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This Small-Stock ETF Could Have Big Things in Store
2023-11-28It’s not that smaller stocks are in the red this year. As measured by the S&P MidCap 400 and...
Time to Begin Examining Best Buys for 2024
2023-11-24As of November 22, the S&P 500 and Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index are higher by 20.3%...
Vietnam Is One of Asia’s Most Intriguing Equity Markets
2023-11-21As measured by the VanEck Vietnam ETF (VNM ), it’s been a decent year for Vietnamese stocks....
How CLOs Can Provide an Alternative to Traditional Bond ETFs
2023-11-20Fixed income ETF demand has been strong in 2023 led by Treasury ETFs. However, advisors have been...
India Could Again Be EM Star in 2024
2023-11-16Barring a miracle of epic proportions over the last weeks of 2023, this year will go down as...
Retail Sales Fall 0.1% in October, Less Than Expected
2023-11-15The Census Bureau’s Advance Retail Sales Report for October revealed a 0.1% decrease in...
Gold Miners’ Balance Sheets Look Sturdy
2023-11-14Gold is enjoying a solid though not spectacular performance in 2023. And that’s matriculated to...
Fallen Angels Place to Be for Big Income
2023-11-10With 10-year Treasury yields having retreated noticeably in recent weeks, there’s a sense that...
Mortgage REITs Could Benefit From Softer Fed Stance
2023-11-08As high-yielding real-estate-related assets, mortgage REITs are correlated to interest rates....
High Yield Muni Bonds Gaining Appeal
2023-11-06Muni bonds haven’t been spared in what’s shaping up to be another year of weakness for the...
Some Excellent Stocks Reside in MOAT ETF
2023-11-02The last few months have been rough on equity investors. Bonds haven’t offered much refuge. It...
Was October Gold's Month?
2023-11-01In October, the price of gold rose significantly. On the first of the month, the value of the...
Video: ETF of the Week: BondBloxx USD High Yield Bond Sector Rotation ETF (HYSA)
2023-10-30On this episode of the “ETF of the Week” podcast, Tom Lydon discussed the VanEck Morningstar Wide...
ETF of the Week: VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF
2023-10-26VettaFi’s vice chairman Tom Lydon discussed the ETF of the Week: VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF...
Investors Still Enthusiastic About Energy Sector
2023-10-24For the 90 days ending October. 20, the S&P 500 Energy Index jumped 6.1%, while the broader...
Some of the Best Dividend Stocks Reside in This ETF
2023-10-20With 10-year Treasury yields inching closer to 5%, some investors may be pondering the point of...
Retail Sales Rose 0.7% in September
2023-10-19The Census Bureau’s Advance Retail Sales Report for September revealed a 0.7% increase in...
Fallen Angel Yields Could Signal Opportunity
2023-10-18Like other fixed income assets, fallen angel bonds have proven vulnerable to the recent spike in...
CLOs Look Sturdy Even as Junk Defaults Rise
2023-10-16A recent surge in bankruptcies and defaults by high-yield issuers is unnerving some fixed income...
Interesting Way to Beat Magnificent Seven
2023-10-12With less than three months left in 2023, it’s fair to say that the “magnificent seven” cadre of...
PFXF: Preferred Way to Play Preferred Stocks
2023-10-10The recent surge by Treasury yields is matriculating throughout the fixed income universe. It...
Bank on BDCs as Private Credit Standby
2023-10-06The word “private” draws investors. It implies an aura of exclusivity; human nature...
Energy Sector Shareholder Rewards Take Center Stage
2023-10-04Surging oil prices and speculation that Brent crude will soon hit $100 per barrel are legitimate...
New REIT ETF Houses Bargains
2023-10-02The real estate sector has slid in 2023. But investors searching for bargains in the group have...
Millennial Investors Like Gold
2023-09-29Last week in the State Street Global Advisors’ Gold ETF ImpactStudy, the firm reported that “...