ETFs Analysis & Opinion

January brings a new earnings season when most US-listed names begin issuing results for the last quarter of the previous year. Financial shares usually are the first to report.On Jan 14, markets paid...

Wall Street has been paying close attention to Brent and crude oil prices after the duo came under pressure in the last quarter of 2021, mainly due to the uncertainty caused by surging Omicron cases....

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...

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...

Wall Street pays attention to the month of January as a potential predictor of equity returns for the remainder of the year. According to the concept known as the "January effect," stocks,...

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...

The year 2021 was a robust period for the broader indices as well as the 11 sectors of the S&P 500, which we recently reviewed. But we did see divergences in returns of many stocks, especially...

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...