Investors that actively follow international geopolitical news know that civil unrest is increasing in China as citizens there attempt to fight back against the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) long-running zero-COVID policy. What the end result of the protests will be remains to be seen, but over the short term, it wouldn’t be surprising to see [...]

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Investors looking for contrarian ideas for 2023 don’t need to look much further than ex-US developed markets equities. In fact, that’s been one of the most widely cited contrarian ideas for several years now, owing in part to depressed valuations. With 2023 right around the corner, there’s once again momentum for developed market equities as [...]

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On the most recent episode of ETF Prime, host Nate Geraci and Tom Hendrickson, VettaFi’s chief product and innovation officer talk about the strong interest in alternatives in 2022. Later Geraci was joined by Giang Bui, head of U.S. exchange traded products at Nasdaq, to discuss ETF trends in 2022 and a look towards 2023. [...]

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Investing in foreign equities amid such a complicated year for geopolitical and rising rate concerns hasn’t been easy, but Japan has recently been a bright spot. While the strictness of China’s zero-COVID policies remains a challenge for investing in the massive country, Japan has been a bright spot, with recent news buoying the case to [...]

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REITs have been the top-performing asset class in eight of the past 22 years and are currently trading at substantial discounts, unveiling a compelling investment opportunity for long-term investors.  REIT values can drift from the net asset value of their underlying assets, leading to the REIT trading at premiums or discounts to NAV. Currently, REITs, [...]

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It’s been a bad year for bonds, with 2022 being the worst period for the asset class in nearly a century. But of course, not all fixed income funds are the same, and abandoning this asset class entirely may not be the best move for long-term investors. After all, not only are bond funds currently at bargain [...]

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Equities have taken big hits this year and small caps in particular have felt the crush of inflation and market uncertainty. The precipitous fall this year of small-cap stocks has led to strong investment opportunities for advisors looking to diversify their portfolios in a space that has several attractive qualities. Deep Discounts The Russell 2000, [...]

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With both stocks and bonds down this year, 2022 is ranking to be the second-most volatile year on record. As we approach the new year, putting the 2022 market detractors into context can help you position a portfolio in 2023. In the upcoming webcast, Preparing Your Portfolio For 2023, Simona Mocuta, chief economist at State [...]

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Shares of Pinduoduo (PDD) jumped on Monday after the e-commerce giant reported strong third quarter earnings that beat analyst estimates.  Pinduoduo traded around 14% higher to $76.43 in premarket trading on Monday, with momentum carrying into Tuesday, as the fund is up over 6% to $78.55 in midday trading. Pinduoduo has been a strong performer [...]

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Investors can turn to innovative systematic bond exchange traded fund strategies, like those practiced by Dimensional, to help navigate today’s fixed-income market environment. In the recent webcast, Dimensional Presents Bond Strategies Built for Volatility, Gerard O’Reilly, Co-Chief Executive, Officer, and Chief Investment Officer of Dimensional Fund Advisors, pointed out that while the current market conditions [...]

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In what it’s calling “a first-of-its-kind space experiment,” Amazon’s cloud computing division Amazon Web Services (AWS) successfully ran a machine-learning software suite on a satellite in orbit. The experiment, conducted over the past 10 months in low Earth orbit, was designed to test a faster, more efficient method for customers to collect and analyze valuable [...]

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There’s the old joke about having just one job, but in the case of low volatility exchange traded funds, these products have two jobs and those endeavors aren’t laughing matters. ETFs such as the Invesco S&P 500® Low Volatility ETF (SPLV) are designed to be less volatile than traditional equity strategies while performing less poorly [...]

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The S&P 500 Equal Weight Index has maintained a significant lead over the cap weighted S&P 500 all year.  Year-to-date through November 29, the S&P 500 has declined by 17.04% while the Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (RSP), which tracks the S&P 500 EWI, has declined by 10.89%, each on a price change basis, according [...]

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Europe is perched precariously atop its pile of gas storage as it heads into winter after a summer of scrambling to fill reserves, with the coldest months still to come when energy drain will be the highest. While Europe may have lucked out with a warmer-than-normal November helping to preserve fuel reserves, the coming months [...]

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Gold futures rose Tuesday amid continued suggestions in the market that the U.S. dollar may be leveling out or even approaching its peak value in a complicated year for other currencies impacted by central bank actions and geopolitical uncertainty. Should the dollar continue to weaken, a gold mining ETF like the Sprott Gold Miners ETF [...]

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While restaurants such as McDonald’s and Yum Brands brought in customers with discounted meals, Starbucks went in the opposite direction with higher priced drinks — and the gambit paid off. Hey, people clearly want their pumpkin spice lattes, and aren’t going to let a little thing like high prices get in their way. Despite inflation [...]

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By Stacey Morris, CFA, Philip Segal Summary The US became the world’s largest LNG exporter this year and will have an important role to play as Europe looks to replace natural gas supplies from Russia. Two US LNG projects reached a final investment decision in 2022, but others have faced delays despite a strong backdrop [...]

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The universe of environmental, social and governance (ESG) exchange traded funds is undoubtedly expanding, and with that rapid proliferation comes the need for less controversy and proper strategic implementation. Not all ESG ETFs adequately address those issues. One ESG fund that does is the Invesco ESG Nasdaq 100 ETF (QQMG). QQMG’s straightforward methodology is appropriate [...]

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After decades of riding on a falling rate environment, fixed-income investors have faced a challenging year with elevated inflation weighing on real yields and hawkish Federal Reserve monetary policies adding to interest rate risks. Nevertheless, there are alternative bond strategies that could still help investors diversify risk and maintain reliable income generation. In the upcoming [...]

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South America can continue to have a profound effect on where wheat prices take investors. In the current state of affairs, decreased supply production in Argentina could propel the prices higher. As evidenced by the S&P GSCI Wheat Index and the Bloomberg Wheat Subindex, wheat prices could use a boost after peaking in the beginning [...]

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