NVIDIA

Apple

Microsoft

Amazon

Alphabet

Tesla

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. - Ordinary Shares - Class B

Broadcom

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

SPY tracks a market cap-weighted index of US large- and mid-cap stocks selected by the S&P Committee.

SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

iShares Russell 2000 ETF

Invesco QQQ

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF

You can find evidence in the inflation numbers for almost any proposition you choose and there is always uncertainty in the analytical effort. We tend to look at monthly and annual inflation. This is unfortunate – a month is really too short a time period; a year is probably too long.

Quarterly Inflation At 4%, Soft Landing Still Possible

First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF

First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX Fund

iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

Schwab 5-10 Year Corporate Bond ETF

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

U.S. equities rallied during the Refinitiv Lipper fund-flows week ended March 29, 2023, but fund flows remained defensive. On the equity side of the equation, both equity ETF (-$12.6 billion) and conventional equity funds (-$7.9 billion) witnessed net outflows for the week.

Despite Equity Rally, Conventional Fund And ETF Investors Stay On The Sidelines This Week

Nightshares Russell 2000 ETF

NightShares 500 1x/1.5x ETF

Nightshares Russell 1000 ETF

Volatility was a key theme in markets in March, closing out a turbulent first quarter. U.S. large-caps had their strongest start to the year since 2019, and the second-strongest first quarter in the past decade, leading to a significant difference in returns between large-caps and small-caps.

Night Session Provided Attractive Returns, Lower Volatility in March

The current world is a world of disequilibrium, one that has been distorted and discombobulated by government policies, supply chain problems, and other shocks. More and more analysts seem to be focusing upon what sector of the economy is going to collapse, and not whether a collapse might happen or not.

The Game Right Now: Find The Sector That Is Going To Collapse

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust SPY was trading about 0.3% higher on Monday at one point, temporarily breaking up above Friday's high-of-day ahead of the March U.S. jobs report, expected to be released by the Labor Department Friday.

The SPY Shows Strength, Following PCE Reports And Ahead Of Key Jobs Data: The Bull, Bear Case - SPDR S&P 500 (ARCA:SPY)

Wavering markets, rising inflation pushed investors toward active products.

ETFs Lost Assets Last Month, While Active Funds Grabbed Share

Warren Buffett is one of the wealthiest investors in the world, and that success makes him an excellent source of inspiration. Investors who want to own individual stocks must be prepared to research the underlying companies.

Bull Market or Bear Market, Here's Warren Buffett's Advice for Making Money in the Stock Market

iShares Russell 3000 ETF

Knowing when the U.S. economy is heading for recession is paramount to successful investment decisions. Our weekly Business Cycle Index (BCI) would have provided early reliable warnings for the past seven recessions and signaled the Covid 2020 recession one week late.

IM's Business Cycle Index Warns A Looming Recession - Update 4/1/2023

Big Tech had a big first quarter, with the largest 10 companies growing their market value by nearly $2 trillion to start the year.

What tech bust? Big Tech stocks gained $2 trillion in roaring start to 2023

The US economy is expected to enter the recession in Q2 2023. The S&P 500 is still overvalued, and earnings expectations don't yet reflect an imminent recession.

SPY: The Recession Expected To Start Next Week

iShares California Muni Bond ETF

Deutsche Bank

First Citizens BancShares

iShares National Muni Bond ETF

Fund investors were net purchasers of money market funds while being net redeemers of equity funds, taxable bond funds, and tax-exempt fixed income funds for the week. On the domestic equity side of the equation, investors became more risk-seeking for the week.

U.S. Weekly FundFlows Insight Report: Despite Rally In U.S. Stocks, Equity ETF And Fund Investors Were Net Redeemers For Fund Flows Week

Associated Banc-Corp

Bunge Global SA

First Republic

FTAI Aviation Ltd

Huntington Bancshares

Jackson Financial

New York Community Bancorp

Signature Bank

As March 2023 comes to a close, we observe four new preferred stock / ETD offerings during the month, with yields ranging from 6.625% to 9.5%. Here is a comparison against the highest quality preferred stocks in our coverage universe, as ranked by our internal “CDx3 Compliance Score” metric:

2 Preferred Stocks 'Disappear,' 4 Offered

Advisors are using NightShares ETFs in client portfolios for equity returns as well as non-correlated exposure across asset classes. The overnight session often behaves better than the day session in that it frequently captures much of the upside while avoiding significant downturns.

