Do You Have These Financial Parachutes Ready?
Before you jump out into the investing world, there are two financial parachutes you need to have strapped to your back. Have…
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3 Driving Factors to Support Financial ETFs
The financial sector has mostly fallen behind other U.S. market segments over the years, but 2018 may be the year that financials-related…
3 Insurance ETFs for a Rising Rate Environment
As the Federal Reserve eyes a tighter monetary policy, investors can look to insurance ETFs that could capitalize on rising rates. Yields…
Hurricane Irma Helps Insurance ETFs Rebound
Insurance stocks and sector-related ETFs jumped Monday after damages from Hurricane Irma appeared less grave than previously expected. On Monday, the SPDR…
Rising Interest Rates Set to Boost Insurance ETFs
With many market participants expecting the Federal Reserve to reveal its first interest rate increase of 2017 today, it is not surprising…
The Best ETF Plays Over the 8-Year Bull Run
As the U.S. hits the 8th anniversary of the ongoing equity bull market, some of the top performing exchange traded funds include those…
Insurance ETF Ensures Itself a New High
Financial services exchange traded funds have been getting ample attention recently and investors mulling the segment would do well to not overlook…
ETF Plays That Have Benefited the Most from a ‘Trump Bump’
Donald Trump’s victory set off one of the steepest post-election rallies in recent memory. While many markets strengthened on the “Trump bump,”…
Insurance ETFs Ascend to New Highs
Until recently, financial services stocks and ETFs lagged other sectors throughout much of 2016, but one of the brightest spots in the…
Insurance ETFs Eye Fed Policy
The financial services sector is seen as a beneficiary of higher U.S. interest rates, something that has yet to materialize this year,…
An Insurance Sector ETF to Ride Rising Interest Rates
I do the “ETF of the Week” for MarketWatch every week on Chuck Jaffe’s MoneyLife Show where I highlight big movers and…
Another Rising Rates ETF Breaks Out
Ten-year Treasury yields have retreated over the past couple of days, but the three-month gain for the benchmark U.S. government bond yield…
Investigating Insurance ETFs
The financial services sector, the second-largest sector weight behind technology in the S&P 500, has been a laggard this year. That much…
Rising Yields Lift Insurance ETFs
With 10-year U.S. Treasury yields higher by 18.2% since Feb. 2, financial services exchange traded funds are finding some relief with the…