Analysis: ETF

Actively managed Japan stock ETFs outperform in resilient market

Less than a month after a Bank of Japan interest rate hike triggered the biggest selloff since 1987 of the bellwether Nikkei 225 Index, major market benchmarks have bounced back from their lows...

ETF of the week: Off the beaten track

ETFs continue to grow in popularity year after year, with the number of issues exploding in the US. It's time to take a look at some off-the-beaten-path options. These choices aren't necessarily the...

3 ETFs that performed well in the second quarter

The quarter to the end of June saw Western markets set new records. This is an opportunity to take stock of the best-performing ETFs. We have, however, excluded ETFs that are too small, due to...

This week's ETF: British midcaps may well wake up

British GDP rose again in the first quarter after a complicated end to 2023, with two consecutive quarters of decline. The economy is performing better than the country's economists expected. Growth...

ARK Investment's Cathie Wood defends strategy in letter to investors

Cathie Wood, founder and CEO of ARK Investment Management, defended the strategy of the firm's money-losing flagship fund, telling investors in a letter released late on Wednesday that its fortunes...

ETF of the week: Investing in strong trends with the momentum theme

The momentum factor refers to the tendency for stocks that have recently outperformed the market to continue to do so in the near future, and vice versa, until a catalyst changes this dynamic.

ETF of the week: Clean energies take off again

After several difficult years since covid, companies in the clean energy sector seem ready for a fresh start. The latest results from some of the sector's behemoths, notably Nextera and First Solar,...

ETF of the week: Utilities play a role in the emergence of the IA

The utilities sector comprises companies that provide basic public services such as energy and sewage. They are generally characterized by low growth and stable margins. On the face of it, therefore,...

ETF of the week: Mexico's future looks golden

A first in 20 years. China has been overtaken by Mexico as the USA's biggest trading partner. The deterioration in relations between Americans and Chinese since 2017 is largely responsible for this...

ETF of the week: Diversifying into frontier markets

Frontier markets, also known as nascent markets and emerging markets of the future, refer to a group of countries with an established financial market, but whose market capitalization and liquidity...

ETF of the week: Preferred Stocks, a mixed product between stocks and bonds

This ETF offers exposure to Preferred Stocks, which are widely used in the United States, but less so in Europe. These are hybrid financial securities that combine the characteristics of ordinary...

Democratic ETF outpaces Republican peer on Big Tech bets

An exchange-traded fund that follows the stock trades of Democratic lawmakers has seen sharp gains since its launch last year, outperforming a Republican-oriented fund, on the back of big bets on...