Specialty ETFs

Upstart exchange traded funds issuer ClearShares added its second ETF last week with the debut of the ClearShares Ultra-Short Maturity ETF (NYSE: OPER). “The OPER ETF seeks to fill the return void and provide an alternative to low yielding money market and non-yielding cash positions through...

This week, Tilray and Sproutly Canada went public, Sunniva announced plans to spin off its Canadian assets, Zynerba Pharmaceuticals posted positive data for its Phase 2 trial for ZYN002 in Fragile X syndrome, and Zogenix released positive top-line results from its second pivotal Phase 3 study...

After tempting investors in 2017, European stocks and the related exchange traded funds are languishing this year. The iShares Europe ETF (NYSE: IEV), which includes economies in and outside of the Eurozone, is lower by more than 1 percent year-to-date. The iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF (CBOE:EZU), a...

Second-quarter earnings is about to commence and the arrival of another earnings seasons brings opportunity for tactical traders to tap leveraged exchange traded funds (ETFs). “Fom the end of the quarter through the end of the earnings season, the earnings growth rate has typically increased...

Corporate bond exchange traded funds, both of the investment-grade and junk varietals, are struggling this year — and investors are growing impatient.  The iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NYSE: LQD), the largest investment-grade corporate bond ETF, and the...

Multifactor exchange traded funds have grown beyond the confines of domestic equities to include ex-U.S. developed and emerging markets. Some of the funds are proving to be popular among investors seeking international equity exposure, including the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta International Equity ETF...

A shortened week brought less cannabis news than usual, providing the people in the industry with a chance to exhale and look back at the convoluted weeks leading up to the Fourth of July holiday.  We did witness some relevant action. Zynerba Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: ZYNE) reported...

The S&P 500 is starting the third quarter with a year-to-date gain of 2.5 percent. While that number looks good, looks can be deceiving. Markets have been anything but docile through the first six months of the year. Consider this anecdote. As the title of this piece indicates, the five...

It was another extremely busy week for the cannabis industry. Voters in Oklahoma chose to legalize medical marijuana, becoming the 30th U.S. state to do so; GW Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: GWPH) got the first-ever FDA approval for a cannabis-based drug; Ice Cube’s Big3 basketball league...

Escalating fears of a full-blown trade war between China and the U.S. are not taking prisoners at the sector level. That includes technology stocks and the related exchange traded funds (ETFs). On Monday, several of the worst-performing ETFs in terms of percentage losses were Internet and...

Down more than 8 percent over the past month, the FTSE China 50 Index, one of the most widely followed gauges of Chinese stocks, is on a losing streak of more than two weeks, the likes of which the benchmark has not seen in several years. Amid fears of an escalating trade war with the U.S., the...

Heading into 2018, it was widely expected that emerging markets central banks would hold off on raising interest rates. Mexico was seen as the exception. Latin America's second-largest economy behind Brazil has held true to being one of those exceptions, raising interest rates in a bid stem...

International stocks and exchange traded funds are not repeating the impressive performance seen in 2017. The widely followed MSCI EAFE Index is lower by 6.5 percent in 2018 and close to violating its 52-week low. Some other ex-U.S. developed markets strategies are proving more durable or less...

Index fund and exchange traded funds giant Vanguard is planning a foray into the environmental, social and governance ETF arena. In a Wednesday statement, Pennsylvania-based Vanguard said it filed a preliminary registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission to introduce two ESG ETFs...