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Top Themes in the First Half of 2024: Crypto, Chips, Ships & Silver
After a torrid risk-on run in the first quarter of 2024, markets cooled off a bit but ended the...
A Shakeup for Technology ETFs
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Assessing the Broad Robotics Landscape
2024-06-14The robotics market has weathered a challenging 14-month period. It has faced headwinds such as...
Disruptive Theme of the Week: Flying Cars
2024-06-14I have been dreaming about flying cars since I was a child, watching the cartoon “The...
A Bright Robotics Future Ahead
2024-06-10This probably will surprise most people reading this, but the robotics space overall faced one of...
AI is More Than NVIDIA
2024-06-10NVIDIA recently briefly breached a $3 trillion market cap, adding an impressive $2 trillion in...
Consumer Staples ETFs: Thinking Outside of the Big Box
2024-06-06Despite uncertainty in consumer strength, consumer discretionary stocks still pulled ahead of...
Disruptive Theme of the Week: Defense Technology
2024-05-29A confluence of factors have combined to make defense technology a compelling ETF investment...
The Roadmap for Robotics
2024-05-24VettaFi is dedicated to providing indexes that track the rapidly evolving fields of robotics,...
A New Index Play on the Diet Drug Revolution
2024-05-21A new poll recently published by health policy research firm KFF revealed that roughly 12% of...
YTD Thematic Winners Reflect Change in Market Leadership
2024-05-14Looking at the ETFs with the highest returns YTD, a few thematic standouts have emerged. As a...
Thematic ETF Winners of the Q1 2024 Earnings Season
2024-05-07Digging into the first quarter’s earnings season allows us to uncover the winning themes of the...
Innovation at Scale: Ginkgo Bioworks' Approach to Revolutionizing Industries
2024-04-30We live in the age of the elevator pitch, catchy soundbites, and companies promising to...
Innovation in Healthcare: HTEC's Q1 2024 Index Rebalance
2024-04-10This article examines the first index rebalance and reconstitution of 2024 for the ROBO Global...
Navigating the Robotics Landscape: ROBO's Q1 2024 Index Rebalance
2024-04-09This article examines the first rebalance and reconstitution of 2024 for the ROBO Global Robotics...
ROBO Index Q1 Spotlight: Toyota Industries Optimizes Logistics Automation
2024-04-08In this quarter’s ROBO Global Robotics and Automation Index spotlight, we highlight Toyota...
HTEC Index Q1 Spotlight: Medpace Shines in Process Automation Subsector
2024-04-08In this quarter’s ROBO Global Healthcare Technology and Innovation Index spotlight, we take a...
Thematic ETF Plays on the Growing Digital Economy
2024-04-04In its latest report released last December, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) estimates that...
ETF Themes That Dominated in Q1 2024
2024-03-25As the first quarter comes to a close, clearly, there have been some thematic winners in terms of...
‘Funflation’ & Technology Driving Music Industry Resurgence
2024-03-05It is earnings season in music land, and some exciting growth trends are emerging among companies...
A Detour on the Road to the Clean Energy Transition
2024-02-26Investors who piled into clean energy themes the last few years are experiencing some performance...
Bringing Big Thematic Ideas to ETF Exchange
2024-02-05As VettaFi’s Head of Thematic Strategy, I am excited to be moderating an afternoon panel session...
Staples Counting on Discounts for the Remainder of 2023
2023-11-30Recent data point to a record shopping season for Shopify (SHOP), which saw Black Friday sales...