ETF

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY) is the exchange traded fund that started an investing revolution. SPY, the first ETF to trade in the U.S., celebrated its 25th anniversary on Monday while notching another milestone. SPY became the first ETF to hit $300 billion in assets under management,...

2017 had a bullish tone, as assets across categories shone the brightest, although cryptocurrency could be singled out as the standout performer. Marijuana stocks also joined the party, as reflected by the 18.5-percent advance by the U.S. Marijuana Index. Momentum Extending Into The New Year...

U.S. ETFs are on pace to have record inflows in 2017. That includes funds dedicated to equities, fixed income, and commodities. And it's easy to see why. With the S&P 500 up 9 percent this year (through 7/20/17) , investors are throwing their money at anything and everything to get a piece...

Financial stocks are in the midst of a rollercoaster 2017. After a strong start to the year, many bank stocks lost momentum in late March, only to regain momentum in June and July. Heading into Friday's trading session, the financial sector exchange-traded fund, Financial Select Sector SPDR...

U.S. stocks have been performing well under the "Trump rally" but not as well as many stock markets outside of the U.S. Consider the fact that the S&P 500 index and its corresponding exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) is up 8.1 percent since the start of 2017. By most...

State Street Corp (NYSE: STT), a provider of a range of financial products and services to investors, was added to Goldman Sachs' "Americas Conviction List" amid three compelling upcoming catalysts. Goldman Sachs' Alexander Blostein also maintains a Buy rating on State Street's stock with a price...

Sorry dog lovers, but investing in "cats" is clearly the better option. Given the seemingly never-ending list of exchange traded funds available to investors, Bloomberg News' Dani Burger created an exchange traded product designed for cat lovers. Burger's cat-themed ETF simply...

The utilities index and its corresponding exchange-traded fund, the Utilities SPDR (ETF) (NYSE: XLU) hit a new 52-week high on Tuesday and is up 10 percent in 2017. With that said, Evercore ISI's technician Rich Ross doesn't think it's too late for investors who sat on the sidelines to...

Six of the worst performing (non-leveraged) large exchange-traded funds as measured by their performance year-to-date have one thing in common: They are all tied to the price of oil. According to a CNBC "Trading Nation" segment, four of the worst performing ETFs are down by a double digit...

The S&P 500 index holds 500 stocks while the Russell 2000 index holds 2,000 stocks. Clearly, this means that in the entire stock market universe there are more stocks than indices, right? According to a Bloomberg report, there are in fact more indices than individual stocks. The math is simple...