March 12, 2021
President Biden just signed the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief legislation into law. Now, it’s infrastructure’s turn to shine and clean energy enthusiasts, many of whom supported the president in the 2020 campaign, want to get their turn at big government spending.
That could be a boon for the
QCLN seeks investment results that correspond generally to the equity index called the NASDAQ® Clean Edge® Green Energy Index. The index is designed to track the performance of small-, mid-, and large-capitalization clean energy companies that are publicly traded in the United States.
Adding to the near-term case for QCLN is that the Biden Administration may be starting to feel the heat when it comes to living up to renewable energy promises.
As Oil Prices Continue to Rally, Explore the iShares IEO ETF March 12, 2021
Oil prices don’t look to be letting up, so when momentum is this strong, it’s best to continue riding the rally with ETFs like the
First, a surprise oil production cut by Saudi Arabia earlier this year propelled oil higher and now, it’s a weaker dollar. As a Reuters article noted regarding Thursday’s trading session, the “dollar fell for a third straight day and was at its lowest level in a week against a basket of currencies.”
The fund seeks to track the investment results of the Dow Jones U.S. Select Oil Exploration & Production Index, which is composed of U.S. equities in the oil and gas exploration and production sector. IEO generally invests at least 90% of its assets in securities of the underlying index and in depositary receipts representing securities of the underlying index.
MLP ETFs (Literally) Have More Gas in the Tank March 12, 2021
As has been widely noted, energy is the best-performing group in the S&P 500 to this point in 2021. That’s giving rise to master limited partnerships (MLPs) and the
AMLP seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of its underlying index, the Alerian MLP Infrastructure Index. The index is comprised of energy infrastructure MLPs that earn a majority of their cash flow from the transportation, storage, and processing of energy commodities.
While midstream energy assets and MLPs are on a tear to start 2021, some analysts believe there’s more upside to be had in this group.
CRAK the Oil Code with This VanEck ETF March 12, 2021
Getting exposure to the current rally in oil prices could be as easy as seeking a pure oil play. But investors can also opt to refine their choices further with ETFs like the
(CRAK). As the global economy continues the healing process, oil refiners could prosper.
“In 2021, the impact of seasonality on gasoline prices could be dramatic,” an Oil & Gas 360 article noted. “Last year, the global pandemic caused unprecedented demand destruction in the energy sector. As vaccines create herd immunity to the virus, people will get back in their cars, on planes, and other modes of transport that they avoided throughout 2020 and early 2021. Oil and oil product prices have been rising on rising demand for fuels and optimism over a continuation of higher requirements.”
March 12, 2021
With value stocks roaring higher, investors may want to consider an active approach to the beloved investment factor with some new actively managed ETFs, including the
FBCV is one of the initial trios of active non-transparent ETFs (ANTs) Fidelity launched in 2020, bringing the cache of one of the largest mutual and index fund issuers to this nifty new fund structure.
Value stocks usually trade at lower prices relative to fundamental measures of value, like earnings and the book value of assets. On the other hand, growth-oriented stocks tend to run at higher valuations since investors expect rapid growth in those company measures. Many investors are growing wary of high valuations in growth stocks.