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An ETF Strategy For A Declining Dollar
Friday, January 11, 2019 - 12:53pm | 499Among the most popular calls on Wall Street heading into 2019 was the call for a weaker dollar. Last year, the Invesco DB US Dollar Bullish ETF (NYSE: UUP) gained 7.1 percent, easily making it one of the year's best-performing currency exchange traded funds. It will take some time for an...
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How Market Volatility Is Affecting Some ETF Issuers
Friday, October 12, 2018 - 12:52pm | 572Few stocks have been immune from the broad market's two-day tumble. Among the punished are companies with direct exposure to the exchange traded funds industry. This week, shares of BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK), the world's largest assets manager and ETF issuer and WisdomTree Investments...
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Some ETF Sequels Are Worth Embracing
Tuesday, August 28, 2018 - 8:49am | 518In Hollywood, for every “Godfather II” or “Avengers: Infinity War,” there are a slew of sequels that fail to live up to the promise of the first movie or franchise installment. The world of exchange traded funds has its fair share of dud sequels, but some notable ones as...
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Invesco's Big Fixed Income Factor ETF Splash
Thursday, July 26, 2018 - 12:46pm | 625For investors clamoring for more factor-based fixed income exchange traded funds, the holidays arrived in July when Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ), the fourth-largest U.S. ETF sponsor, rolled out eight new bond funds Wednesday. Each of the eight new ETFs track in-house indexes. The benchmarks for the new...
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Using An Old ETF For A New Investment Theme
Tuesday, July 24, 2018 - 3:17pm | 549As an investment theme, blockchain is still in its nascent stages, but that's not stopping issuers of exchange traded funds from testing the blockchain waters. There are six dedicated blockchain ETFs on the market, all of which debuted this year. Some of these funds are gaining traction with...
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Where Value Stocks Are Working
Monday, June 25, 2018 - 1:18pm | 462It may be easy to attribute the recent rally in small-cap stocks and exchange traded funds on growth and momentum names, but some evidence suggests the value factor is alive and well with small-caps, too. The Invesco S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Value ETF (NYSE: RZV), for example, was one of just a...
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Barron's Picks And Pans: Lennar, Invesco, L Brands, VMWare And More
Sunday, March 4, 2018 - 11:55am | 654This weekend's Barron's cover story shows why the U.S. housing market is primed for more gains. Other featured articles examine the prospects for a retailers showing surprising strength and a good stock pick if the market corrects. Also, a merger that might be a bad deal and two...
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JemStep Moves All Your Accounts Into One Place
Tuesday, October 17, 2017 - 11:00am | 411The 2017 Benzinga Fintech Summit was a gathering of leaders from every fintech vertical displaying the next generation of fintech innovation. In this new article series, we’ll be sharing insights and new products from the inaugural BZ Summit. The Company: JemStep by Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ...
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Being Patient With E&P ETFs
Monday, October 2, 2017 - 12:25pm | 559Energy stocks and exchange-traded funds are rebounding off their previous lows, but the sector remains the worst-performing group in the S&P 500 this year. Problems for the broader energy sector include lagging exploration and production stocks. The SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration &...
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Advisor Group, Jemstep Launch Fintech Platform For Financial Advisors, Retail Investors
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 - 1:37pm | 466Advisor Group has partnered with Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ)’s Jemstep to launch an onboarding, advice and data aggregation platform for both financial advisors and retail investors. The platform, set for a fourth-quarter release, offers paperless solutions such as allowing the clients of...
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13F Recap: The Most Popular (And Unpopular) Stocks Of Q2
Wednesday, August 19, 2015 - 8:48am | 460To make better sense of the 13F season, Benzinga took a look at some general trends seen among institutional investors in the second quarter of the year. Popular Stocks Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) was the most popular stock among institutions. According to WhaleWisdom, more than 2,100...
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Barron's Recap: Market Beaters
Sunday, January 5, 2014 - 5:22pm | 779This weekend in Barron's online: a look at an unusual mutual fund firm, and the prospects for National Oilwell Varco, Plum Creek Timber, Invesco and more. Cover Story "A Different Dimension" by Beverly Goodman. This week's cover story in Barron's takes a look at how Dimensional Fund Advisors...
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Jefferies Comments on Invesco Total AUM
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 8:06am | 71“IVZ reported June 30th total AUM of $653.7B, down 1.2% m/m and slightly below our $655B estimate,” Jefferies wrote in a report focusing on Invesco (NYSE: IVZ). “Importantly, total long term flows were positive highlighted by flows into fixed income and alternatives. Not surprisingly, flow trends...
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JP Morgan Provides Color on Asset Managers
Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 7:13am | 126JP Morgan provided color on the asset managers sector. In a research report published today, JP Morgan paints relatively bleak picture for the sector. In the report, JP Morgan states, “We are lowering estimates for the asset managers based on poor market conditions in May and the first half of...
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Deutsche Bank Updates 6/29/11
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 - 7:59am | 829Deutsche Bank made a number of updates in a research report published today. Legg Mason (NYSE: LM) had its rating upgraded from Hold to Buy. At the same time, its price target was raised from $36 to $38. On Tuesday, Legg Mason added 0.5% to its value to end the day at $31.94....