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More investors are exiting risky stocks and entering ETFs. One way to play the exodus is the With the major indices fluxing up and down as of late, investors could be looking to ETFs to minimize concentration risk. One popular sub-section is funds that track the S&P 500. “Investors may be selling risky and speculative stocks. But they’re also piling into exchange traded funds, including many that track the S&P 500, at a breakneck pace,” an Investor’s Business Daily article said. “Mor...

Australian Dollar Forecast: Can Bitcoin Prices Provide a Leading Signal for Currencies? 2021-04-14 16:45:00 Justin McQueen, Analyst Upside risks for Australian jobs report Can Bitcoin Provide a Leading Signal for FX? Among the key focal points for the Australian Dollar over the next 24hours will be the latest jobs figures scheduled at 02:30BST. Expectations are for a 35k jobs gain, with the range of estimates from 10k to 60k. Given the strong employment figures in both the US and Canada, which ...

5 Themes That Are Significantly Outperforming The Market So Far In 2021 Growth and tech leadership has given way to a rotation into previously beaten down cyclical sectors. Author: Mar 15, 2021 While there has been some choppiness along the way, the equity markets are mostly picking up right where they left off in 2020 - posting additional gains and setting new all-time highs. The composition of the rally, however, looks quite a bit different. Last year was dominated mostly by large-cap tech an...

Prepared by Scott Opsal Investment styles generally have an inherent tendency to outperform in either bullish or bearish market environments. One cohort attracts buyers when the equity market is running higher and optimism prevails, while other styles draw interest when the market is weak, worry abounds, and safety is the desire of the day. Such a behavioral bias is built into some factors by design, others accrue their directional bias as a secondary result of economic or cyclical forces. Th...

December 14, 2020 For the average ETF investor, high volatility from a high beta fund might not fall in the ideal risk tolerance range. Nonetheless, for the leverage-hungry trader, ETFs like the HIBL seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, of 300% of the daily performance of the S&P 500® High Beta Index. The fund, under normal circumstances, invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowing for investment purposes) in financial instruments that track the index and oth...