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The dollar is gaining strength and recently touched a multimonth high against a basket of rival developed market currencies. Conventional wisdom dictates that large-cap companies, many of which generate substantial portions of their revenue overseas, are vulnerable to a stronger dollar. Conversely...

March was unkind to the S&P 500. The benchmark U.S. equity index lost 2.5 percent last month, with eight of its 11 member sectors finishing the month in the red. That was after a rough February for stocks across the board. “As the volatility rose, the market went from posting its best...

U.S. companies have been more generous than ever in returning excess cash to shareholders via dividends. However, thanks to the strong performance of the stock market this year, dividend yields are actually lower than they were in 2016. According to the latest report from S&P Dow Jones Indices...

Although the dollar has been one of this year's worst-performing major currencies, some commodities are struggling as well. However, some diversified commodities exchange-traded funds are showing signs of life. For example, the $1.82 billion PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund (NYSE:...

With so many investors applying environmental, social and governance principles to equity investments, it was only a matter of time before the bond universe got in on the act. A new fixed income exchange-traded fund, the VanEck Vectors Green Bond ETF (NYSE: GRNB), allows bond investors to emphasize...

The United States Oil Fund (NYSE: USO) is down nearly 2.7 percent over the past week, bringing the heavily traded oil exchange-traded product's year-to-date loss to nearly 22 percent. Those data points, among others, highlight oil's status as one of 2017's worst-performing commodities....

The United States Oil Fund (NYSE: USO) plunged 5.3 percent Thursday, bringing its year-to-date decline to 14.3 percent. USO, the most heavily traded oil exchange-traded product in the U.S., is now almost 20 percent below its 52-week high, putting it dangerously close to officially being in a bear...

After spending several years in relative anonymity, the PowerShares S&P Emerging Markets Momentum Portfolio (NYSE: EEMO) is finally getting some attention. The bulk of that attention is tied to a recent trade that sent the ETF's assets under management tally soaring. One Trade Boosts ETF...

The SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD), the world's largest exchange-traded product backed by physical holdings of gold, rose 1 percent in April. On the surface, that does not sound all that impressive. After all, there have certainly been months over GLD's lengthy trading history that the ETF...

Exchange-traded funds tracking the S&P 500 are among the largest ETFs in the world. In fact, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY) and the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: IVV) are the only ETFs trading in the United States with more than $100 billion in assets under management. Best-Known ≠...

The current bull market for U.S. stocks turns eight this week, providing investors with an ideal opportunity to look back on some of the best-performing stocks and exchange-traded funds over the past eight years. This bull market's best-performing mid-cap ETF is the Guggenheim S&P MidCap...

It has been mentioned many times during the recent small-cap rally that smaller stocks and the exchange-traded funds that hold them can be viable destinations for equity investors are interest rates rise. That is not just talk. Data confirm as much. Last year, the iShares Russell 2000 Index (ETF) (...

When emerging markets stocks and exchange-traded funds were really ripping higher several years ago, market observers would frequently cite the consumer as the next bastion of growth in developing economies. That prompted enthusiasm for ETFs such as the Columbia Emerging Markets Consumer ETF (NYSE...

Shareholder returns for the S&P 500 companies continued to fall for the second quarter in a row following a record first quarter. However, iPhone maker Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) continued its dominance in buybacks. Share Repurchases Data released by S&P Dow Jones Indices show S&P 500...

Buoyed by the surprising results of the U.S. presidential election last month and the anticipation and realization of an interest hike by the Federal Reserve, the U.S. dollar has been on a tear relative to other major developed market currencies. It may not sound like much, but in the world of...