ETF

The world of income investing is primarily split between high-yield stocks and those that are consistently growing their dividends. The latter category exhibits companies with consistent profits and growth that are able to reliably return capital to shareholders in ever-increasing amounts....

Stocks were hard on the gas this week as major indices such as the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) broke out to new highs. This breakout was preceded by a multi-week sideways price trend that ultimately resolved to the upside in favor of the bulls. One of the more notable areas of the...

The race for the best performing sector or asset class of 2015 is still in its nascent stages. However, two unlikely candidates have emerged in leadership roles from beaten down areas of the globe through the first six weeks of the year. The following ETFs represent areas of strength amid the...

Generating alpha, or excess returns above a benchmark, is no easy task considering the level of consistency needed to prove a unique investment has merit. Most ETF investors have flocked to well-known benchmarks, such as the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY), as core equity holdings in...

RevenueShares is a niche ETF provider that may not be in the perpetual ETF spotlight. However,it is building unique funds designed to capitalize on new index-weighting methodologies. Related Link: Traders Eyeing The Global Line In The Sand Currently, this company operates six ETFs designed to...

The agricultural business sector of the market has been slow to keep pace with the pronounced growth in the major indices over the last year. The flagging prices of agricultural commodities such as corn, wheat and soybeans have capped the gains in fertilizer and other supply companies that are...

Gold ETFs have come under fire this year for their persistent weakness and disjointed trading patterns. The combination of a rising U.S. dollar, falling interest rates and tepid inflationary statistics have not been kind to gold bullion prices or associated mining stocks. More recently, traders...

Hardeep Walia is the co-founder and CEO of Motif Investing, a concept-driven trading platform. Customers build their own motifs, or thematically-weighted baskets of stocks traded in a single transaction. Walia recently joined Benzinga’s #PreMarket Prep to explain how his company could...

One area of the ETF world that has continued to thrive is master limited partnerships, or MLPs. These alternative income-generating securities offer exposure to energy infrastructure, pipeline and storage businesses that return significant earnings to shareholders. On October 2, Infrastructure...

Last week traders digested the Federal Open Market Committee statement along with the successful initial public offering of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA). Ultimately markets hit a new high and bullish enthusiasm returned. The week ahead promises to be jam packed with housing data and...

Drought conditions through much of the southwest, and California in particular, have reignited the concept of commoditizing water resources as an investment opportunity. The need for capital and infrastructure to support clean water initiatives, as well as avoid catastrophic shortages, are just...

High demand in both developed and emerging markets is driving the globalization and utilization of natural resources. Some companies are poised to profit from the resulting rising cost of agriculture, timber, water, metals and energy. Selecting the right sector and company to capitalize on this...

AltaVista Research was founded in 2004, as a means of providing expanded research and coverage of the exchange-traded fund universe.  The firm takes a unique approach to analyzing fundamental aspects of ETFs that help financial advisors and sophisticated investors make portfolio management...