Market choppiness persists ahead of key economic data later this week. Even earnings beats prove difficult to lift equity performance as interest rate concerns weigh heavily on investors’ minds. As equity volatility continues, investors increasingly turn to equity income strategies for opportunity. GDP data for the first quarter drops tomorrow, and...

Active investing had a banner year in 2023, with active strategies picking up major flows relative to AUM. Active strategies themselves have offered investors a growing range of options to address uncertainty, particularly around interest rates and an expensive U.S. economy. A new report from Morningstar has highlighted active ETFs’ ascent, with the...

This weekly update tracks some of the largest cryptocurrencies by market share: bitcoin and ether. We’ve also included XRP, as it was one of the largest cryptocurrencies when this series began. According to Wikipedia, a cryptocurrency is “a digital asset designed to work as a medium of exchange that uses cryptography to secure its transactions, to [...]...

Active ETF strategies have stormed the scene over the past year and are growing at a dizzying pace. First-quarter net inflows into actively managed ETFs surged past the previous record to $66 billion. That accounts for roughly one third of all first-quarter ETF flows despite comprising a little less than 9% of the entire ETF [...] The post Active...

Rising Treasury yields continue to push the prospect of rate cuts farther out into the year. However, a recent pullback might be an early sign that Treasuries could be rising, which should clear the pathway for bullish opportunities in leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Investor behavior may already be reflecting bullishness after the two-year...

The Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) is higher by 3.74% year-to-date. However, the widely followed benchmark is off 4.83% over the past week. The decline could give some investors pause about the near-term fates of some of the index’s high-flying holdings. On the other hand, some experts see more upside on the way for some marquee names [...] The post Some...