ETF Analysis & Opinion

During LSEG Lipper’s fund-flows week that ended June 21, 2023, investors were overall net redeemers of fund assets (including both conventional funds and ETFs) for the first week in three,...

A broad measure of commodities led returns for the major asset classes last week, based on a set of ETFs through Friday’s close (June 16). But even after a strong rally, it’s still not...

Investors were net purchasers of fund assets (including those of conventional funds and ETFs) for the second consecutive week, injecting a net $19.2 billion for the LSEG Lipper fund-flows week ended...

We often talk about the importance of leadership in the markets. For active investors, it tells us which sectors are out-performing and warns us when those sectors begin to falter.Today is a great...

Emerging Market Funds had a strong start to the calendar year, attracting $4.4 billion in January and $1.3 billion in February. This led to their largest quarterly intake in a year (+$6.0 billion)....

Successful traders and investors tend to watch junk bonds performance to understand when the financial market is bullish (junk bonds do well) versus when the market is bearish (junk bonds don’t...

Investors were net sellers of fund assets (including those of conventional funds and ETFs) for the first week in six, redeeming a net $2.1 billion for the LSEG Lipper fund-flows week ended Wednesday,...

During Refinitiv Lipper’s fund-flows week that ended May 24, 2023, investors were overall net purchasers of fund assets (including both conventional funds and ETFs) for the sixth week in a row,...

Most associate lithium with EV usage.The largest holding in the ETF basket (Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF (NYSE:LIT) is Albemarle Corp. (NYSE:ALB). The U.S.-based company is not purely a...

US Oil Fund (USO) invests primarily in futures contracts for light, sweet crude oil, other types of crude oil, diesel-heating oil, gasoline, natural gas, and other petroleum-based fuels.Essentially,...

Following an aggressive interest rate hiking cycle throughout 2022 and 2023, cracks began appearing in the U.S. banking sector by March, disproportionately affecting smaller regional banks.After...

Investors were net purchasers of fund assets (including those of conventional funds and ETFs) for the second week in a row, injecting a net $5.8 billion for the Refinitiv Lipper fund-flows week ended...

Investors were net sellers of fund assets (including those of conventional funds and ETFs) for the first week in eight, withdrawing a net $69.7 billion for the Refinitiv Lipper fund-flows week that...

As regional bank liquidity fears recede and the Federal Reserve Board softened its language about future rate hikes after hiking its key lending rate by 25 basis points (bps) on March 22, saying...