Despite a steady jobs market and strong earnings boosting the S&P 500 near record highs, investors face challenges from persistent inflation and low consumer sentiment. Advisors are shifting focus from pure growth to risk management, income generation, and diversification, especially through ETFs. High-growth themes like AI and energy infrastructure remain popular, while income strategies diversify into bonds, CLOs, and options-based ETFs. The market awaits the upcoming Federal Reserve meeting and a major SpaceX IPO, balancing optimism with caution.
The VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) has gained about 146% over the past year, with nearly 20% growth in May alone, and is up 66% year to date. Unlike common assumptions, NVIDIA is not the main driver; the fund's modified equal-weight structure means t...
Chip stocks in the VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) have dropped over 10% from last week's record high, with options traders increasingly buying puts, signaling bearish sentiment. Put volume on SMH outpaced calls by four times, indicating expectations ...
Traders are showing bearish sentiment on the VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) with put volume more than doubling calls, especially on puts betting on a 7% drop by August 21. Despite this, some chipmakers like Marvell Technology and Intel are seeing str...
The SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) and the iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) differ mainly in weighting: XSD uses equal weighting across semiconductor firms, while SOXX concentrates on the largest companies like NVIDIA and Broadcom. SOXX has outperf...
The VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) has gained 77.13% in just over five months, far outpacing the S&P 500's 10.61% return year-to-date. This surge is driven by strong AI-related capital expenditures across the semiconductor supply chain, including chi...
