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® US Dividend Valuation Index SM (MSUSDVTU), which is intended to track the overall performance of high dividend yielding U.S. companies with strong financial health and attractive valuations according to Morningstar. The fund is able to extract not just high-yielding companies, but ones that offer value and strong fundamentals. Overall DURA offers ETF investors: High Dividend Yield Potential: The index targets high yielding U.S. equities A Focus on Valuations: The index allocates to those c...

VanEck is betting on the long-term value of social media chatter about stocks, the Financial Times reports. The Buzz NextGen AI US Sentiment Leaders Index

SM (the “Index”) finished an up-and-down January slightly negative for the month but ahead of S&P 500 ® Index by more than 40 basis points (-0.58% vs. -1.01%, respectively). The tech, health care and energy sectors all contributed positively to Index returns, offsetting much of the negative returns from industrials, financials and consumer staples. In addition to January performance highlights, this month I’ll also touch on something that had been relegated to the backburner for quite ...

By Rolando Morris and Charl Malan, VanEck Commodities appear set for an extended run, after 10 years of underperformance, according to Barron’s. In a recent article, Portfolio Manager and Commodities Strategist Roland Morris, Senior Analyst Charl Malan and  Portfolio Manager Joe Foster offered their insights on the recovery in commodities prices and the supportive trends that may lead to a structural bull market for commodities. The current environment entails fiscal and monetary stimulus,...

How Emerging Markets Debt Can Help You Fight Domestic Inflation January 29, 2021 In modest allocations, emerging markets assets are functional in retirement portfolios and that’s particularly true on the fixed income side. Enter the EMLC seeks to replicate the price and yield performance of the J.P. Morgan GBI-EM Global Core Index. The index is comprised of bonds issued by emerging market governments and denominated in the local currency of the issuer. While the asset class is currently st...

Ninepoint Partners Sees Canadian IPO Completed And Fully Invested By Day 1 Last Updated: 30 January 2021 Ninepoint Partners stands as an investment firm based in Canada, and has much reason for celebration. The firm has managed to complete its 230 million CAD initial public offering (IPO) for its cryptocurrency fund, which is worth around 180 million USD. Crypto Sentiments At A Large Positive One of the more interesting things about this IPO of this Bitcoin fund is the sheer...

A Squib on the GameStop, Robinhood, WSB Affair Yes, the rules can change in the middle of the game. Stocks quotes in this article: T, FB, GME A headline from an email from the Wall Street Journal this morning: "The Morning Risk Report: GameStop (GME) Stock Surge Tests Scope of SECs Manipulation Rules" I have seen or rather we all have seen countless people complain, object, and decry the moves by the brokerage firms and the re...

In a Reddit post last week, a day trader who helped push GameStop Corp. shares to record...

The VanEck Vectors ® Real Asset Allocation ETF (“RAAX”) and real assets broadly both finished the year on a positive note. RAAX returned +0.44% versus +4.97% for the Bloomberg Commodity Index and +4.82 for the Blended Real Asset Index. However, the total return for RAAX with the yearend distribution included was +6.53%, outperforming both indices during the month.[1] The rally in real assets continued into December as investors continued to weigh the near-term risks of inflation. RAAX has...

January 20, 2021 High-yield bonds encountered some rough spots in 2020, but by the time the year drew to a close, 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. “2020 was a roller-coaster year for the high yield market. In March, we saw massive spread wid...