As small cap equities continue to surge, investors may want to consider sprinkling in some gold with the Sprott Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEArca: SGDJ).
January 22, 2021
Thanks to an increased reliance on technology last year, given the shift to working at home, among other reasons, thematics really took off. This charge forward should be carrying into 2021. With that in mind, on Thursday, ProShares, a premier ETF provider, launched its first leveraged thematic investing ETFs.
ProShares Ultra Nasdaq Cybersecurity (UCYB) seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to two times the daily performance of the Nasdaq CTA Cybersecurity Index.
ProShares Ultra Nasdaq Cloud Computing (SKYU) seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to two times the daily performance of the ISE CTA Cloud Computing Index.
Key Points:
Social media’s suspension of President Trump’s social media accounts should be troubling to everyone, whether you support him or not. Recall Ben Franklin: “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
Privacy seekers are downloading Signal to replace WhatsApp.
Biden’s proposed relief package, at $1.9 trillion, is expected to boost investor demand for real assets, including gold, Bitcoin and Ethereum.
In my final commentary of 2020, I wrote that the U.S. media has a major trust issue. According to recent polls, most Americans put little faith in what they see and read on TV and the internet.