Gold has generally been seen as a cozy haven in the course of unsure times, especially with reference to hedging closer to inflation. As inflation erodes the shopping electricity of...
If you're exploring investment alternatives in India, you have possibly come upon Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs). While every assist you diversify your portfolio, they perform pretty in any...
For buyers searching out a regular go with the flow of earnings along potential prolonged-time period boom, dividend making an investment gives a powerful method. A well-balanced dividend portfolio can...
These products often capitalize on investors' innate desire to minimize their losses. Free meals are what Financial Advisors That Use Buffered ETF Strategy​. They desire all the benefits without any...
Resilience Technologies Jim Simons ETF and financier Jim Simons transformed the trading industry by starting Renaissance Technologies, one of the most prosperous hedge funds ever. Simons demonstrated that conventional analysis...
Crypto resource chief Grayscale Speculations is supporting for the U.S. Protections and Trade Commission (SEC) to endorse choices exchanging on its Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) ETF, intending to enhance its financial...
Direxion Day to day Semiconductor Bull 3X Offers (NYSE:SOXL) was flooding more than 7% on Thursday, hoping to print a higher high to affirm its upturn stays in salvageable shape. The...
This article is more than 10 years old. In this new Morningstar video, I discuss my forthcoming book, The Power of Passive Investing, and argue that the more actively managed funds...
Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 10/26/11, Epoch Holding Corp (NASD: EPHC) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.08, payable on 11/11/11....
The polls are clear and dismaying. Just 13% of Americans are "very confident" in their retirement planning, while 38% are "somewhat confident," the Employee Benefit Research Institute found in a 2013...
If you're reading these words, I'd wager it's because the headline piqued your interest. From that, it seems clear that you already know what an IRA is and think you might need...
Retail cash outflows from U.S. high-yield funds deepened to $859 million in the week ended April 29, and there was a huge influence from the exchange-traded-fund segment, at 85% of the...
A prudent investor takes advantage of market dips. He buys oversold assets when the market panics—and stays the course during recoveries. Unfortunately, prudent investors looking to add to their portfolios now...
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Source: Goodfon Instrument The VanEck Vectors Russia ETF (BATS:RSX) is a fund that offers exposure to equities from Russia, which include publicly-traded companies that are incorporated in Russia or that...
In a letter to CEOs in January, Blackrock (BLK) CEO Larry Fink wrote, "Climate risk is investment risk." He also observed, “In the near future – and sooner than most...
"In the short run, the market is a voting machine, but in the long run it is a weighing machine." – Benjamin Graham The VanEck Vectors Preferred Securities ex Financials ETF...
Editors' Note: This is the transcript of the podcast we posted last week. Please note that due to time and audio constraints, transcription may not be perfect. We encourage you...
Since the COVID-related market meltdown in March, equity funds (including ETFs) have continued to suffer net outflows despite the average equity fund moving into positive territory and posting a year-to-date...
Invesco Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment ETF (PEJ) is a fund that invests mainly in consumer cyclical and communication companies. A little over twenty-five percent of the ETF is invested directly...
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Written by Nick Ackerman, co-produced by Stanford Chemist PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund (PDI) is finally trading at similar valuations to the other popular MBS fund, the PIMCO Dynamic Credit and Mortgage...
By Jeff Weniger, CFA Not many investors in 2020 give much consideration to the days of European and Asian communism. But maybe they should. The map below shows the reach of...
The market had lost some of its mojo in September but has regained ground since the start of this month. The S&P 500 is attempting to make new all-time highs...
This article series shows every month a dashboard with aggregate industry metrics in materials. Most of the companies used to calculate these metrics are holdings of the Materials Select Sector...
The VanEck Vectors Muni Allocation ETF (MAAX) tactically allocates among VanEck municipal bond ETFs based on interest rate and credit opportunities to seek capital appreciation plus tax-exempt income. It uses...
(Source: Unsplash) Introduction I recently published an article encouraging investors to avoid long-term bonds because they currently offer extremely low incremental yield pickups per unit of duration (interest rate) risk...
iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF (SHV) holds over $21.2 billion in assets when we last looked at it. It is one of the larger ETFs around and assets have actually...
Vulnerability is basically uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure. - Brene Brown The ProShares UltraPro QQQ ETF (NASDAQ:TQQQ) has set an ambitious goal - generating a daily return that is three times...
Author's note: This article was previously released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members. Please check latest data before investing. The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start...
Steadily lower CEF yields and heightened volatility have underlined the attraction of alpha-generation strategies. In this article, we take a look at a number of relative value CEF opportunities in...
Quite a bit has been written about the ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (NYSEARCA:VIXY), and the coverage is hardly ever bullish. Seeking Alpha contributor QuandaryFX has been one of the...
Written by Nick Ackerman, co-produced by Stanford Chemist BlackRock Enhanced Capital and Income Fund (CII) provides an overweight to the attractive growth names of tech. However, to keep it more defensive,...
