This Week’s Big ETF Stories
It was a holiday-shortened trading, but one that did not lack for fireworks. No, the Fourth of July pun was not intended. Ongoing declines for mainland Chinese stocks, Puerto Rico’s debt default and Greece’s increasingly precarious financial situation got the week started with a bang.
Greek banks and equity markets were closed this week and the country is heading to Sunday referendum where a “no” vote means Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras could secure financing to help his country avert disaster.
On Thursday, the Labor Department said the U.S. economy added 223,000 jobs last month with an unemployment rate of 5.3%, but the labor participation rate dropped, meaning the Federal Reserve might be forced to put off raising interest rates.
With that, here are some of the biggest ETF stories from the four-day trading week.
Broad Market/Sector ETFs
Financial services just keep waiting on the Fed. [Financial Services are Waiting on the Fed]
Considering a popular tech ETF for July.
Healthcare ETFs can survive and thrive when rates rise. [Don’t Ditch Healthcare ETFs if Rates Rise]
Schwab expands commission-free ETF lineup.
This dividend ETF is still potent. [A Dividend ETF That Still Rewards Investors]
How interest rates are affecting MLP ETFs. [Rising Rates Could Crimp MLP ETFs]
International ETFs
A dismal day for the Greece ETF.
A severe index demotion could be coming for Greek stocks. [Outlook for Greece’s Market Status is not Good]
Brazil ETF keeps falling and losing assets. [Problems Linger for Brazil ETFs]
A slew of new currency hedged ETFs just debuted. [Eleven new Currency Hedged ETFs Debut]
Taking the long view of Europe ETFs.
Commodity and Fixed Income ETFs
Alternative investments are on the rise; ride that trend with these ETFs.
Dueling views on agriculture commodities, but the ETFs are on fire. [Grain ETFs are Suddenly Commodities Leaders]
Volatility in China could add some shine to gold ETFs.
It’s time to rethink aggregate bond ETFs. [Rethink Aggregate Bond ETFs]
Examining Puerto Rico’s impact on your municipal bond ETFs.
ETF Trends editorial team contributed to this post.
