Street One Financial

The U.S. dollar is one of this year's most disappointing developed market currencies, but that is not helping the commodities complex. Most commodities, an asset class denominated in dollars, are sagging, but some precious metals have been notable exceptions. Among exchange-traded products, the...

The Technology Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLK), the largest technology exchange-traded fund by assets, recently touched an all-time high, but market participants have recently been selling technology stocks, sending XLK lower in the process. Looking At Tech's Record XLK is off more than 2 percent in...

Financial services stocks and exchange-traded funds have been struggling this year, and a big part of the reason why comes by way of a surprisingly dovish Federal Reserve. While the Fed boosted interest rates in March, the SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (NYSE: KRE), the largest regional bank ETF...

Energy is the worst-performing sector in the S&P 500 this year, but within the struggling group, there are some pleasant surprises. Among energy exchange traded funds, perhaps the most pleasant surprise is the VanEck Vectors Oil Refiners ETF (NYSE: CRAK). While CRAK's year-to-date gain of 7...

Although the energy sector is the worst-performing group in the S&P 500, the sector, broadly speaking, has not drawn a significant amount of bearish bets this year. In fact, some of the marquee exchange traded funds tracking the S&P 500's seventh-largest sector weight have paltry short...

Broadly speaking, commodities are a disappointing asset class this year, particularly when considering the U.S. dollar is one of the worst-performing developed market currencies. Commodities are denominated in U.S. dollars, meaning that when the dollar slides, commodities should do the opposite....

Investors are embracing ex-U.S. developed market equities and the corresponding exchange-traded funds this year. While much of that affinity is directed at Europe ETFs and funds tracking broader developed market indexes, investors might do well to remember Australia. The iShares MSCI Australia...

Investors are looking for value outside the U.S. as one of the longest bull markets in history ages and that search is benefiting an array of international equity exchange traded funds tracking developed and emerging markets. Data confirm as much. Year-to-date, five of the top 10 asset-gathering...

There is always hope for new issuers of exchange-traded funds, but it also helps to have some brand power if a company is going to be late to the ETF revolution. Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS) proves as much. New York-based Goldman launched the first of its ActiveBeta smart beta ETFs in late...

Germany is the eurozone's largest economy, and amid concerns about the upcoming election in France, the possibility of elections in Italy and Germany's own national election slated for later this year, German stocks are performing admirably in 2017. Even with the euro trading slightly...

Hundreds of new exchange traded funds came to market last year. Many if not all of the ETFs that debuted in 2016 would be envious of the First Trust Nasdaq Bank ETF (NASDAQ: FTXO). The First Trust Nasdaq Bank ETF debuted in late September and now has almost $904 million in assets under management,...

Friday is the last day of the first quarter, and one of the prominent themes of the first three months of 2017 has been the leadership displayed by emerging markets equities. With one trading day left in the quarter, the widely followed MSCI Emerging Markets Index is higher by almost 14 percent....

Broadly speaking, exchange-traded funds have been on a torrid pace of asset gathering through the first quarter, but there have recently been some signs of departures from large-cap equity funds. Data suggest investors are also retreating from some popular mid-cap ETFs. In terms of outflows, March...

Actively managed exchange-traded funds are a small but growing corner of the broader ETF universe. One such fund experiencing this growth is the Hull Tactical US ETF (NYSE: HTUS). HTUS “utilizes an academic-based, quantitative approach combined with disciplined, discretionary management...

The SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF (NYSE: FEZ) is up almost 4 percent year-to-date and resides less than 1 percent below its 52-week high, impressive points when considering the potential for elevated political volatility surrounding European equity markets this year. Election Volatility As is widely known...