By Natalia Gurushina Chief Economist, Emerging Markets Fixed Income Strategy Van Eck Associates Corporation The market believes that aggressive rate hikes in parts of EM will be followed by rate cuts later in 2022, as growth falters and...
Read MoreEditor’s note: Any and all references to timeframes longer than one trading day are for purposes of market context only, and not recommendations of any holding timeframe. Daily rebalancing ETFs are not meant to be held unmonitored for long...
Read MoreThe U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) has kept interest rates low in recent years, holding its benchmark rate at zero since March 2020 to prop up the economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic. With the economic outlook continuing to strengthen, the Fed has...
Read MoreThe ETRACS Quarterly Pay 1.5x Leveraged Alerian MLP Index ETN (MLPR) offers enhanced exposure to MLPs, an area well-positioned for rising interest rates. MLPR is the only leveraged fund that tracks the Alerian MLP index. The fund was first available...
Read MoreESG funds saw a rapid growth of inflows in 2021 as increasingly more advisors and investors focused on investing sustainably and ethically. Yasmin Dahya Bilger, head of ETFs for Engine No. 1, and Michael O’Leary, managing director at Engine No. 1,...
Read MoreU.S. markets and stock exchange traded funds rebounded on Friday as strong quarterly earnings from Apple and Visa helped fuel the positive sentiment to help close out a volatile week. On Friday, the Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (RSP), which...
Read MoreSince their introduction in 1993, exchange traded funds have exploded in popularity. In 2020, there were 2,204 ETFs in the U.S. alone. By holding a diversified basket of securities, ETFs reach into corners of the market that were previously...
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