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2 months ago | 
etf.com | Kent Thune |Research Lead |Paul Curcio |DJ Shaw
MicroStrategy Inc. (MSTR) announced a company rebranding Wednesday, but investors are focusing on the company’s fourth-quarter earnings miss, as the leveraged T-REX 2X Long MSTR Daily Target ETF (MSTU) fell as much as 9% in afternoon trading. Led by co-founder Michael J. Saylor, the bitcoin-focused enterprise software company declared its new name, "Strategy," aiming to underscore its broader commitment to the largest cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence.
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2 months ago | 
etf.com | Kent Thune |Research Lead |Paul Curcio |Sumit Roy
The Mag-7 look more like the “Lag 7” in 2025, as the Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (RSP) has outperformed the traditional market-capitalization-weighted S&P 500 index, as mega-cap tech stocks have been a performance drag. The Magnificent Seven stocks—Apple Inc. (AAPL), Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN), Alphabet Inc. (GOOG, GOOGL), Meta Platforms Inc. (META), Nvidia Corp. (NVDA), and Tesla Inc.
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2 months ago | 
etf.com | Kent Thune |Research Lead |Paul Curcio |Jeff Benjamin
In recent years, buffer ETFs have gained popularity among investors seeking a middle ground between risk and reward. The rise of market volatility, concerns about economic downturns, and the need for capital preservation have driven demand for these defined outcome investment products.
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2 months ago | 
etf.com | Kent Thune |Research Lead |Jeff Benjamin |DJ Shaw
Ethereum led a deep cryptocurrency selloff this morning as the iShares Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHA) plunged 22% amid the launch of President Trump’s tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China. Companies with significant cryptocurrency exposure, such as MicroStrategy Inc. and Coinbase Global Inc., also experienced initial declines but pared their losses as the market stabilized.
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2 months ago | 
etf.com | Kent Thune |Research Lead |Paul Curcio |DJ Shaw
The Core PCE Price Index, the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge, rose 0.2% month-over-month in December, as expected, from +0.1% in November, according to data released by the U.S. Commerce Department on Friday.
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2 months ago | 
etf.com | Kent Thune |Research Lead |DJ Shaw |Kristin Myers
Dividend ETFs are among the most popular investment securities on the market with 172 exchange-traded funds to choose from. Two titans in this space are the Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD) and the Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (VYM). After the largest dividend-focused fund, the Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIG), SCHD and VYM round out the top three ETFs in this space, collectively holding over $210 billion in assets, which is nearly half of the total AUM for the entire category.
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2 months ago | 
etf.com | Kent Thune |Research Lead |Paul Curcio |DJ Shaw
The YieldMax MSTR Option Income Strategy ETF (MSTY), a nominee for best new ETF at this year’s etf.com Awards, is an innovative fund designed to generate high income through a covered call strategy on MicroStrategy Inc. (MSTR) stock. Unlike traditional equity funds, MSTY employs an options-based approach to enhance yield while managing downside risk.
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2 months ago | 
etf.com | Kent Thune |Research Lead |Paul Curcio |Chris Flood
Fixed income investors with exposure to rate-sensitive bond ETFs like the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) have a heavy load of data weighing on them this week as the FOMC decision was delivered yesterday, the PCE report is released tomorrow, and the first Trump tariffs are due to be implemented as early as Saturday. As was widely expected, the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) left rates unchanged yesterday as the Fed takes a wait-and-see, data-dependent approach to inflation.
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2 months ago | 
etf.com | Kent Thune |Research Lead |Paul Curcio |Sumit Roy
The Trump tariffs that markets have been fretting about for months are due to begin Feb. 1, potentially sending ripples through financial markets, creating winners and losers across various sectors and the exchange-traded funds that track their performance. While domestically focused and defensive ETFs may gain traction as investors seek stability, those tied to export-driven industries or emerging markets may face headwinds.
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2 months ago | 
etf.com | Kent Thune |Research Lead |Paul Curcio |Sumit Roy
While nervous investors sold shares of tech stocks amid Monday’s artificial intelligence panic, they bid up the otherwise boring Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP), which surged 2.7% amid the massive risk-off shift. The tech sector panic selloff arose from sudden fears that China's new DeepSeek AI, reportedly cheaper and faster than leading artificial intelligence giants like Nvidia Corp., would challenge domestic, high-margin, semiconductor business models.
