ProShares Announces ETF Share SplitsProShares, a premier provider of ETFs, announced today forward and reverse share splits on seventeen of its ETFs. The splits will not change the total value of a shareholder’s investment and will be effective on two separate dates.All forward splits will apply to shareholders of record as of market close on January 11, 2022, payable after market close on January 12, 2022. All forward splits will be effective prior to market open on January 13, 2022, when the funds will begin trading at their post-split prices. The ticker symbols and CUSIP numbers for the funds will not change.The forward splits will decrease the price per share of each fund with a proportionate increase in the number of shares outstanding. ProShares ETFs are generally non-diversified, an

Investing in Precious Metals ETFsFederal Reserve Board has kept interest rates low while printing a lot of money to keep the economy afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic, devaluing fiat currency in the process. That's leading more investors to look at ways to hedge against the continued rise of inflation. One way you can do that is by investing in precious metals, and the easiest way is through exchange-traded funds (ETFs) focused on precious metals. Here's a closer look at some of the best precious metals ETFs. Others make a different type of investment, including derivatives such as options or futures contracts that still offer some direct exposure to metals prices. Of the two, the best option is an ETF that focuses on directly holding physical precious metals because they tend to deliver

Notable ETF Inflow Detected - TQQQ, CSCO, QCOM, AMDProShares UltraPro QQQ (Symbol: TQQQ) where we have detected an approximate $2.4 billion dollar inflow -- that's a 12.8% increase week over week in outstanding units (from 121,750,000 to 137,350,000). Among the largest underlying components of TQQQ, in trading today Cisco Systems Inc (Symbol: CSCO) is off about 0.7%, Qualcomm Inc (Symbol: QCOM) is up about 1.5%, and Advanced Micro Devices Inc (Symbol: AMD) is higher by about 0.2%.Read More: https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/notable-etf-inflow-detected-tqqq-csco-qcom-amd

Charting the Global Economy: Inflation’s Grip Tightens FurtherUSExcluding food and energy, the price index of goods surged 10.7%, the largest 12-month advance since 1975.Mortgage rates in the U.S., tracking a jump in yields for 10-year Treasuries, rose for a third straight week, reaching the highest point in almost two years. Signs point to borrowing costs rising further.EuropeGermany is headed for its second recession of the pandemic after the emergence of the coronavirus’s omicron strain compounded drags on output from supply snarls and the fastest inflation in three decades.AsiaInflation expectations for Japanese households jumped to the highest in 13 years, showing how costlier energy is influencing sentiment even as overall price gains remain far below the Bank of Japan’s target.Stock

Indicators That Help in Predicting Stock Market Crasheshttps://www.managementstudyguide.com/indicators-predicting-stock-market-crashes.htmThe stock market tends to run in cycles and some of these indicators1) Rampant Speculation: The first step towards the downfall is when speculation becomes rampant. This rampant speculation ensures that a positive feedback loop is prevalent in the market. Hence, the stocks are driven higher than their true value. As a result, a bubble is created. Current high prices become the reason for expecting future hikes in prices.2) Low Growth Rates: A slowdown in the overall economic growth is a significant indicator that the stock market is going to crash. A slowdown, by itself, does not mean that the market will collapse. However, rampant speculation and slowdo

Industries That Thrive During RecessionsKey Takeaways1) Due to underlying economic trends and the immediate public health crisis of COVID-19, the U.S. economy is rapidly falling into recession.2) Historically during recessions some industries still do reasonably well, or even thrive due to changing patterns of consumption and behavior. 3) Often these are industries where demand is inelastic to changes in prices and incomes - the volume of consumer demand is relatively stable.4) Due to the specific circumstances of the current emergency, some industries that usually do well in past recessions may be especially hard hit right now, but other industries are benefiting.Read More: https://www.investopedia.com/articles/stocks/08/industries-thrive-on-recession.asp

