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Exchange-Traded Funds
The case for investing using active ETFs
Thursday 10 Apr 2025In December, Luxembourg’s financial regulator the CSSF announced new rules around tax exemption and portfolio transparency for European active ETFs (exchange-traded funds). Along with Ireland, Luxembourg is one of the main domiciles for exchange-traded funds and since its rule change there have...
Discover the new quality ETFs which tap cash generative companies
Thursday 16 Jan 2025Exchange-traded funds are typically used to track indices like the FTSE 100 but there is a burgeoning list of products which look to tap different themes and even investment styles. This universe was recently added to with the launch of some new ETFs which look to track quality stocks. WHAT ARE THE...
Blockchain is an alternative way to play the crypto rally
Thursday 21 Nov 2024Whether you love or hate cryptocurrencies, you cannot deny the spectacular performance. Since Donald Trump’s White House race victory (5 November) Bitcoin has surged 35% to an all-time $94,795 high. Since the start of 2024 it has more than doubled. Ethereum and Elon Musk pet crypto Dogecoin, are up...
The merits of pursuing an equal-weighted strategy
Thursday 03 Oct 2024As the leadership of the market has become ever more concentrated on just a handful of stocks there has been increasing interest in getting equal-weighted exposure to the markets. But what does this mean and what are the pros and cons of products which adopt such an approach? An equal-weighted...
How ex-China ETFs have outshone broad-based emerging-market alternatives
Thursday 13 Jun 2024A disappointing economic performance as it exited zero-Covid policies, a property crash in 2023 and ongoing geopolitical tensions with the US over Taiwan have caused some investors to lose faith in investing in China in the last couple of years. In terms of ETFs, this has meant investors turning...
The role thematic ETFs could play in your ISA
Thursday 21 Mar 2024With the end of tax year fast approaching, it is not too late to consider using thematic exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to bolster an ISA portfolio. Thematic ETFs are a low-cost way to gain exposure to long-term megatrends. So, if you are using an ISA to generate wealth in tax-efficient way over the...
How to play gold through exchange-traded products
Thursday 08 Feb 2024In December 2023 gold reached new all-time highs above $2,100 an ounce and it has been above $2,000 for all of 2024 to date. So far in the 21st century gold has even outperformed the total return from the S&P 500 – one of the best performing equity markets globally. According to the World Gold...
Is it worth investing in artificial intelligence ETFs?
Thursday 07 Dec 2023Artificial intelligence (AI) exchange traded funds (ETFs) have struggled to keep pace with the big AI stock of 2023 – Santa Clara-based microchip designer Nvidia (NVDA:NASDAQ) . Nvidia’s shares have risen 245% year-to-date (valuing the chipmaker at $1.22 trillion) in contrast the main AI ETFs: L...
ETFs can be a powerful tool in building your value investment strategy
Thursday 26 Oct 2023If you started your investing journey at any point in the dozen or so years prior to the global pandemic, today’s challenges will look very strange to you. The decade or more market environment of low inflation and ultra-low borrowing costs was a fertile framework for growth investing, yet the...
Find out about the rapidly growing actively-managed ETF market
Thursday 31 Aug 2023Traditionally, exchange-traded funds have been seen as wholly passive products, set up to give investors cheap, accessible and transparent access to the world’s biggest markets. Over time this market has developed to include products tracking niches, sectors and themes and the latest leg in their...