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CLO ETFs: Resilient in the Face of Lower Rates?
2024-10-23Two years ago, the Federal Reserve’s rate-hiking campaign ushered in a wave of interest in CLOs....
Vietnam Moving Closer to Emerging Markets Status
2024-10-21The VanEck Vietnam ETF (VNM ) gained 2% over the past month. One obvious reason for that rally...
New CLO ETF Offers High Income, Reduced Risk
2024-10-18For the uninitiated, collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) may appear too good to be true. This...
Retail Sales Up 0.4% in September, Better Than Expected
2024-10-17The Census Bureau’s Advance Retail Sales Report for September revealed headline sales were...
Consider CLOB for CLO Income
2024-10-14The VanEck CLO ETF (CLOI ) pioneered exposure to collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) via the...
This ETF Is a Backdoor AI Play
2024-10-09As the AI investment thesis increases in both size and merit, some market participants are...
Gold Still Attractive Long-Term Hedge
2024-10-07Gold and the related exchange traded funds are among this year’s best-performing assets, helped...
This ETF Could Appeal to Long-Term Value Investors
2024-10-03With the help of the Federal Reserve’s recently unveiled interest rate cut of 50 bps, it’s...
Healthcare ETFs Starting to Look Healthy
2024-10-01The healthcare sector hasn’t been a bad performer, per se. Year-to-date, the S&P Health Care...
Crypto Miners Adjusting to New Regime, Leaning Into AI
2024-09-26Earlier this year, bitcoin went through its latest quadrennial halving, which reduces the rewards...
VanEck’s New Fixed Income ETF Focuses on CLOs
2024-09-25On Wednesday, VanEck launched a new fixed income fund, the VanEck AA-BB CLO ETF (CLOB ).
IG Corporate Credit Still Looks Durable
2024-09-20As highlighted by a year-to-date gain of 5.12% by the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid Investment Grade...
Retail Sales Up Only 0.1% in August, But Better Than Expected
2024-09-18The Census Bureau’s Advance Retail Sales Report for August revealed headline sales were up...
EM Bonds Could Be Ready for Their Close-Up
2024-09-18Broadly speaking, exchange traded funds focusing on dollar-denominated and local currency...
Some Bargains Available in a Surprising ETF
2024-09-16Even with recent pullbacks, Nvidia (NVDA) and some other well-known semiconductor equities rank...
Don’t Sleep on This Video Game ETF
2024-09-12It is football season. One derivative of the return of the most popular American sport is gamers’...
Wide Moat Stocks Could Be Propelled by Lower Rates
2024-09-09The Federal Reserve is poised to lower interest rates this month. Some market observers say it’s...
Understanding What Makes the Green Bond ETF Tick
2024-09-06More companies and governments have made net-zero plans and unveiled wide-ranging commitments to...
Rate Cuts Could Spark This Tech ETF
2024-09-04Interest rates are residing at the highest levels in two decades. Also, there’s some...
This Pharma ETF Could Be Ideal Healthcare Pick
2024-09-03Broadly speaking, the healthcare sector remains a laggard relative to the broader market. As of...
Encouraging Signs for This High-Yield Bond ETF
2024-08-29Risk-tolerant investors searching for income and the potential for added upside with bonds have...
VanEck Lists ETF Focused on Fabless Chipmakers
2024-08-28On Wednesday, VanEck launched the VanEck Fabless Semiconductor ETF (SMHX ), the latest player...
ETF Investors Await Nvidia EPS
2024-08-28The week before Labor Day is usually a slow one. This one likely won’t be, though, with...
Rate Cuts Could Renew Interest in Mortgage REITs
2024-08-23With hope building that the Federal Reserve will finally pare interest rates in September, some...
Dividend Royalty Found in This ETF
2024-08-21Advisors and some enthused investors have probably heard at least something about the dividend...