On Thursday, VanEck announced the launch of the
VanEck Vectors Social Sentiment ETF (BUZZ), which provides investors value-added exposure to large cap U.S. stocks with the most bullish investor sentiment and perception.
“We are experiencing a monumental moment within the history of the retail investor Twitter, Reddit, Stocktwits, and dozens of other platforms have established communities for investors to discuss stocks, and as a result of soaring online engagement, they have become an alternative dataset for investors to scour and utilize for a performance edge,” said Ed Lopez, Managing Director, Head of ETF Product for VanEck. “BUZZ empowers individual investors to potentially benefit from the predictive insights gained by measuring the collective convictions about stocks, ultimately building the benchmark for social sentiment.”
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Now It’s Jay Powell’s Turn to Speak
Federal Reserve chairman Jay Powell’s speaking engagement on March 4 is, in Horizon’s view, critical for the central bank’s messaging and credibility, and for taming the bond market selloff.
The problem Powell needs to deal with head on is this: some people in the bond market think economic growth will be fast enough, and inflation high enough, to prompt the Fed to tighten policy much earlier than they say they will. The lurch higher in short-term rate expectations – and the dynamics that are driving it – is posing a credibility issue that Powell needs to address.