On Tuesday, Stance Capital, a pioneer in quantitative ESG investing and research, announced the launch of the
Stance Equity ESG Large Cap Core ETF (NYSE: STNC). The fund will be a series of The RBB Fund Inc. and will use Blue Tractor’s Shielded Alpha ETF wrapper.
Stance Capital, founded by Bill Davis in 2016, offers a differentiated approach to ESG investing. Its active, semi-concentrated strategy, with a proprietary machine learning model and risk optimization overlay, was previously only available in separately-managed accounts and through model delivery.
“We started Stance Capital to dispel the notion that investing in companies with strong ESG indicators will lead to under-performance,” said Davis. “We believe that with proper portfolio construction, values alignment is a free option for investors.”
Experts Say Demand For Gold Remains High as so does Investor Interest
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PALM BEACH, Fla., March 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Investor interest in gold remains high. When Wall Street is afraid, the world is dazzled by gold. That s what happened in August and September when COVID-19 panic pushed gold prices above $2,000 an ounce. Gold outperformed stocks during the volatile year of 2020, with gold prices rising 24.6%, compared with the 18.4% total returns delivered by the S&P 500 index. The World Gold Council reports inflows into gold-backed Exchange Traded Funds have offset weakness in all other sectors of the market affected by the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic. A price level to consider is the 2011 record brought forward in time by inflation which calculates to be $2,184 per troy-ounce. If you believe the near-term outlook is scarier than the 2011 U.S. debt crisis, a reasonable target for late-2020 is $2,200-plus. Investing in gold based on s
March 16, 2021
After years of basement-dwelling lows, mortgage rates are on a steady move higher. While this does no favor for home purchasers and refinancers, it could help ETF investors in the
“According to the latest data, released Thursday by Freddie Mac, the 30-year fixed-rate average rose to 3.05 percent with an average 0.6 point,” a Washington Post article noted. “(Points are fees paid to a lender equal to 1 percent of the loan amount and are in addition to the interest rate.) It was 3.02 percent a week ago and 3.36 percent a year ago. The 30-year fixed average has risen for four consecutive weeks, something it hasn’t done since April 2019.”
Prepping for a Pullback? Alternative ETFs for Troubled Times March 16, 2021
Exchange traded fund investors should explore alternate strategies for a market that is stretching valuations to precipitous levels.
In the recent webcast,
Afraid of a Market Pullback? Hybrid Approaches for Uncertain Times, Sandra Testani, Vice President, ETF Product and Strategy, American Century Investments, highlighted the benefits of preferred stocks, which are hybrid investments that share characteristics of stocks and bonds and offer the potential for high current income, higher credit quality, diversification benefits, and lower interest rate risk.
Testani explained that preferreds in a portfolio provide enhanced portfolio yield without significantly sacrificing credit quality, provide diversification away from traditional fixed income investments with less vulnerability to rising rates, and, for tax-sensitive investors, provide attractive after-tax yield as income on preferreds may be classifi
The
WisdomTree Cloud Computing ETF (WCLD) was the leader of cloud computing exchange traded funds last year and one of the best-performing technology ETFs of any stripe. The fund’s recent rebalancing could lead to more of the same this year.
The WisdomTree Cloud Computing Fund seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the BVP Nasdaq Emerging Cloud Index, an equally weighted index designed to measure the performance of emerging public companies focused on delivering cloud-based software to customers.
A prime advantage of WCLD is that it focuses on pure play cloud companies with fast-growing earnings and revenue profiles.