The best ETFs will share these characteristics

Exchange-traded funds offer a simple and convenient way for investors to access a variety of investment strategies. From plain vanilla, index-tracking funds focused on stocks, to high-risk, highly leveraged ETFs focused on the most volatile commodities, all are available to investors.
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These ETFs set you up for 2020 gains

This issue, we identify five niche funds ready to boost this year’s returns for our subscribers. (They’re in addition to our top ETF pick for 2020, see column at right.) Each is also likely to cut your investment risk for 2020, and for the many years… Read More

Gold passes along price gains to precious metal ETFs

The price of gold has regularly hit multi-year highs since mid-May 2019. It’s not surprising then that investment flows into gold-linked ETFs are also rising rapidly.
Trade tensions between the two largest economies in the world, the U.S. and China, changes in monetary policy, looming… Read More

ETF Performance Highlights

October 2018 was a month that investors in risky assets would rather forget. Some of the top-performing ETFs over the preceding months lost considerable value in October. For example, the Horizons Marijuana Life Sciences Index ETF (HMMJ) dropped 30%, although it remains up 76% over a year earlier… Read More