China keeps burning through its mine gold reserves fastest in the world - report(Kitco News) - According to the preliminary data released by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), global recoverable mine gold reserves amounted to about 54,000 metric tonnes in 2021, which is 2% more than 53,000 tonnes reported in 2020.USGS defines recoverable mine reserves (not to be confused with resources) as the part of the reserve base that could be economically extracted or produced at the time of determination.Australia boasts the world's largest endowment of mine gold reserves (11,000 tonnes), followed by Russia (6,800 tonnes), South Africa (5,000 tonnes) and the United States (3,000 tonnes).As Kitco reported before, China is the top gold producer with 370 tonnes of the yellow metal mined in 2021.At the

Understanding the Federal Reserve Balance SheetThe Federal Reserve System is the central bank of the United States and is responsible for the nation's monetary policy. The Fed's primary goals are to promote maximum employment, stable prices, and manage long-term interest rates. The Fed also helps to create stability in the financial system, especially during times of recession—or negative economic growth—and financial instability.For decades, the Fed watchers have relied on movements in assets or liabilities of the Fed to predict changes in economic cycles. The financial crisis of 2007-08 not only made the Fed's balance sheet more complex, but it also aroused the interest of the general public.4 Before going into the details, it would be better to take a look at the Fed's assets first and

ETFs For Exposure To Healthcare Sectors3. HealthcareThis year started with the positive news on several COVID vaccines that helped global economies return to normal. As a result, investors became interested in so-called “opening trades,” value shares that were out of favor because of pandemic triggered lockdowns. Healthcare stocks weren't necessarily part of that scenario. However, the increasing number of coronavirus cases due to the Omicron variant in recent weeks has once again put healthcare shares in the limelight.The US healthcare industry is the world’s largest. The Health Care Select Sector SPDR® Fund (NYSE:XLV), one of the oldest ETFs in the segment, invests in biopharma and life sciences companies as well as firms that manufacture or distribute healthcare supplies and equipment.

9. Wells Fargoinflation stock investing"Seek assets that perform well when inflation is above average." − Wells Fargo Investment Institute Wells FargoInflation forecast:"A shortage economy will likely keep inflation elevated well into 2022, before supply-chain pressures ease and allow inflation to subside during the second half of the year.""The pandemic simultaneously built up consumer demand and unspent cash but thinned out the production and transportation of goods — taken together, an unusual way for an economic expansion to begin. We expect average consumer price inflation of 4.0% in 2022, down from 6.2% in October 2021. Inflation should remain above its pre-2020 pace but not high enough to end the expansion. The upside risk to inflation is that rents and wages become self-sustaining,

4. Goldman Sachsinflation stocks investingGoldman SachsInflation forecast:"No near-term solutions exist to solve the supply chain and input cost problems that plague so many industries. However, managements have used price increases, cost controls, and technology to preserve margins, and many of the headwinds will ease in 2022. However, a tight labor market will persist and drive wage inflation. Our commodities research colleagues forecast Brent crude oil will peak at $90/bbl in early 2022 and then decline to $80 by year-end. Our economists expect annualized US GDP growth will decelerate from 4.5% in 1Q to 1.8% in 4Q 2022. During the same time, core PCE inflation will subside from 4.3% in 1Q to 2.4% by year-end."Investment recommendations:"Investment Strategies: (1) Own virus- and inflatio

Inflation Vs. Deflation - Which Is The Bigger Threat In 2022?The Fed’s Liquidity Trap Is Deflationary. Lower interest rates fail to stimulate economic growth. People hoard cash because they expect an adverse event.. Short-term interest rates near zero.. Fluctuations in the monetary base fail to translate into general price levels.read more https://seekingalpha.com/article/4473461-inflation-vs-deflation-which-is-the-bigger-threat-in-2022?gclid=Cj0KCQiA2ZCOBhDiARIsAMRfv9Jbs5ovZ3orSsZmRL9l5ankGwQuZSyHiYlTpeR9g77Wx0HuyU4Dzw0aAvxAEALw_wcB&utm_campaign=14926960698&utm_medium=**&utm_source=google&utm_term=127894704186%5Eaud-1360974308550%3Adsa-1427141793820%5E%5E552341146729%5E%5E%5Eg

