The interest rate environment over the past nine months has resembled a pendulum as markets (and Fed officials themselves) attempt to shift from a hiking to an easing regime, normalizing the federal funds rate closer to the long-term neutral target. As we wrote in last week’s note, the Fed faces a conundrum of normalizing interest [...] The post A...

It has been an active week for economic markets, with several pivotal data releases making headlines. Let’s kick off with the non-farm payrolls report, a significant indicator of economic health, which was released last Friday. The report surprised to the upside, adding 272K jobs, a staggering 50% more than the anticipated 180K, showing resilience in...

VettaFi was recently named a finalist for a Wealth Management award for our Expanded Research Offerings. The “Wealthies” is one of the most prestigious awards programs to us because it celebrates firms that put the wealth management community first. Many of VettaFi’s educational partners are finalists in other categories, including abrdn, BondBloxx,...

On this episode of the “ETF of the Week” podcast, VettaFi’s Head of Research Todd Rosenbluth discussed the WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund (DXJ) with Chuck Jaffe of “Money Life.” The pair talked about several topics regarding the fund to give investors a deeper understanding of the ETF overall. Chuck Jaffe: One fund, on point for [...] The post...

By Robert Michaud The market has been highly tuned to news from the Fed or developments in artificial intelligence technology to set expectations. Meanwhile, the robust U.S. economy continued to drive optimism in global markets despite stubborn modest inflation. Despite recent volatility, talk of recession has disappeared behind strong economic news...

Calamos Announces Russell 2000 Structured Alt Protection ETF – July (CPRJ), 10.5% – 11.2% Upside Cap Range with 100% Downside Protection Over One Year Calamos Russell 2000 Structured Alt Protection ETF – July (CPRJ) is slated to launch July 1 with estimated cap range 10.5%-11.2% over a one-year outcome period. CPRJ is the first ever [...] The post...