Aside from the truly awful consequences of the coronavirus in terms of lives lost and the disruptions to our lives, there has been a big toll on those who use...
The Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Income Fund (NYSEMKT:FAX) is a closed-end fund that invests in Asia-Pacific region bonds and debt securities. While the COVID-19 pandemic has represented a challenging market environment, the...
My judgment is based on looking at publicly available supply and demand reports (EIA). Those reports indicated that COVID lockdowns crashed demand by ~4 million barrels per day (mb/d). Beginning...
The chase for yield has created a lot of distortions, and investors are reaching out to more and more unusual choices to satiate their yield cravings. As a general rule,...
So far the SPY (NYSEARCA:SPY) has had a normal correction after an enormous move up from the bottom of a market crash to a rather surprising new high. This move...
Source: Goodfon Instrument The VanEck Vectors Russia ETF (BATS:RSX) is a fund that offers exposure to equities from Russia, which include publicly-traded companies that are incorporated in Russia or that...
Written by Nick Ackerman, co-produced by Stanford Chemist Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Income Fund (NYSE:ETG) has been able to pull off some excellent returns for being a fund with a...
Introduction The iShares U.S. Medical Devices ETF (NYSEARCA:IHI) is a market-cap-weighted ETF that tracks an index of medical device manufacturers and medical devices in the US. The ETF charges a fee...
Written by Nick Ackerman, co-produced by Stanford Chemist The Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund II (EOS) has been on fire this year. This is thanks to its heavy weighting in...
Written by Nick Ackerman, co-produced by Stanford Chemist The Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Securities Fund (FFC) is currently trading around its average premium. This has come as the volatility...
The Vanguard IT ETF (VGT) is up 23% YTD and 38% over the past year. It has been driven by a COVID-19 impacted market that has been rewarding the large-cap...
As you can see in the following chart, the iPath S&P 500 Dynamic VIX ETN (XVZ) has somewhat surprisingly held its ground in the wake of the melt-up seen in...
As you can see in the following chart, it's been a bit of a volatile year for the Credit Suisse Silver Shares Covered Call ETN (NASDAQ:SLVO) with shares seeing both...
The CEF market tends not to be the most efficient market due to the difficulty in obtaining quality data and the presence of low-information investors. This creates a number of...
Two months ago, I wrote a piece on Aris' RPAR Risk Parity ETF (RPAR). In it, I argued that the fund was "a great gateway approach to improve a portfolio's...
Today I continue my series of articles on dividend-oriented ETFs with a piece on WisdomTree U.S. High Dividend Fund (DHS). To begin with, I would like to highlight its low...
The current environment is creating an historic opportunity for gold. In response to COVID-19, the Federal Reserve has expanded the money supply at an unprecedented rate. Real interest rates are...
If a business does well, the stock eventually follows. - Warren Buffett The VanEck Vectors Video Gaming and eSports ETF (ESPO) focuses on tracking a rules-based, modified, capitalization-weighted, float-adjusted index of...
The digital payments industry has many catalysts for growth in both pre and post pandemic. The ETFMG Prime Mobile Payments ETF (IPAY) gives exposure to innovative companies in this sector...
As you can see in the following chart, the iShares Gold Trust ETF (IAU) has pulled back somewhat over the past few weeks in line with a correction in the...
2020 is a remarkable year for investors across the globe for a few reasons. First, despite the coronavirus and all the damage that the counter-Covid-19 measures have inflicted on the...
A few days ago a subscriber asked for my thoughts on inverse ETFs. Although these funds offer investors an easy way to profit from downturns, I believe them to be...
With the highest proportion of engineers and scientists per capita, Israel is arguably the most innovative country in the world. R&D spending as a percent of GDP in Israel is...
Written by Nick Ackerman, co-produced by Stanford Chemist August was once again a month of rebounding from the lows reached in March of this year. This marks five straight months...
Main Thesis The purpose of this article is to evaluate the iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF (DGRO) as an investment option. This has been a holding of mine for a...
Author's note: This article was released to CEF/ETF income Laboratory members on September 8, 2020. Please check latest data before investing. The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at...
Just a few days ago, I wrote an article about the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) defending the idea that diversifying out of the Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) and into "old...
Diversification is at the crux of portfolio management. In order to minimize downside risks, maximize returns, and establish a dividend income stream, investors can look beyond borders and expand their...
Following the March to August rally and the early signs of a correction in September, many investors must be wondering: which way is the stock market heading? The question is...
Introduction Market conditions have been rather abnormal lately with certain industries soaring to new heights whilst others seemingly remain forgotten. A perfect example of the latter is the midstream industry and...
It's healthy to, at times, step outside of your comfort zone. So when I received a reader request to take a look at his preferred method of investing, I was...
Written by Nick Ackerman, co-produced by Stanford Chemist Clough operates three closed-end funds; Clough Global Opportunities Fund (GLO), Clough Global Equity Fund (GLQ) and Clough Global Dividend and Income Fund (GLV)....
