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Unless you have been living under a rock, you probably know that 2022 was not a good year for the US stock market. If you checked your brokerage or retirement account statement recently, you may have been shocked to see the drop in your balance. SPY, an ETF which tracks […]
The Asia Pacific region is one of the largest in the world, by both population and economic size. The region is home to 60% of the world’s population and makes up about 37% of global GDP. And even after decades of rapid growth and the birth of some of the […]
The largest and most commonly referenced ETF is SPY, which tracks the S&P 500 index. This index tracks the 500 largest publicly traded companies in the US stock market. SPY is now 30 years old (it was launched in January of 1993), and currently has over $375 billion in AUM […]
In 2022, US stock market had its worst year in a long time. SPY, an ETF which tracks the S&P 500 (the 500 largest public companies in the US), finished the year -18.1%. SPY, which was launched in 1993 and is the largest ETF in the US (as measured by […]
VOO, which is the Vanguard index fund that tracks the S&P 500 index, is currently the fourth largest ETF in the market, with over a quarter trillion dollars in Net Assets. It is often used as the standard bearer for comparing investments. If you actively trade or manage your portfolio, […]
While Chinese ETFs have been on a downwards trend the last year, the last trading in April ended with some good news. On Friday, the Chinese government announced plans to promote the development of the tech sector, which investors saw as a sign that the recent crackdown on the sector […]
The last few days have been very rocky for the markets. Many investors are worried about inflation, the war in Ukraine, and the near certainty of rising interests. But if you step back, the market has been relatively stable in the last year. During that time, VOO (which tracks the […]
Last week, on April 19, 2022, Fidelity launched two new thematic ETFs. These two ETFs are the Fidelity Crypto Industry and Digital Payments ETF (FDIG) and the Fidelity Metaverse ETF (FMET). What are thematic ETFs? Per Fidelity, their thematic ETFs ‘allow you to invest directly in long-term trends and themes that […]
Similar to the overall market, lots of ETFs have been on a downtrend in the last year. Two of the largest ETFs, Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) and the tech-heavy Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ), are down -1.53% and -9.89% in the last year. If an investor put $10k in VOO […]