March 12, 2021
Inflation fears took a step back this week, but the threat of rising Treasury yields has certainly not evaporated. If that’s the case, it could help to be a bear on benchmark Treasury notes using the
TMV seeks daily investment results before fees and expenses of 300% of the inverse of the daily performance of the ICE U.S. Treasury 20+ Year Bond Index. TMV invests in swap agreements, futures contracts, short positions, or other financial instruments that provide inverse or short leveraged exposure to the index, which is a market value weighted index that includes publicly issued U.S. Treasury debt securities that have a remaining maturity of greater than 20 years.
As Traditional TV Disappears, Play the Cord-Cutting ARKW ETF March 12, 2021
At the hands of streaming entertainment, linear television is bleeding market share and, in the eyes of many market observers, dying a slow death. Investors looking to capitalize on that situation should consider the
ARKW aims to capture long-term growth with a low correlation of relative returns to traditional growth strategies and a negative correlation to value strategies. It serves as a tool for diversification due to little overlap with traditional indices. The actively managed strategy combines top-down and bottom-up research in its portfolio management to identify innovative companies and convergence across markets.
Stock ETFs Pare Recent Gains as Interest Rates Jump Again March 12, 2021
Stocks and index ETFs slipped on Friday amid surging bond yields, reigniting concerns that rising rates will damage the rise in equities, especially tech names. Rollover in the stock index futures may also be contributing to the decline.
The S&P 500 fell 0.4%, before paring those losses, slipping from a record high scored on Thursday. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq Composite reversed its gains in the prior session, dropping 1.4%, but has also since pared some of those losses. The Dow Jones Industrial Average led the three benchmark indices, climbing 0.53% thanks to gains in bank stocks, which are aided by rising rates.
Clean Energy + China = A Truly Long-Term Investing Opportunity March 12, 2021
Oil and gas continue to be the spark behind an energy rally, and things are no different in China. Yet as the country starts to move toward more greener initiatives, this could be an inflection point for the
CHIE seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI China Energy IMI Plus 10/50 Index. The fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in the securities of the underlying index and in ADRs and GDRs based on the securities in the underlying index.