Saturday, 18 July 2026
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The income ETF space has seen significant growth and interest in the last two years. Income strategies can offer both equity performance and income to help portfolios handle volatility. The income ETF GPIQ, from Goldman…
Considering that the Federal Reserve hasn’t obliged with interest rate cuts that likely would help the sector, real estate equities and the related ETFs are performing admirably this year.
Portfolios are commonly underexposed to the companies driving healthcare innovation. As technological disruptions build across medical fields, the ROBO Global Healthcare Technology and Innovation ETF (HTEC) provides tar…
Gold strategies offer all kinds of advantages and use cases for investors. From helping to ride out market volatility to capitalizing on gold miner momentum, they can play a powerful role in optimizing portfolio perform…
Our global markets watchlist tracks nine prominent indexes from economies around the world. The list includes the S&P 500 from the United States, TSX from Canada, the FTSE 100 from England, the DAXK from Germany, the CA…
On this episode of the “ETF of the Week” podcast, VettaFi’s Head of Research, Todd Rosenbluth, discussed the Fidelity Fundamental Small-Mid Cap ETF (FFSM) with Chuck Jaffe of Money Life. The pair discussed several topic…
The S&P 500 experienced its best week in two months, finishing up 1.7% from last Friday.
The ALPS Equal Sector Weight ETF (EQL), finished June down just 0.10%, easily outpacing the S&P 500’s 1.0% drop for the month.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury officially announced the investment lineup for the rollout of Trump Accounts, which includes five popular exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Trump Accounts are tax-advantaged investment ve…
The yield on the 10-year note finished July 2, 2026 at 4.49% while the 2-year note ended at 4.14%.
Municipal bonds, or munis, had a rough start to 2026, but they have since bounced back. A Tuesday webcast sponsored by SS&C ALPS Advisors offered advisors a detailed look at why that recovery matters.
This blog is now closed. Here is a roundup of the top headlines and human interest stories from Germany on Wednesday, April 29, 2026.
At the recent ETF Ecosystem Unwrapped conference, ETF Stream editor Jamie Gordon interviewed VettaFi’s Head of Fixed Income Samarth Sanghavi. The two discussed fixed income innovation, the power of equal weighting, how …
The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) is set to release its Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for the upcoming month, with economists widely expecting the data to indicate a continued expansion in US fa…
The U.S. ISM Services PMI edged down to 54.0 in June, the third m/m decline in four months, following a 0.9-point increase to 54.5 in May, according to data from the Institute for Supply Management, indicating expansion…
The evolution of the artificial intelligence (AI) trade breathed new life into the once-sleepy utilities sector. It was once seen a boring bond-like group made for risk-averse income investors. However, utilities have s…
The Nasdaq 100 led a broader market rally among major equity indices, advancing 1.51% following the release of positive economic data regarding the services sector and private payrolls.
From his first announcement of the attack on Iran on Feb. 28, President Donald Trump has issued a stream of falsehoods about the war. He has said Iran wants to engage in negotiations, though its government shows no sign…
The US-Iran conflict that erupted in late February remains unresolved, leaving the Strait of Hormuz effectively shut. Prolonged and severe disruptions in global energy flows have caused the oil market to tighten aggress…
New York, NY – October 20, 2025 – The S&P 500 index is demonstrating remarkable resilience and robust growth, positioning itself for a pivotal week of third-quarter 2025 earnings reports. With the benchmark index alread…
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, through the National Statistics Office, released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for May 2026 on June 12, 2026.
Hello, this is Leonie Kidd writing to you from London. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.
Everyone talks about cost and tax advantages, but advisors said the primary driver for them using exchange traded funds is really the underlying index.
On October 13, 2016, the SEC unanimously approved rules requiring open-end funds, including mutual funds and exchange traded funds (“ETFs”), to adopt liquidity risk management programs and permit mutual funds to use “sw…