Exchange Traded Funds
The Global X Defense Tech ETF (NYSEARCA:SHLD) and the SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF (NYSEARCA:XAR) look like two ways to buy the same rearmament story, but they take structurally different bets. One is…
The choice between Vanguard Real Estate ETF (NYSEARCA:VNQ) and Schwab U.S. REIT ETF (NYSEARCA:SCHH) looks like a wash on the surface. Both promise diversified U.S. real estate exposure at rock-bottom fees. But the two…
YieldMax NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF (NYSEARCA:NVDY) monetizes NVIDIA‘s (NASDAQ:NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction) volatility through a synthetic covered-call strategy, converting option premiums into weekly cash distributions. The fund once ranked among the highest-yielding…
YieldMax’s Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF (NYSEARCA:ULTY) has become one of the most talked-about weekly income vehicles on the market, and the pitch is straightforward: sell options on the most volatile stocks in tech,…
An ESG-screened equity fund has quietly delivered a big year while sitting out one of the most-traded megacap names on the market. The iShares MSCI KLD 400 Social ETF (NYSEARCA:DSI) climbed 22.29% in the…
Thirty years is a long time to live without a paycheck. If you retire at 62 and celebrate your 92nd birthday, your portfolio needs to fund groceries, property taxes, insurance premiums, and the occasional…
Two thousand dollars a month is the number you carry around in your head as the difference between a comfortable retirement and a stressful one. The catch is you want the check to arrive…
A semiconductor ETF has ripped higher in 2026 without owning one of the most recognizable chip names on the market. The VanEck Fabless Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SMHX) is up 54.22% year to date through July…
You’re approaching retirement and have $300,000 parked in a savings account or a checking account earning close to nothing, while your bank’s own website advertises a 1.65% average on a 12-month CD. Meanwhile, the…
The VanEck Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SMH) has ripped higher in 2026, gaining 64.47% year to date through July 2 and 111.24% over the trailing 12 months. Yet the fund fueling that run does not own…
Small-cap value is one of the most persistent factor bets in equity research, but the two most popular ways to own it look almost nothing alike under the hood. Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value…
The iShares Select Dividend ETF (NASDAQ:DVY) has quietly rewarded income investors with a 21.05% gain over the past year, all without owning a single share of Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR | PLTR Price Prediction), the…
An old-economy sector fund is quietly beating the market darlings this year, and it holds zero shares of the electric-vehicle giant everyone loves to argue about. The iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (NYSEARCA:ITA)…
Biotech is having a moment, and the numbers are hard to ignore. The SPDR S&P Biotech ETF (NYSEARCA:XBI) climbed 17.27% over the trailing month ending July 1, 2026, a run that would look right…
The supply chain shortage in Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), and more specifically, in High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) chips is a big reason why the memory chip “Big 3”: SK Hynix, Samsung, and…
