ETFs & Mutual Funds
Since the end of April, there have been more discussions of whether investors should concentrate now on growth or value stocks and ETFs. This focus became more relevant as many growth-dominated ETFs like the Consumer Discretionary (XLY Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund ) have not risen as fast as…
The U.S. was known as the “cleanest dirty shirt” during the financial crisis, the one place you could safely put your money if you had to put it somewhere. Now it is being called exceptional. A funny thing happened on the way to the U.S. recession of 2024: the irrepressible…
Cannabis ETFs rocketed higher Tuesday on news that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) plans to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug under federal law, according to reports from the Associated Press. This drug policy change could have wide-ranging effects across the country Amplify Alternative Harvest ETF (MJ) soared…
As we approach the end of April it is clear that a review of the key market sectors does not reveal many bright spots as we enter into May. The stock market, in terms of the Spyder Trust (SPY Principal Shareholder Yield Index ETF SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust )…
Both investors and traders were likely a bit apprehensive at the start of last week as the 5.5% decline in the Nasdaq Composite Index was the largest since November 2022. The 10% decline in the high-profile NVIDIA NVIDIA SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust Corp. (NVDA) on Friday, April…
It should be no surprise to anyone that our divided country is living in two different realities. From the people pushing the Big Lie that Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election to Phil Lyman, the Republican candidate for Utah governor, blaming the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge…
The stock market has absorbed some economic reports in March that cast doubt on the bullish case ahead of this week’s FOMC meeting. The outlook on rates has changed quite a bit since the start of the year as now a cut is not expected this month. In the past…
For investors who want exposure to a basket of stocks without the typical headaches and expenses of trading individual stocks in the market, ETFs are a great route to take. The choices available run in the thousands, vary by investment style, type of management, geographic allocation, asset class and sector…
Most polls show that President Biden continues to get low marks on the economy. According to Reuters, the economy has been the most important issue ”Concerning Americans for 117 weeks.” Some in the financial media, who look at the data closely, can’t understand what the public and many economists are…
With only a few hours left in the month and an imminent release of the announcement from the FOMC many in the market are only focused on daily or weekly price swings. So far it has been a good month for stocks with the Invesco QQQ QQQ Trust (QQQ) and…
