April 5, 2021
Advisors are quickly discovering that traditional fixed income strategies just aren’t cutting it, particularly with significant exposure to long-dated Treasuries.
WisdomTree’s U.S. Conservative Growth Model Portfolio is an option for higher quality income with equity exposure. The model portfolio allocates 60 percent of its weight to fixed income exchange traded funds, many of which aren’t heavily dependent on U.S. government debt.
“These U.S.-focused model portfolios allocate to multi-factor equity and fixed income ETFs across multiple risk profiles leveraging our Modern Alpha® approach,” according to the issuer.
Another advantage of this model portfolio is that it’s not dependent on long duration fare. Within the model portfolio are some shorter duration ideas, including the
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Mention the word ‘budget’ to someone who’s just landed their first job and their smile will quickly dissolve into a frown, with eyes as dead as the night. Yes, budgeting is a rather boring – but essential – thing that we all should do, but don’t.
It may not be exciting or allow you to blow your payslip as you wish, but it does teach you to manage your money and gain a modicum of financial discipline. Perhaps a less dreary way to describe a budget is to call it your spending plan. Working out how much you’re prepared to spend and save each month can simplify things and make sure that you’re always covered for the essentials.
SPPP provides “a secure, convenient and exchange-traded investment alternative for investors who want to hold physical platinum and palladium. The Trust offers a number of compelling advantages over traditional exchange-traded platinum and palladium funds,” according to the issuer.
With the global economy shaking off the ill effects of the coronavirus pandemic, palladium could be a winning precious metal in the back half of 2021. Some commodities market observers are already forecasting more upside for the metal.
“Palladium did a return to point of breakout, close to the November and January highs at 2516.51/2511.03, before heading back up again,” according to Commerzbank. “Since the decline from the current March high at 2758.00 looks corrective and can be subdivided into three smaller waves a, b and c, we expect the current advance to rise above the 2758.00 high towards the 2020 peak and all-time high at 2878.04.”
This past March, ASYMmetric ETFs™, LLC launched the ASYMshares ASYMmetric 500 ETF (NYSE: ASPY), an innovative turn-key investment solution designed with the potential to generate positive returns across bear and bull markets. As detailed on its launch day, ASPY seeks to track the total return performance, before fees and expenses, of the ASYMmetric 500 Index.
ETF Trends had the opportunity to learn more from Darren R. Schuringa, CEO and Founder of ASYMmetric ETFs™, who explained more about the objectives and strategy of ASYMmetric ETFs.
Looking at why is now a good time for ASYMmetric ETFs™, as Schuringa explains, “ASPY was built with the objective of helping investors during times like this. The S&P 500 is trading near or at all-time highs. U.S. equities are in the midst of one of the longest bull market runs in history. The stock market does not go up forever. It is cyclical. There will be another bear market. The question is not if, but when. ASPY aims to allow inv
Goldman Sachs Is Jumping into Bitcoin April 5, 2021
Goldman Sachs is making Bitcoin funds available to wealthy clients, joining its rival Morgan Stanley. The move could speed institutional adoption and support prices of the largest cryptocurrency.
“The investment bank soon will help wealthy clients invest in digital assets, creating a new Digital Assets Group within its private wealth management division. Mary Rich was named as global head of the new unit, according to a memo to employees released Wednesday and reviewed by
Barron’s,
” reports Liz Moyer for the magazine.
Institutions are slowly warming to Bitcoin, which many market observers believe will lead to substantial long-term price appreciation.