ETFs

Greetings, you charming and astute Canadian. We’re always excited to meet a Canadian who is interested in ETFs as a kind of passive investing. You’re in excellent company, as Justin Trudeau’s presence in this video attests. Newbie investors should look at ETFs designed to track the growth of two of our favorite economies: our own […]

The following are the top seven ETFs expected to perform well in 2021: Is it a good time to invest in ETFs right now? To summarize, if you’re wondering if now is a good time to buy stocks, gurus say the answer is clear, regardless of market conditions: Yes, as long as you aim to

Are ETFs suitable for novice investors? ETFs are ideal for both novice and experienced stock market investors. They’re reasonably inexpensive, and they’re available through both robo-advisors and regular brokerages. They’re also less hazardous than individual stock investments. Which ETF should a beginner invest in? Companies from developing economies are represented by the Schwab Emerging Markets

Companies from developing economies are represented by the Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF (NYSEMKT:SCHE). Vanguard High-Dividend ETF (NYSEMKT:VYM) invests in stocks that pay higher dividends than the market average. NYSEMKT:SCHZ Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF — Bonds of various types and maturities are available. The Vanguard Total World Bond Fund (NASDAQ:BNDW) is a mutual fund

Greetings, you charming and astute Canadian. We’re always excited to meet a Canadian who is interested in ETFs as a kind of passive investing. You’re in excellent company, as Justin Trudeau’s presence in this video attests. Newbie investors should look at ETFs designed to track the growth of two of our favorite economies: our own

A word of caution: While the S&P energy sector index is a solid overall predictor, it isn’t a perfect match because it contains most—but not all—oil and gas businesses. The First Trust Natural Gas ETF has been the best-performing oil and gas ETF over the last year (FCG). Below, we look at the top three

The SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF is the best-performing ETF in terms of year-to-date total return until Dec. 2, 2021. (XOP). XOP and the next three top ETFs on the list are all focused on oil and gas businesses, whose financial fortunes have improved as oil prices have risen in response

Growth exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are one of two types of ETFs. Value ETFs are the other. Growth ETFs, as opposed to cheap stocks, are designed to invest in a basket of equities whose underlying firms have the potential for significant growth. Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), DocuSign Inc. (DOCU), and Micron Technology Inc. (MU) are among the

Investors seeking yield are looking for a return on their money. Dividends from stocks or interest payments from bonds can provide this revenue. The term “high-yield funds” usually refers to mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that invest in equities that offer above-average dividends, bonds that provide above-average interest payments, or a combination of the

Index ETFs are exchange-traded funds that attempt to closely duplicate and track a benchmark index such as the S&P 500. They’re similar to index mutual funds, except instead of being redeemed at a single price each day (the closing net asset value (NAV)), index ETFs can be bought and sold on a major exchange during