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How The Crypto-Crazies Are Revolutionizing Online Investing By Will Johnson 04/11/21 AT 7:01 AM Almost since the day the first Bitcoin was minted 12 years ago, financial advisers have been telling investors to avoid it. “Cryptocurrency is far too volatile and has proven itself to be the biggest bubble since the tulip bubble in the 1600s,” one declared in a 2019 advice column headlined, “6 Risky Investment Fads to Avoid.” I know, based on our research, that many of you have ignore...

NOVAGOLD Reports First Quarter 2021 Financial Results Donlin Gold Completes Its Successful, COVID-Free 2020 Drill Program with Outstanding Assay Results Higher Drilled Grade-Thickness than Predicted by Previous Modelling and New High-Grade Extensions Identified, Including Near Surface Community Engagement is Further Strengthened in Response to the Global Pandemic NOVAGOLD Has Strong $114 Million Treasury with a Further $75 Million Due in July 2021 The Donlin Gold … Donlin Gold Completes Its ...

BDCs Have Big Yields, But Consider These Important Factors March 17, 2021 The search for yield can take income investors to a wide range of alternative asset classes. Those include business development companies (BDCs), accessible via the VanEck BIZD looks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the MVIS® US Business Development Companies Index. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in securities that comprise t...

Few ETFs debut to as much fanfare as did the recently launched The fund tracks the BUZZ NextGen AI US Sentiment Leaders Index. It employs leading-edge analytics to harness the collective conviction of millions of investors. The Index tracks the performance of the 75 large cap U.S. stocks that exhibit the highest degree of positive investor sentiment and bullish perception based on content aggregated from online sources, including social media, news articles, blog posts, and other alternativ...

After Rapid Growth, VanEck Slashing Fees on Its Bitcoin ETN There’s still not a Bitcoin exchange traded fund in the U.S., but the VanEck Vectors Bitcoin ETN (VBTC), which trades on Deutsche Börse Xetra, is proving so successful that the issuer is lowering the annual fee on the product. “The VanEck Vectors Bitcoin ETN is a fully-collateralized exchange traded note that invests in bitcoin. The note seeks to replicate the value and yield performance of the MVIS CryptoCompare Bitcoin VWAP Clo...

Aegis Capital Corp. Announces the Hiring of a New Managing Director of Financial Institutions and Cannabis Equity Research Aegis Capital Corp. ( a full-service wealth management, financial services and investment banking firm is pleased to announce Brian Hollenden has joined the firm as a Managing Director - Financial Institutions and Cannabis Equity Research Brian Hollenden, CFA has extensive experience in equity research analysis covering a wide variety of sectors including Financial Institu...

March 16, 2021 The prospect of rate hikes by the Federal Reserve has become more apparent of late, with Treasury yields ticking higher and fears of inflation starting to sprout. Gold investors should consider playing the long game with funds like the OUNZ seeks to provide investors with an opportunity to invest in gold through the shares and delivery of physical gold in exchange for those shares. Summarily, OUNZ offers investors: Deliverability: VanEck Merk Gold Trust holds gold bullion in t...

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.) I...

Munis to the MAAX: A Tailored Response to Municipal Bond ETFs March 15, 2021 The recent spike in Treasury yields is presenting challenges for some traditional municipal bond strategies. Investors can turn to a more responsive approach with the MAAX is based off a proprietary model that incorporates momentum, along with both duration and credit risk indicators, to tactically allocate among selected VanEck Vectors Municipal Bond ETFs, which covers the full range of the risk/return spectrum in ...

The VanEck Vectors ® Real Asset Allocation ETF (“RAAX”) returned +4.61% versus +6.47% for the Bloomberg Commodity Index. In general, most real assets continue to benefit from the expectation of higher inflation, while oil prices were lifted higher due to supply constraints that resulted from the deadly storm in Texas. On the other hand, income producing real assets were negatively impacted by the rapid surge in interest rates. Gold prices remain under pressure due to optimism about future...