Ron Day

New York, New Jersey

Managing Editor at etf.com

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Articles

Dan Ives, Analyst Known for Pink Blazers, Gets an AI ETF

3 days ago | etf.com | Ron Day

Wedbush Securities has launched its first ETF, an artificial intelligence fund that takes its name from a Wall Street analyst known as much for his style as his stock picks. The $1 million Dan IVES Wedbush AI Revolution ETF (IVES) holds 30 stocks identified in Ives’s “The AI Revolution Theme” research, according to a statement. The exchange-traded fund’s top holdings include a 5.7% allocation to Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), followed by Nvidia Corp. (NVDA), Broadcom Inc. (AVGO) and Tesla Inc. (TSLA).
Uranium ETFs Surge on New Meta, Constellation AI Deal

4 days ago | etf.com | Ron Day

Uranium and nuclear ETFs jumped after Meta Platforms Inc. (META) agreed to buy nuclear power for 20 years from a Constellation Energy Corp. (CEG) reactor in Illinois that had been slated to close, as soaring artificial intelligence use forces companies to find fresh electricity supply. The biggest U.S. uranium exchange-traded fund, the $3.2 billion Global X Uranium ETF (URA), added 3% in early afternoon trading.
Weight Loss ETFs: Effectively Thinning Investor Portfolios

5 days ago | etf.com | Ron Day

ETFs focused on weight-loss drugs have mostly thinned investors’ portfolios this year. Three exchange-traded funds that offer exposure to the makers of drugs like Wegovy, Ozempic, Monjouro, Zepbound and others are trailing broader markets, even as the hype over the drugs skyrockets.
BWET vs. BDRY: Tariffs Split Shipping ETF Performance

1 week ago | etf.com | Ron Day

Investors choosing their shipping ETFs the way James Bond ordered his martinis—dry—are most definitely shaken. The $56.9 million Breakwave Dry Bulk Shipping ETF (BDRY) has lost 12% this year through May 27 amid a White House tariff war that’s taken a bite out of global container shipping demand. A more stirring result has been with counterpart Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF (BWET).
ETF Share Classes: Boon or Bust for $10T ETF Industry?

1 week ago | etf.com | Ron Day

The great success of exchange-traded funds is due in part to investors getting the benefits of mutual funds—exposure to large swaths of stock, bond and commodity markets, for example—with less of the tax burden. But experts are now sounding the alarm that some of those tax benefits may be at risk thanks to rule changes under debate at the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Europe-Focused ETFs Leap After Tariff Deadline Extended

1 week ago | etf.com | Ron Day

Europe ETFs jumped, extending their year-to-date gains over U.S. funds, after President Donald Trump extended a deadline to impose 50% tariffs on imports from the region. Trump this weekend climbed down from Friday’s threat to hit Europe with 50% taxes starting Sunday, June 1, pushing the deadline to July 9. Stocks tumbled last week.
URA, Uranium ETFs Gain on Report of New Executive Order

2 weeks ago | etf.com | Ron Day

Nuclear energy and uranium ETFs leaped Friday, charged by expectations that President Donald Trump is poised to remove barriers to the industry’s expansion. The biggest U.S. uranium exchange-traded fund, the $2.9 billion Global X Uranium ETF (URA) soared more than 12% Friday afternoon, adding to the past month’s 26% gain. The No. 2 fund, the $1.4 billion Sprott Uranium Miners ETF (URNM) also gained more than 12%. The top holding in both funds is Canadian miner Cameco Corp. (CCJ), which rose 14%.
GREK vs. TUR: Greece on Top in Neighborly ETF Showdown

2 weeks ago | etf.com | Ron Day

Greece and Turkey have battled for centuries, their shared histories shot through with diplomatic tensions, border wars and competition for various measures of supremacy. For investors, the winner of the Mediterranean neighbors’ financial contest is clear: Athens is crushing Istanbul in 2025, at least in terms of ETFs that track the countries’ companies.
Are Reports of the Death of ETFs Greatly Exaggerated?

2 weeks ago | etf.com | Ron Day

Nothing is irreplaceable, not even, apparently, the $15.4 trillion global ETF business. At least two digital technologies aim squarely at the exchange-traded fund as we know it, threatening to end the format that’s been around for only three decades, a blink in the long history of markets. Tokenization and artificial intelligence may both forever alter the industry, according to recent news and comments from industry experts.
Money Flows Into International ETFs VXUS & AVEM

2 weeks ago | etf.com | Ron Day

As U.S. markets swing and investors grapple with credit downgrades, a trade war and inflation fears, billions of dollars are flowing into ETFs that invest in international and emerging markets companies. The largest ex-U.S. international exchange-traded fund, the $90.5 billion Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (VXUS), has of late pulled off an impressive feat: It has not seen a single day of outflows over the past 52 weeks. It’s pulled in $11.7 billion over that period.