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Here’s a look at the Top 15 Most Viewed Articles of the Week on ETF Trends, Aug. 8-12, 2016.
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1. Frenzied Investor Demand for Minimum Volatility ETFs Continues
The frenzied investor demand for minimum volatility products continues to increase certain defensive sector valuations and has created opportunities in other S&P 500 sectors, which now appear undervalued on a relative basis.
2. 11 Sector ETFs for a Diversified Investment Portfolio
Investors who are just beginning to fill out their investments may gravitate toward name brand stocks that they are familiar with, but a sector exchange traded fund may be a better option to diversify a portfolio.
3. Shark Tank, Smart-Beta ETF Strategies to Smooth out the Ride
As the investment world braces for more uncertainty and market volatility, investors may consider smart-beta exchange traded fund strategies to limit drawdowns and potentially smooth out the ride.
4. Silver ETFs are at an Important Juncture
The iShares Silver Trust (NYSEArca: SLV) and ETFS Physical Silver Shares (NYSEArca: SIVR) have set a torrid pace this year, but as the white metal continues notching upside, some traders are concerned about pullbacks.
5. As SEC Tinkers with Money Market Funds, Look to ETFs
In attempt to obviate another debacle in money market funds after the financial downturn, the Securities and Exchange Commission is expected to implement a round of new rules in mid-October that could change the way the $2.7 trillion industry works.
6. PEY: A Gem Among High Dividend ETFs
Over the long-term, high-quality dividend-paying stock exchange traded funds could produce outperforming results. The PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers Portfolio (NYSEArca: PEY) is one ETF that can position investors for years of consistent, dependable dividends.
7. Avoiding the Bond Trap When Volatility Strikes
When stocks exhibit volatility, there is a tendency for investors to rush into traditional safe-haven assets such as bonds. Recently, this was again evidenced following the Brexit referendum vote, when the high demand for bonds further pushed bond prices up, and bond yields significantly lower.
8. Pros Bet on Gold ETF Rebound
Gold exchange traded products such as the SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEArca: GLD),iShares Gold Trust (NYSEArca: IAU) and ETFS Physical Swiss Gold Shares (NYSEArca: SGOL) have retreated a bit in recent days as the July jobs report is stoking speculation the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates this year.
9. Measuring the Pulse of the U.S. Economy
As investors reflect on 2016 to date it may be best described as one lacking consensus on the strength of both the US and Global Economy. On the one hand, the leading broad market has been Emerging Markets at 12.14%, followed by Mid-Cap and Small Cap Indexes at 11.84% and 7.79%, respectively, year to date through Aug. 4, 2016.
10. ETF Investors: The Real Action is Beneath the Surface
A few years ago, we took our children snorkeling off the Florida Keys. We told them about the beauty and diversity of sea life that they should expect to see. They were bursting with anticipation as we rode in the boat out to the reef. Their surprise was visible as the boat stopped.
11. An Efficient, Inexpensive ETF for Long-Term Investors
Vanguard, the second-largest U.S. issuer of exchange traded funds, is one of the low-cost leaders in the ETF arena and the issuer also sponsors some well-known broad market funds, including the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEArca: VTI).
12. A New Smart-Beta Water ETF
Elevation ETF Trust has come out with the first smart-beta, water sector-specific exchange traded fund that will select components based on factors like risk-to-return and yields.
13. Reading Market Tea Leaves With a Big Biotech ETF
The iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF (NasdaqGS: IBB), which tracks the Nasdaq Biotechnology Index, and rival biotechnology exchange traded funds, have recently been on the mend. Continued good fortune for this previously struggling set of ETFs could be telling regarding investors’ risk appetite heading into 2016’s latter stages.
14. Stick With Emerging Market ETF Leaders
Emerging markets debt and equities are among this year’s best-performing asset classes, themes that are lifting the Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEArca: VWO) and the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEArca: EEM), the two largest emerging markets exchange traded funds by assets, in the process.
15. Opportunity, Warnings With Vietnam Frontier Market ETF
In what has been a mostly solid year for emerging markets equities, the VanEck Vectors Vietnam ETF (NYSEArca: VNM) is a laggard with a year-to-date loss of 2.5%.