ETF Analysis & Opinion

At his Jan. 11 Senate confirmation hearing, Fed Chair Jerome Powell suggested that higher interest rates would be necessary to control inflation. He said: “We will use our tools to support the...

Investors currently have access to well over 2,000 exchange-traded funds (ETFs) listed in the US, including close to 170 launched in 2021.Meanwhile, metrics from State Street highlight: “ETFs...

Wall Street has started 2022 on a down note. In the first trading week this year, the Dow Jones, the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ 100 were down about 0.3%, 1.9% and 4.5%, respectively.Meanwhile,...

Economists have been debating whether the US consumer will stay strong in the new year. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects global economic growth to be shy of 5% in 2022. Meanwhile, The...

Passive-income seekers see the start of a new year as an opportunity to participate in the "Dogs of the Dow" strategy, an approach that involves buying 10 of the highest dividend-yielding members of...

January 2022 could be a good time to review financial goals and start investing regularly. Long-term investors know that time is always on their side.Here’s why: Let’s assume you are now...

In 2021, not all sectors or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) were winners. Investors who believe there could be a sectoral rotation in the weeks ahead might consider researching some of those funds that...

As the new year begins, analysts on Wall Street are debating which sectors might do well in 2022. Some highlight how the ongoing pandemic, supply chain issues, chip shortages and moves by the Federal...

We conclude our four-part ETF exposure review of the 11 sectors of the S&P 500 with today's post.The first article presented the Communication Services, Consumer Staples and Consumer Discretionary...

In this third of a four-part series, we look at each of the 11 S&P 500 sectors and the exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that give exposure to each segment.As we write, the S&P 500 is hovering at...

Investing in any of the 11 sectors of the S&P 500 index could help anyone diversify their portfolio. Yesterday, we discussed using exchange traded funds (ETFs) to gain a stake in three SPX...

We have entered the final stretch of 2021. Therefore, this week, we'll review the S&P 500 index and its 11 sectors, as per the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®), which uses a...

The last few days of December usually means fewer trading days on Wall Street. Meanwhile, billions of global citizens get ready to start the new year with renewed hopes and resolutions. And shopping...

As we get ready to end a volatile month on stock markets, many investors are looking for ways to diversify their portfolios.Numerous academic studies highlight that in the long-run, small caps tend to...