68 Technology ETFs Ranked For 2021
Broad, sector and theme focused tech ETFs are analyzed using several criteria to identify the best of the best.
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May 11, 2021
Over the past decade coming out of the financial crisis, the tech sector has been the unquestioned leader in driving the equity markets higher. While there have been bumps along the road, tech stocks, mega-cap names in particular, have consistently been the favorites among many investors.
Tech ETFs have also enjoyed similar interest. Broadly focused tech funds work well for those who simply want to overweight the sector in their portfolios, but the emergence of ETFs targeting specific sectors and themes, including semiconductors, artificial intelligence, fintech, cloud computing and cybersecurity, have made it easy for investors to narrow their focus in many different ways.
Thanks to inflation fears, rising bond yields, and potential tax hikes, the outlook for tech has been cloudy. But Q.ai s deep learning algorithms have crunched the numbers to bring you this month s top US Tech Smart Beta ETFs the best, good, caution, and poor.
Manchester & London Investment Trust Plc - Half-year Report
PR Newswire
(the Company )
Half-yearly report for the six months ended 31 January 2021
A copy of the Half-Yearly Report can be accessed via the Company s website at www.mlcapman.com/manchester-london-investment-trust-plc or by contacting the Company Secretary by telephone on 01392 477500.
Summary of Results
256,791
633.62
11.8%
Six months to
7.00
Ex-dividend date
During the half year under review, the
total NAV per Share return was 2.4 per cent, compared to an
increase in the benchmark of 11.8 per cent.
It has been a period where small capitalisation stocks, unprofitable Technology hopes, Cryptocurrencies and Reflation Value plays have been in vogue, whilst mega-capitalisation Technology (with the exception of Apple and Tesla) has lagged.
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY), $60.5 billion in short interest.
iShares Russell 2000 Index (NYSE: IWM), $20.9 billion in short interest.
PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 (NASDAQ: QQQ), $19.7 billion in short interest.
iShares iBoxx $ High Yid Corp Bond (NYSE: HYG), $11 billion in short interest.
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Indx (NYSE: EEM) 2.12%, $9.5 billion in short interest.
SPDR S&P Biotech (NYSE: XBI), $7.9 billion in short interest.
Short Percent Of Float: By far the most heavily shorted ETF is the SPY ETF, which tracks the S&P 500 and represents a simple bet against the U.S. stock market and/or a hedge against long positions in U.S. stocks. In the past 30 days, SPY short interest has increased by $4.8 billion. When it comes to short percent of float, however, the XBI Biotech ETF has the highest of the six ETFs mentioned above at 94%.
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