2 Reasons Why Advisors Are Using NightShares ETFs

ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF

The ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (SDOG) is a solution for advisors looking to supplement fixed income yields in client portfolios. SDOG is a deep-value portfolio of high-yielding large-cap stocks.

Find Alternative Income With SDOG

The SPDR S&P 500 SPY gapped up over 1% higher on Wednesday to trade back within a rising channel from which the market ETF broke bearishly on Tuesday.

Looking To Play The SPY To The Upside? This Fund Offers 3X Leverage - Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bull 3X Shares (ARCA:SPXL)

Analog Devices

American Tower

Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF

Visa

Dollar cost averaging has long been known to be an effective investing strategy. Out of curiosity, I decided to take an in-depth look at the power of DCA within my real money portfolio.

Dollar Cost Averaging: Delivering Above-Average Portfolio Returns

Vanguard Real Estate ETF

From calendar year 2016 to 2022, the S&P 500 Trust has dramatically outperformed the Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund. Over that seven-year stretch, the total return of the SPY was 106% or a 10.8% CAGR, whereas the VNQ total return was only 33% or a 4.2% CAGR.

The S&P 500 Has Dramatically Outperformed REITs Over The Last 7 Years

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF

Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF

International stocks are broadly outperforming this quarter, decoupling from the U.S. to an unusual extent, according to DataTrek Research.

International stocks outperform, decouple from U.S. equities by ‘unusual degree'

iShares Core S&P Small Cap ETF

iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF

iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF

Invesco S&P 500 High Beta ETF

Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatility ETF

Invesco Dynamic Credit Opportunities Fund

Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund

Profiling trends through pairs of ETFs continue to tell a story of failed breakouts and frustrated expectations. The trend barely wavered for US stocks over shares in emerging markets.

Trend Profiles Revive Outlook For U.S., Big-Cap And Growth Equities

First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund

iShares U.S. Regional Banks ETF

SPDR S&P Bank ETF

Invesco KBW Bank ETF

SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF

Vanguard Financials ETF

Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund

Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund

Though financials are 13% of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY), roughly half the size of the information technology sector, it has been the focus throughout March.

Financials Remain in Focus but Not All ETFs Are the Same

SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF

Invesco Currencyshares Japanese Yen Trust

SPDR Gold Trust

United States Oil Fund LP

Invesco DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund

The excitement surrounding the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament and its impact on the stock world has led investors to look at ETFs that could act as a proxy for the game. Since the tournament has reached Elite Eight, let;s start filling the brackets from this level.

Filling ETFs in March Madness "Final Four" Brackets

iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF

The market is pricing in lower rates as early as June.

Treasury ETFs Spike as Investors Brace for Rate Cuts

Fed's Bank Term Funding Program partially resolved liquidity issues. It would be a grave error to consider liquidity injection as quantitative easing.

SPY, XLF: Dangerous Deposit Withdrawals Signal Unstable Financial Environment

The S&P 500 ETF bottomed out two weeks ago despite the banking crisis. Risk-on sectors have lifted the gloom, as underlying sector rotations suggest bullishness. The Fed significantly shifted its messaging by removing "ongoing" from its latest FOMC statement. As a result, it could suggest that the inflation threat is less significant than in February.

SPY: It Could Go Either Way From Here

iShares JP Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF

iShares MSCI USA ESG Optimized ETF

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF

iShares MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETF

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF

During Refinitiv Lipper's fund-flows week that ended March 22, 2023, investors were overall net purchasers of fund assets (including both conventional funds and ETFs) for the fourth week in a row, adding a net of $133.3 billion. Exchange-traded equity funds recorded $14.6 billion in weekly net inflows, marking the second weekly inflow in the last five weeks.

News for SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ETF (SPY)