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The AdvisorShares Pure Cannabis ETF (NYSE: YOLO) debuted last week as just the second U.S. ETF dedicated to marijuana. What Happened Although Tuesday was just YOLO's third day on the market, the fund's portfolio manager Dan Ahrens already made some additions to YOLO's roster....

Just before the arrival of 4/20, the annual celebration of cannabis indulgences, U.S. investors were treated to the second dedicated marijuana exchange traded fund. As was reported earlier this week, the AdvisorShares Pure Cannabis ETF (NYSE: YOLO) debuted Thursday, April 18, becoming the second...

U.S. investors craving cannabis exposure via the exchange traded funds have, since late 2017, one choice: the ETFMG Alternative Harvest ETF (NYSE: MJ). Another choice in the U.S.-listed cannabis ETF space is coming Thursday, April 18, with the debut of the AdvisorShares Pure Cannabis ETF (NYSE:...

AdvisorShares, one of the largest issuers of actively managed exchange traded funds, is adding to its lineup with the debut of the AdvisorShares Sabretooth ETF (NASDAQ: BKCH). The new ETF will invest in companies with exposure to blockchain and cloud computing, two of the fastest-growing corners of...

AdvisorShares, one of the largest sponsors of actively managed exchange traded funds, is looking to bring a cannabis ETF to market. A recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission includes details about the AdvisorShares Pure Cannabis ETF. What Happened The filing contains a ticker for...

A sinful new exchange traded fund is here. The AdvisorShares Vice ETF (NASDAQ: ACT), which is dedicated to so called sin or vice stocks, debuted earlier this week. The actively managed ACT is managed by Dan Ahrens, managing director and chief operating officer of AdvisorShares, and Rob Parker, the...

Traders are always on the lookout for a stock that can ride the market momentum in a given sector or business. Based on the way the market is trending in the past month or so, Overstock.com Inc (NASDAQ: OSTK) has major exposure to two of the hottest trends on Wall Street at the moment—...

It has been said the large-cap active managers that are outperforming this year are doing so due to large positions in the FANG stocks: Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB), Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) and Google parent Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG). Perhaps it stands to...

Behavioral finance attempts to explain investors' decision via combination of behavioral and cognitive analysis coupled with standard economic and financial study. While still a new school of financial thought and analysis, behavioral finance is undoubtedly compelling and useful to those...

The Trim Tabs Float Shrink ETF (NYSE: TTAC) (BATS: TTAC) debuted Wednesday, giving new life to a once popular float shrink/buyback strategy. Once upon a time, the AdvisorShares Wilshire Buyback ETF (AdvisorShares Trust (NYSE: TTFS)) carried the Trim Tabs name and was sub-advised by the company, but...

AdvisorShares, one of the largest issuers of actively managed exchange-traded funds, added to its lineup Thursday with the debut of the AdvisorShares Cornerstone Small Cap ETF (NYSE: SCAP). The new ETF is managed by Cornerstone Investment Partners. Welcoming SCAP SCAP can hold “U.S.-traded...

Actively managed exchange-traded funds, on a combined basis, remain just a sliver of the overall U.S. ETF industry. As of mid-January, actively managed ETFs trading in the U.S. had just over $23 billion in assets under management, peanuts relative to the well over $2 trillion in combined U.S. ETF...