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Expect Pharma M&A to Rebound After COVID-19 Eases
2020-04-22The pharmaceutical industry is often a hotbed of takeover rumors. Some experts believe that...
A Bull Case Builds for Bearish Retail ETF
2020-04-21The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing shutdowns of scores of malls and non-essential retail stores...
Wide Moat ETF Adds Names, Attractively Valued
2020-04-20The VanEck Vectors Morningstar Wide Moat ETF (MOAT ) held up better than broader benchmarks...
Policy Steps May Portend Rebound for Indonesia ETF
2020-04-17The coronavirus pandemic is punishing emerging markets. That match is out in the open, but how...
Fallen Angel Field is Getting Bigger
2020-04-16The population of fallen angels is soaring as more previously investment-grade issues enter junk...
New Buying Scheme Is a Boon for a Unique Junk ETF
2020-04-14After recently moving to prop up the investment-grade corporate bond market, the Federal Reserve...
Why This Beleaguered Energy ETF May Bounce Back
2020-04-09Oil is coming off its worst quarterly performance in decades and the commodity resides at...
Don’t Overlook This Great News for the Vietnam ETF
2020-04-08Like so many international equity ETFs, the VanEck Vectors Vietnam ETF (VNM ) experience a...
Going Green With Bonds Is a Superb Idea
2020-04-07Investors chastened by recent volatility in the bond market – even supposedly docile arenas such...
Hope For The Best, Hedge With Gold For The Rest
2020-04-06By Joe Foster, VanEck
Gold has outperformed most asset classes so far in this latest market...
Healthcare ETFs Increase on Hope to Fight Coronavirus
2020-04-03Healthcare-related exchange traded funds were among the best areas of the market Monday as...
Coronavirus Quarantine Shows Utility of eSports ETF
2020-04-02There’s some merit to the coronavirus quarantine investment theme, at least when it comes to...
With Dividend Durability in Focus, Rely on This ETF
2020-04-01The outlook for shareholder rewards, including buybacks and dividends, is growing murky this...
Semiconductor ETFs Fight With Coronavirus Environment
2020-03-27The VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF (SMH ) and rival semiconductor ETFs are dealing with the...
Trying Times Still Await the Oil ETFs
2020-03-26With oil prices consistently probing multi-year if not multi-decade lows, a toll is being taken...
Seeing a Forest Through The Trees With Gold Miners ETFs
2020-03-25The VanEck Vectors Gold Miners (GDX ) and other gold miners ETFs tumbled Wednesday, but some...
Likely the Preferred Way to Play Preferreds Right Now
2020-03-24With bond yields tumbling, it would be easy to think that these would be go-go days for preferred...
Energy Equities Are Stressed, but Analysts Like Some Names
2020-03-23The energy sector is under severe duress, a point confirmed by a 13.61% drop for the Energy...
An Avalanche of Options Activity in Familiar Financial ETF
2020-03-20Already on fragile ground, the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF ) was punished following...
Where to Find Beneficiaries of Slumping Oil Prices
2020-03-19It is often said the oil is the lifeblood of the global economy, but when prices fall too much...
Finding Quality Using Ex-US Dividend Stocks
2020-03-18With equity markets in turmoil, the quality factor has yet another chance to stand out and that...
US Stock ETFs Strengthen on Stimulus Measure Hopes
2020-03-17U.S. markets and stock exchange traded funds on Tuesday regained some lost ground from a record...
When Carnage Abates, Think eSports ETFs
2020-03-16These days, it feels as though nothing is safe in the equity market and while there’s a degree of...
Coronavirus Panic Lifts Gold Miners ETFs
2020-03-13As has been widely documented, gold is one of the assets benefiting the most from the coronavirus...
