killa

Go Digital With This New ETF (DAPP) From VanEck

VanEck Vectors Digital Transformation ETF (DAPP) offers a pure-play exposure to the companies powering the digital shift of the world economy.

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Sweta Killa

PC Sales See Best Growth in 2 Decades: Tech ETFs to Buy

PC sales saw the fastest year-over-year growth in the last two decades for the first quarter of 2021 buoyed by strong demand from consumers working and studying remotely.

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Sweta Killa

Dow ETF at All-Time Highs as Q1 Earnings Kick Off

The Dow Jones has been hitting a series of record highs lately on expectations of a strong rebound for corporate America amid swift COVID-19 vaccinations.

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Sanghamitra Saha

Bitcoin ETFs Amid Coinbase IPO Success & Regulatory Concerns

Bitcoin is caught between the tailwind i.e crypto exchange Coinbase's IPO success and the headwind i.e several central banks' doubt over the true worth of cryptocurrencies.

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Sanghamitra Saha

3 Reasons Why Gold ETFs Could Gain Higher

Gold prices have been under pressure this year. However, rising COVID-19 cases, AstraZeneca vaccine setback, dovish central banks and a moderately rising U.S. inflation could add gains to the precious metal ETFs.

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Sanghamitra Saha

Cannabis On a Roll: Guide to ETF Investing

Shares of cannabis-related stocks and ETFs continue to be in good shape after a solid run last year.

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Sweta Killa

JNJ Vaccine Pause Gives Stay-at-Home ETFs a Shot in the Arm

The U.S. regulators recommended an immediate pause on the use of Johnson & Johnson's (JNJ) COVID- 19 vaccine over reports of a "rare and severe type of blood clot" in six out of millions vaccinated.

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Sweta Killa

ETFs to Buy on Nvidia's Growth Story

Nvidia's first-quarter fiscal 2022 revenues are on track to exceed the previously guided forecast of $5.30 billion (+/-2%).

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Sanghamitra Saha

Play 3 Emerging ETF Trends to Follow Cathie Wood

Many would like to follow Ark Investment Management founder Cathie Wood's vision due to her success. She says that digital wallets and genomics will be the next two biggest disruptive trends after Tesla and electric vehicles.

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Sanghamitra Saha

All-World ETF (ACWI) Hits New 52-Week High

All-World ETF recently hit a 52-week high. Can this soar further?

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Sanghamitra Saha

4 Factors Why ESG ETFs Are Likely to Heat Up in Q2

The environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing trend has remained a hot favorite among investors. Several factors are playing a role in driving the space higher.

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Sanghamitra Saha

How Will Oil Service ETFs Fare This Earnings Season?

The continuation of the OPEC output cut and global economic improvement due to falling COVID-19 rates led to the oil price rally this year. Can oil service ETFs cash in on this trend in the upcoming earnings?

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Sanghamitra Saha

5 Dividend ETFs Hovering at Record High

These dividend ETFs are hovering at a record high. Most of these ETFs offer yields higher than the benchmark U.S.-treasury yield and some possess stocks that have a strong history of hiking dividends regularly.

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Neena Mishra

Space ETFs in Focus after ARK's Blockbuster Launch

Cathie Wood's space ETF is one of the most successful ETF launches ever

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Sweta Killa

New U.S. Carbon ETF From BlackRock Makes Biggest-Ever Launch

BlackRock U.S. Carbon Transition Readiness ETF (LCTU) lured the maximum cash on record on its first day of trading, pulling in about $1.25 billion in capital. This marks the biggest launch in the ETF industry's three-decade history.

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Sweta Killa

U.S. Broad Market ETF (IWV) Hits New 52-Week High

This U.S. broad market ETF hits a new 52-week high. Are more gains in store for this ETF?

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Sweta Killa

Favorite Sectors of Q1 Earnings & Their Best ETFs, Stocks

Among the 10 sectors with positive earnings growth, autos is expected to be the biggest contributor to the S&P 500 earnings with 203.1% growth. This was followed by basic materials (65.7% earnings growth), finance (50.5%), and retail (41.4%).

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Sanghamitra Saha

Why Semiconductor ETFs Are Soaring

. Global semiconductor industry sales jumped 14.7% year over year to $39.6 billion in February 2021.

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Sanghamitra Saha

3 New ETFs to Make Headlines Over the Long Term

After a smashing 2020, the pace of ETF launches has been robust in 2021. In fact, we have received an ETF lately whose assets generation on its first day marked the biggest on record, per etf.com.

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Sanghamitra Saha

How Will Bank ETFs Fare This Earnings Season?

Big banks will start releasing their quarterly numbers this week. The outlook is pretty bullish this time as most of the big banks saw their earnings estimates going up in the past 7-,30-,60-,90-day-periods.

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