Here’s How the Market Breadth Behaves Before a Stock Market Crashhttps://finance.yahoo.com/news/market-breadth-behaves-stock-market-113842940.htmlThe Market Breadth vs S&P 500 in 2021In Nov 2021, the market breadth had another sharp drop below the 0 level with a large magnitude similar to 2018’s and 2020’s, yet S&P 500 is just 3 % away from the all-time high.After the drop in Nov, there was an attempt to rally above 0 level in the market breadth with almost immediate rejection. This is similar to 2018’s scenario but with a stronger S&P 500. This is mainly because of the weightage in S&P 500’s components (similar to Nasdaq 100). Refer to the price volume analysis on 5 of these heavy weight stocks. When these stocks fail to hold, S&P 500 will start to crack.In this bifurc

Fed's Bostic says three hikes, fast balance sheet runoff needed for inflation fightHigh inflation and a strong recovery will require the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates at least three times this year, beginning as soon as March, and warrant a rapid rundown of Fed asset holdings to draw excess cash out of the financial system, Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic said."There is a risk inflation is likely to be elevated for an extended period of time and we need to respond directly, clearly and aggressively," Bostic told Reuters in an interview on Monday. "If things continue the way they are March would be a reasonable possibility," for the first of what would be a series of interest rate increases to offset inflation running far above the Fed's 2% target.From 2017 to 2019, when the

Fed signals trigger world stocks, bonds sell-offStock markets were deep in the red and some key government bond yields climbed to their highest in years on Thursday after the Federal Reserve signalled the possibility of faster-than-expected U.S. rate hikes and stimulus withdrawal."There is a risk that the Fed might fall into the trap of making policy errors because they do have to perhaps hike interest rates faster than expected, but given the timing of their exit from quantitative easing, it could coincide with a slowdown in the economic cycle and also a decline in inflation on base effects," said Casanova.Read more: https://au.investing.com/news/economy/asian-shares-fall-after-hawkish-fed-minutes-2505667

Higher interest rates impact to BondsWhen the Fed increases rates, the market prices of existing bonds immediately decline. That’s because new bonds will soon be coming onto the market offering investors higher interest rate payments. To reflect the higher overall rates, existing bonds will decline in price to make their comparatively lower interest rate payments more appealing to investors.Read more: https://www.forbes.com/advisor/investing/fed-raises-interest-rates/

Hawkish Fed signals it may have to raise rates sooner to fight inflation.Higher interest rates tend to negatively affect earnings and stock prices (with the exception of the financial sector). When Fed rate hikes make borrowing money more expensive, the cost of doing business rises for public (and private) companies. Over time, higher costs and less business could mean lower revenues and earnings for public firms, potentially impacting their growth rate and their stock values.As a general rule of thumb, when the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates, it causes the stock market to go up; when the Federal Reserve raises interest rates, it causes the stock market to go down. Read more interest rate impact to stock markethttps://www.investopedia.com/investing/how-interest-rates-affect-stock-mark

8. UBSinflationUBSInflation forecast:"High inflation flips to low inflation in 2022. We expect an outsized deceleration in price gains in 2022. Core PCE inflation falls from a peak near 4.7% in early 2022 to 1.7% in Q4. That said, even if our projection is correct, given publication lags and noisy data, the CPI and PCE prices slowing won't be obvious and unambiguous until well into the second quarter, and year-over-year, core PCE inflation would still be near 2-1/2% in the third quarter."Investment recommendations:"Energy, Financials and parts of TMT over defensives and Materials. As the expansion takes hold, our frameworks support staying long parts of growth and value while maintaining underweights in defensives. We remain overweight Communication Services and Tech on strong growth &

Deutsche Bankinflation supply chain issues"Supply constraints were a major driver of the initial inflation surge earlier this year ... This stands in sharp contrast to the pre-pandemic mix of inflationary pressures where these categories only added a relatively small share to monthly inflation prints." —Deutsche Bank Deutsche BankInflation forecast:"Inflation has broadened and will take longer to dissipate. Rising underlying inflation, elevated inflation expectations and accelerating wages all support well above target inflation through 2022, with core CPI and PCE likely to end the year at 3.5% and 2.7%, respectively. As supply chains mend, labor supply returns, and commodities remain below their peaks, inflation should fall back closer to target by 2024. While risks to medium-term inflati