ETF Watchlist
ETF Watchlist: Week of May 29, 2017
It was another solid week of gains in the equity markets. Tech stocks once again led the way with the Nasdaq posting a 2.1% gain on the week while the S&P 500 and Dow were […]
Month: May 2017
Tech
Quick Take: A Bitcoin Bubble? Not Yet
When you take a look at a chart like this… …it should inspire fear as well as awe. Parabolic rises like this are, in most cases, unsustainable. Bitcoin’s rise, a 178% gain in just the […]
Biotech
BBP: A Diversified Biotech ETF
While 2017 has been a pretty good year overall for biotechs – the two largest ETFs in the space, the iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF (NASDAQ:IBB) and the SPDR S&P Biotech ETF (NYSEARCA:XBI), are up 10% […]
Quick Takes
Quick Take: Thoughts On JPMorgan’s New Ultra-Short Income ETF
JPMorgan launched the JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF (JPST) this past week, the newest in its lineup of around a dozen exchange-traded products. The fund looks to fill the gap between money market funds and short-term […]
ETF Watchlist
ETF Watchlist: Week of May 22, 2017
The market finally showed us that it’s not bulletproof after all! News from Washington finally put some fear in investors and on Wednesday the markets saw their steepest one-day decline in roughly eight months. The […]
Dividend ETFs
USMV: Looking For Calm In The Storm
The markets reminded us on Wednesday how even the calmest environment can turn volatile quickly. The markets started losing faith that events in Washington would come to a non-eventful conclusion and began dumping risky assets […]
Dividend ETFs
SPHD: A Solid Selection For First-Time ETF Investors
The advice for just about anybody looking to invest for the very first time is usually the same. Stick with a broadly diversified fund that provides exposure to the world’s largest and most well established […]
Quick Takes
Quick Take: Low Volatility ETFs Delivered On Wednesday
The markets reminded us on Wednesday how even the calmest markets can turn volatile quickly. Investors started dumping risky assets en masse as events in Washington took a more serious turn. The VIX, which had […]
Bonds
Junk Bonds: Proceed But Stay On The Short End
Ever since the U.S. economy started pulling itself out of the earnings recession last year, high yield bonds have been the fixed income asset class of choice. Since credit spreads peaked in February of last […]
ETF Watchlist
ETF Watchlist: Week of May 15, 2017
The markets continued their low volatility streak as the broader indices showed relatively little movement. Tech stocks once again led the way with the Nasdaq up around 0.3% but the Dow and S&P 500 down […]