Q&A With T. Rowe Price on Entering the ETF Industry

ETF Trends caught up Tim Coyne, Head of Exchange-Traded Funds at T. Rowe Price, to discuss the asset manager entering the ETF industry with the debut of four active ETFs on the New York Stock Exchange last week. The ETFs, which will be actively managed by T. Rowe Price portfolio managers, include the Blue Chip [...] READ MORE »

Compelling Outlook Remains for Gold ETFs

The SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEArca: GLD) and the  SPDR Gold MiniShares (NYSEArca: GLDM) are among the brightest stories in the commodities complex this year and that ebullience is expected to continue into year end. Worldwide holdings in gold-backed ETFs surged to 3,365.6 tons on Aug. 3, or up 30.5% this year, Bloomberg reports. This... READ MORE »

Two Beloved Factors Under One Umbrella

Low volatility and quality are two of the more prominent investment factors and while this pair often meet by an incident in many ETFd funds, they come together by intent in the FlexShares US Quality Low Volatility Index Fund (NYSE: QLV). QLV follows the Northern Trust US Quality Low Volatility Index. The ETF’s benchmark employs... READ MORE »

Avoid S&P 500 Concentration Risk With This ETF

Broad market ETFs and index funds are supposed to be, well, broad, but with the likes of Amazon, Apple and Microsoft becoming larger by the day, so are their percentages in benchmarks that are supposed to be diversified, such as the S&P 500. In other words, investors may be facing concentration risk without even knowing [...] READ MORE »

Using NUSI to Source Retirement Cash

It’s getting tougher to source adequate retirement income, a scenario forcing retirees to consider alternative strategies. Enter the Nationwide Risk-Managed Income ETF (NYSEArca: NUSI). NUSI is an actively managed portfolio of stocks included in the Nasdaq-100 Index and an options collar. Per index rules, the fund only invests... READ MORE »

Julex Macro Chart Book: July 2020

Q2 GDP was the worst annualized fall since World War II. Even so, strong gains in the labor and housing market raised hopes for a V-shaped recovery. As equity prices approached their pre-pandemic levels, gold also ran up past $2000/oz on inflationary concerns. These and other economic topics are examined in July’s edition of Julex’s... READ MORE »