Retail Investors Eye Travel Stocks While Financial Advisors Shift to Clean Energy
In this Friday edition of Advisors in Focus, our focus turns to exchange traded funds and ETF categories that are seeing growing interest from both your clients and your colleagues. While we often highlight the most-read areas of the market over a set timeframe, today we look at the tickers and groups that have seen the highest percentage spike in search activity over the past two days by retail investors and financial advisors.
For example, among exchange traded funds, TrackStarIQ rankings show financial advisors are reading up on the Invesco WilderHill Energy Fund (PBW), which has a portfolio dominated by solar energy companies like First Solar (FSLR), Canadian Solar (CSIQ), and Sunpower (SPWR). Retail investors, on the other hand, are expressing increased interest in ETFMG Travel Tech Fund (AWAY), which includes names like Expedia (EXPE), TripAdvisor (TRIP), and UBER. Knowing what funds and ETF categories are trending can help us better understand where money is flowing—in terms of sector rotation and asset allocations—and identify opportunities that might have been overlooked otherwise. Please find below the complete list of exchange traded funds and ETF categories that are surging over the past two days.
Top ETFs by Financial Advisor Traffic Surge* :
Rank
Ticker
Company
3
XSLV
Invesco S&P SmallCap Low Volatility ETF
2
SPXS
Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bear 3X Shares
1
PBW
Invesco WilderHill Energy Fund
Top ETFs by Retail Investor Traffic Surge* :
Rank
Ticker
Company
3
CLIX
ProShares Long Online/Short Stores ETF
2
NRGD
MicroSectors U.S. Big Oil Index - 3X Inverse
1
AWAY
ETFMG Travel Tech ETF
Top ETF Categories by Financial Advisor Traffic Surge* :
Rank
ETF Category
3
Volatility Hedged Equity
2
China Equities
1
Emerging Markets Equities
Top ETF Categories by Retail Investor Traffic Surge* :
Rank
ETF Category
3
Inverse Equities
2
Long-Short Strategies
1
California Munis
Top 20 ETFs by Surging Financial Advisor Traffic (2 days vs. previous 5 days)
Ticker
Top 20 ETF Categories by Surging Financial Advisor Traffic (2 days vs. previous 5 days)
Top 20 ETFs by Surging Retail Investor Traffic (2 days vs. previous 5 days)
Ticker
Top 20 ETF Categories by Surging Retail Investor Traffic (2 days vs. previous 5 days)
Invesco WilderHill Clean Energy ETF
PBW
Emerging Markets Equities
ETFMG Travel Tech ETF
AWAY
California Munis
Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bear 3X Shares
SPXS
China Equities
MicroSectors U.S. Big Oil Index -3X Inverse Leveraged ETN
NRGD
Long-Short
Invesco S&P SmallCap Low Volatility ETF
XSLV
Volatility Hedged Equity
ProShares Long Online/Short Stores ETF
CLIX
Inverse Equities
iPath Dow Jones-UBS Commodity ETN
DJP
Utilities Equities
Vanguard Communication Services ETF
VOX
Inverse Commodities
iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF
ITOT
Preferred Stock/Convertible Bonds
iShares S&P 100 ETF
OEF
International Government Bonds
iShares Emerging Markets Dividend ETF
DVYE
Corporate Bonds
iShares MSCI Global Silver Miners ETF
SLVP
Global Real Estate
Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF
SCHB
Mortgage Backed Securities
Invesco India ETF
PIN
Commodity Producers Equities
VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF
SMH
Energy Equities
iShares Self-Driving EV and Tech ETF
IDRV
MLPs
NYSE Technology ETF
XNTK
Total Bond Market
iShares Global Infrastructure ETF
IGF
Inverse Bonds
Vanguard Information Technology ETF
VGT
High Yield Bonds
Global X MSCI China Financials ETF
CHIX
China Equities
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
IVV
Large Cap Value Equities
WisdomTree China ex-State-Owned Enterprises Fund
CXSE
Financials Equities
iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF
ITA
Real Estate
Invesco CurrencyShares? Japanese Yen Trust
FXY
Asia Pacific Equities
ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil
SCO
Materials
US Global GO GOLD and Precious Metal Miners ETF
GOAU
Real Estate
Virtus LifeSci Biotech Clinical Trials ETF
BBC
MLPs
ProShares Short Russell 2000
RWM
Metals
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF
IJR
Foreign Large Cap Equities
Vanguard Mega Cap Value ETF
MGV
Emerging Markets Equities
VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF
GDXJ
Asia Pacific Equities
iShares S&P Asia ETF
AIA
Oil & Gas
Global X Robotics & Artificial Intelligence Thematic ETF
BOTZ
Small Cap Growth Equities
Direxion Work From Home ETF
WFH
Europe Equities
Invesco S&P 500? Top 50 ETF
XLG
Inflation-Protected Bonds
iShares U.S. Fallen Angels USD Bond ETF
FALN
Leveraged Currency
Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF
SCHO
Currency
First Trust NASDAQ CEA Cybersecurity ETF
CIBR
Global Equities
SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Corporate Bond ETF
SPIB
Emerging Markets Bonds
Schwab International Equity ETF
SCHF
Materials
*Surge in traffic is evaluated by the increase in average traffic over the past two days compared to average of the previous five trading days.