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Saratov sits beside the Volga and was once an important trading port
Mae has been longlisted in a masterplanning competition addressing several sites in a historic Russian city.
The UK architect, best known for its housing work, is in one of five international teams that are fighting it out in the second round. It is part of a Russian-led team. Other practices in the running include Belgium’s Office Kersten Geers David Van Severen. Each longlisted team was awarded an honorarium of £50,000.
The contest is after architectural and urban planning concepts for the development of the centre of Saratov which sits beside the Volga 800km south-east of Moscow. A key trading port in the 18th century, it expanded rapidly in the 19
Among the best market calls of 2020 are some overlooked stocks that soared MarketWatch 1/21/2021
THE TELL
Against many odds, the stock market not only survived a pandemic, but thrived in 2020, making it a tough year to navigate for investors. The S&P 500 closed out the year with a 16% gain, despite more than 80 million COVID-19 infections by the end of 2020 that number is currently at 95 million and 1.8 million dead from the disease global deaths are now over 2 million and economies upended.
But several strategists and fund managers who MarketWatch spoke to or whose advice we flagged last year via our Need to Know column, made some spot-on calls. That was often due to the fruits of sticking to tried and true systems and beliefs, paying attention to history, and focusing on companies well-placed to ride out the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
Look to Retail ETFs as the Economy, Consumer Spending Recovers December 21, 2020
Retail sector-related exchange traded funds are back under the spotlight as the holiday shopping season wraps up, and investors are betting on brick-and-mortar stores to maintain their momentum in anticipation of a full economic recovery in the new year.
The
SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT), which follows a range of traditional retailers, has increased 13.0% over the past month, and advanced 39.7% year-to-date.
Some investors are hopeful that more traditional retailers could regain lost ground in the year ahead, betting on a broader economic rebound as vaccines against the coronavirus will spur widespread re-openings across the United States, Reuters reports.
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NEW YORK, Dec 18 (Reuters) - As holiday shopping season wraps up, U.S. equity investors are gauging whether long-languishing shares of brick-and-mortar retailers can sustain their recent rebound in anticipation of a full economic reopening in 2021.
The SPDR S&P Retail ETF, which tracks a broad group of retailers such as department and specialty stores, is up nearly 40% this year. Its gain reflects a rally that has lifted shares of companies in sectors particularly sensitive to the economic cycle, such as industrials and energy, in the wake of recent breakthroughs in COVID-19 vaccines.
Those numbers pale in comparison with the massive gains online companies such as Amazon.com Inc, Etsy Inc and Wayfair Inc have notched this year, after the pandemic accelerated a shift toward internet shopping.