The S&P 500 posted its third straight weekly gain for the first time since early February. The index is currently up 10.12% year to date and now sits 0.60% below its record close from March 28, 2024. The table below summarizes the number of record highs reached each year dating back to 2008. Here is [...] The post S&P 500 Snapshot: Third Straight...

When it comes to choosing energy infrastructure investments, prioritizing ETFs with strong yield is a common strategy. While many investors flock to products such as the Tortoise North American Pipeline Fund (TPYP) and the First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund (EMLP), there are alternative options that can provide a higher yield. One...

2023 was a record-breaking year for clean energy usage, further highlighting the global push to reduce emissions. The transition underscores a pair of exchange-traded fund (ETF) opportunities to capitalize on the growth: the Invesco Global Clean Energy ETF (PBD) and the Invesco WilderHill Clean Energy ETF (PBW). As published in a Yahoo News report,...

The first quarter of 2024 saw global equity performance fueled by expectations of looser monetary policy just over the horizon, as the scourge of inflation died a slow but assured death in the very near future. Chairperson Powell’s dovish pivot towards the end of 2023 was based on this premise. Q1 Returns for Domestic Equity [...] The post No Cuts...

By Mike Dickson, Ph.D. Generating goals-based income with an equity-centric, globally diversified portfolio. Memo to retirees seeking sustainable spending power: Consider sticking with stocks. One of our core beliefs is that the optimal way to pursue long-term retirement income is by emphasizing equities more than a traditional fixed-income-heavy approach...

Warren Buffett once famously said: “Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” Milestones in life and in investing have a way of getting us to stop and think about decisions made that brought us here. As I join the research team at TMX VettaFi this week [...] The post ETF Lessons for a New Era appeared first...