February 19, 2021
Investors are often lead to believe that bonds are steady investments. They can also be wired to think that junk bonds are exceptionally volatile.
Yet many fallen angels funds like the
ANGL seeks to replicate as closely as possible the price and yield performance of the ICE BofAML US Fallen Angel High Yield Index. The index is comprised of below investment grade corporate bonds denominated in U.S. dollars that were rated investment grade at the time of issuance.
“We believe that in this uncertain environment, high yield investors should be selective and focus on fallen angel bonds which are bonds originally issued with investment grade ratings as a potential source of outperformance relative to the broad high yield bond market,” writes William Sokol, VanEck senior ETF product manager. “Fallen angels have provided outperformance in 13 of the last 17 calendar years, a level of consistency that we believe may be attractive in a changing market environment
With Cyclical ETFs Roaring Back, Consider Industrial Interests February 19, 2021
A shifting political environment and easy monetary policy are among the factors rewarding for cyclical stocks at the present. The industrial sector is one promising way for investors to home in on a cyclical recovery. Enter the
PRN tracks the Dorsey Wright Industrials Technical Leaders Index, which is designed to identify companies that are showing relative strength (momentum), and is composed of at least 30 securities from the NASDAQ US Benchmark Index. Relative strength is the measurement of a security’s performance in a given universe over time as compared to the performance of all other securities in that universe.
February 19, 2021
Predicting the future is relatively straightforward when you limit yourself to thoughts like “if the market does this, investors will do that.” Easy cause-and-effect issues with regulation will also do the trick.
Much harder is espousing a controversial opinion. Why stick your neck out if you don’t have to? I have my reasons for doing so this time around, so let’s get into it.
The SEC should move approval of a crypto ETF framework to the top of their agenda.
Let me cut to the point. Then I’ll tell you why I actually think this is important for folks who still read text longer than 280 characters. Here are my five arguments:
February 19, 2021
Bitcoin, the largest digital currency by market value, continues notching record highs on what feels like a daily basis.
Chances are institutional investors are playing a vital role in this rally because confirmation abounds that Bitcoin is luring more and more big-name participants.
“Following moves by firms such as Tesla, Visa and Mastercard to incorporate bitcoin into their payments infrastructure, institutional banks appear to be getting in on the bitcoin act,” according GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. “This marks the beginning of a new era for bitcoin – a distinct shift away from a cryptocurrency driven by retail investors to one with more mainstream adoption.”