Real estate stocks and related ETFs recently got a much needed positive jolt when the Federal Reserve lowered interest rates in September.
As advisors wrestle with the impacts of interest rates, inflation, and the election, it is more important than ever to hear from the experts.
Some of the latest reads show growing momentum in the housing and homebuilding sectors. Investors can capitalize on this with targeted ETFs.
The Internal Revenue Service has announced new tax brackets for 2025, making now an ideal time to revisit the benefits of muni bond ETFs.
Volatility creates a number of challenges for advisors and investors, but also opportunities for those who know where to look.
This half-day symposium brings the brightest minds in the ETF and mutual fund industry together for panel discussions spanning critical fixed income topics.
The robotics space has underperformed broader tech recently, leading to investment opportunities as the market underappreciates major tailwinds.
Fixed income experts at Natixis Investment Managers recently weighed in with outlooks on rate cuts and how to approach bonds.
Advisors recommend having a clear understanding of how giving will align your values – and also be the most tax efficient.
The Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX), which is half composed of tech stocks, including a slew of AI names, is usually more volatile in October.
VettaFi discusses oil’s recent price moves and energy stocks as a geopolitical hedge.
Cash strategies may seem safe, but inflation can bite into returns. Instead, investors can try to outperform inflation with equities.
VettaFi looks at midstream/MLPs by subsector and underlying trends driving strong performance through the first three quarters of 2024.
With interest rates declining, enthusiasm for muni bond ETFs could be reborn in income investors, including retirees.
Real estate stocks are notoriously rate-sensitive assets. It’s not surprising the delivery of the rate cuts were beneficial to the sector.
Gold and the related exchange traded funds are among this year’s best-performing assets, helped in part by interest rate cuts.
Options-based ETFs are one of the fastest-growing categories in the market today, with product proliferation and adoption rising quickly.
Rate cut expectations pushed more investors into investment-grade corporate bonds, giving them their best quarter in nearly a year.
If the risk of stepping too far out into the yield curve is too much to bear, consider using intermediate bond options.
Investors can use this Natixis ETF to lock in robust income and capital appreciation, while generating security against equity volatility.
Investors have been embracing actively managed fixed income ETFs in 2024. The latest suite of active ETFs to catch my eye are from State Street Global Advisors.
Semiconductor stocks continue to rally and will continue to do so as long as the AI and data center themes stay hot.
About eight in 10 investors (81%) believe they must fund their own retirement as opposed to relying on private and public pensions.
Because of recent significant investments, economic growth is occurring in long-neglected areas and changing the geography of development.
The last two years brought challenges for investors across all walks of life, but particularly for retirees.
Gold has forged multiple new record highs so far this year, and is now up some 30% year to date, 3.5% in the past week alone.
High-dividend-yielding equity investments are likely to get closer looks in the fourth quarter after strong recent performance.
Following the first half of 2024, the NDX succumbed to significant selling pressure as investors fretted about AI-related tech spending.
In the latest episode of ETF 360. VettaFi's Kristen Chang spoke to Winslow Capital's Barry Peters about their new active growth funds
Fixed income investors may want to take a middle-ground approach with bonds and opt for debt with intermediate maturity dates.
For families seeking to help their children save for higher education, 529 plans continue to gain broader appeal.
A potential recession could push even more investors to bond, but recession or not, investors can reap the benefits of core bond exposure.
At this year's Future Proof, Jeffrey Gundlach took to the main stage and sat down for a candid conversation with CNBC’s Scott Wapner.
Despite forthcoming volatility, it's an ideal time to get municipal debt exposure, especially in the current market environment.
Trend-following is an exercise in technical analysis, systematic rules following, and signals reading that’s objective and agnostic.
With interest rates on the decline, investors may want to consider filling gaps in small- and mid-cap quality ETF exposure.
Now that the Fed has begun the rate-cut cycle, investors can use option income ETFs to provide long-term income and risk protection.
Sometimes that means lower priority tasks fall through the cracks. Here are four tips for managing procrastination tendencies.
The Fed enacted a 0.50% interest rate cut, the first in the Fed’s historic fight against inflation that’s lasted over two years.
Most American couples say they trust their partner regarding financial matters, but many reveal they aren’t necessarily in full agreement.
In the coming Q4 Preview Symposium, investors will learn how they can best prepare for a host of possibilities and set up their portfolios to take advantage of opportunities and understand which areas of the market will face higher-than-normal risk.
With the Fed nearing its first interest rate cut since 2020, enthusiasm for fixed income assets is increasing. Enter the ALPS Intermediate Municipal Bond ETF.
VettaFi provides an overview of the Marcellus and Utica shale.
Active fixed income ETFs have taken a big leap this year per new research about active ETFs that may draw new investor eyes.
Market participants don’t need to pick names in search of chip stock value, because the ETF SMH holds chip equities sporting favorable valuations.
For a brief moment, when volatility picked up in early August and again in early September, we saw some appetite reappear for low volatility ETFs
With tax-loss harvesting season on the horizon, investors may want to consider a pair of tax-conscious, active fixed income ETFs.
Recent Fed commentary and economic data have crystallized investor confidence in rate cuts coming in less than a week
With U.S. equities perhaps calling for diversification, an active international ETF like TOUS could play a helpful role.
History typically shows that election years don't produce major volatility swings in the municipal bond market.
