Market Insights

Read the latest from our Executive Team and Market Segment Experts

Looking for educational content related to investing and our funds? Learn right from our ETFMG® Executive Team and the Market Segment Experts related to our funds.

Image

Israeli Equities: Judicial Reform’s Impact on Markets & Outlook

Israeli equities underperform as judicial reform proposes to hang over markets and economic outlook. Israeli stocks, as defined by the BlueStar® Israel Global Index...

Read more

Global Cyber Security Market Outlook

The cybersecurity industry has been growing rapidly over the past few years, driven by the increasing frequency and sophistication of cyber threats and the...

Read more

Nuclear Power and Commercial Maritime Shipping

Alternative fuels, such as hydrogen and methanol, are a promising path for emissions-free shipping. However, there are challenges in the production of alternative fuels...

Read more

Waking a Sleeping Giant: Silver Market Outlook

The Federal Reserve Board is approaching a point where it has stopped rate hikes in the past, a positive real fed-funds rate. February CPI...

Read more

Innovation to Drive a Cleaner Shipping Industry

Green fuels will be a solution for eliminating emissions when the next generations of ships hit the water, but until then shipowners need solutions...

Read more

What Early Access Video Games Reveal for Gaming Tech Market

  The most important video game industry theme for the next year is simple. The incredible amount of upcoming game releases. The video game...

Read more

The Case For Methanol As A Future Fuel

There is an ongoing dilemma in the international shipping community: which renewable fuel solution holds the key to the industry’s green future? Focus has...

Read more

The Investment in Maritime Hydrogen Is Gaining Momentum

Developing zero-emission maritime shipping solutions has become a hot topic because it could decarbonize a critical global supply chain input. Maritime transport is the...

Read more

Shipping Alliance Says NO To Fossil Fuel-Powered Fleets By 2040

ETFMG Breakwave Sea Decarbonization Tech ETF (BSEA) provides investor access to a diversified set of global companies that develop technologies, manufacture equipment or provide services...

Read more

Silver: Investors Ignoring the Supply-Demand Imbalance?

Silver and silver mining stocks have not been spared by the looming macro headwinds that have weighed on equity and fixed-income markets. Higher rates...

Read more

The Offshore Wind Boom

ETFMG Breakwave Sea Decarbonization Tech ETF (BSEA) provides investor access to a diversified set of global companies that develop technologies, manufacture equipment or provide services...

Read more

Attractive Opportunity in Short-term Bonds

This year’s sharp rise in treasury yields creates an attractive opportunity in short-term bonds heading into 2023 as the Fed slows the pace of...

Read more
Illustrated green marijuana leaves Illustrated green marijuana leaves

Cannabis Industry Update

United States Update: Oct 6, 2022: President Joe Biden announced pardons for thousands convicted of federal marijuana possession, urged governors to do the same...

Read more

Global Cyber Attacks: Severity, Growth, and a Call for Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity companies are the premier solution for cybersecurity threats that continue to grow in number and monetary severity. The workforce available today is not...

Read more

Here’s What to Expect this Summer in Travel & Tourism

According to Hopper’s Summer 2022 Travel Guide, more than half of Americans plan to travel for pleasure this summer, indicating that they are eager...

Read more

You Should Expect a Housing Boom this Summer: Here’s Why

We are currently in the midst of one of the strongest housing markets the country has ever seen. Home prices have appreciated by 20.6%...

Read more

Inflation Can Persist as Demand Declines

Typically, inflation stems from an overheating economy where companies are expanding rapidly to meet expected sustained growth of demand.  Too many companies in the...

Read more

Blockchain, NFTs, Cryptocurrency and the Metaverse

The Real Investment Opportunity Behind Blockchain, NFTs, Cryptocurrency and the Metaverse Thesis: Cyber security, mobile payments, video game technology, and global cloud computing will...

Read more

Dry Bulk Shipping Report: May 10, 2022

Dry Bulk Shipping: Bi-Weekly Report Dry Bulk Defies Global Market Rout The Capesize market has finally shown signs of strength, with spot rates doubling...

Read more

ETF 101: The Basics

What is an Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)? An exchange-traded fund (ETF) is a single security that provides exposure to a basket of underlying securities, like...

Read more

Update on the Fed and Job Market

Latest on the Fed (as of 5/4) Expectations are for the Fed to raise short-term rates by 0.50% and announce an aggressive path for...

Read more

Video Game Industry: Q1 2022 Market Review

The “marathon of growth” global video game industry has briefly slowed down to grab a drink of water. According to EE Fund Management’s mosaic...

Read more

Light Up Your Portfolio: 420 Cannabis Market Outlook

Federal Regulation Updates The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act (the “MORE Act”) on April 1, voting 220-204....

Read more

Cannabis Investing 101

With support for cannabis legalization at an all-time high and cannabis stock prices hovering around 52-week lows, many investors have been considering whether to...

Read more

Russia-Ukraine Conflict: The Time for Cyber Security is Now

As tensions soar amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, many experts consider the threat of cyber attacks to be imminent. Cyber attacks on businesses and government...

Read more

The Fed: What to Expect and How to React

The yield curve will continue to flatten and invert as investors come to grips with the reality of aggressive Fed tightening and slowing economic...

Read more

Travel Trends of 2022

The Travel & Tourism sector was ravaged by COVID-19 concerns, mandated lock-downs, and international mobility restrictions. In 2020, the global Travel & Tourism industry...

Read more

The Future of Real Estate Tech

For many people, purchasing a home is one of the biggest decisions and transforming events of a person’s life. It is also one of...

Read more

Fed to Announce Policy Decisions

This afternoon, the Fed will announce its latest policy decisions. It seems everyone agrees that there is little the Fed can do to bring...

Read more

Video Game Tech Industry 2021 Review

2021 Game Tech Industry Review The video game industry flourished in 2021, despite new headwinds created by the pandemic. Supply chain issues and the...

Read more

Expert Insight on Today’s Fed Meeting

The Fed has cried wolf as it relates to tapering their bond purchases, but this time we believe we will finally hear detailed plans...

Read more

Inflation and the Fed

The Fed is stuck between a rock and a hard place.  They are responsible for maintaining stable prices and yet are somewhat powerless to...

Read more

Treasuries in a ‘Bubble’

I would think most bond investors see treasuries as in a bubble. Even the lowest inflation predictions are higher than the current 1.28% yield...

Read more

Huge Miss on Jobs

Only 266,000 jobs were created last month instead of the million expected for the second largest miss in history (March 2020 being the worst)....

Read more

Travel Sector’s “Shot in the Arm”

The travel sector, largely decimated in 2020 by the global pandemic, has gotten a proverbial “shot in the arm” so far in 2021 resulting...

Read more

Unprecedented Times Yield Extraordinary Innovations

Think back to the “space race” in the latter half of the 20th century. A plethora of new technologies were necessary in order to...

Read more

The Future of Gaming Has Arrived

Lockdown measures catapulted the U.S. video games market to record level spending in 20201 and thrust video gaming consoles into the center of hundreds...

Read more
Illustrated green marijuana leaves Illustrated green marijuana leaves

An Update on Cannabis Adoption in the U.S.

With more states considering legalizing cannabis, combined with the future uptick in sales from states such as New York and New Jersey that have...

Read more

Comments on Today’s Economic Data

We are transitioning from “expectations” of a strong economic impact from the combinations of a high savings rate and pent up consumer demand to...

Read more

Powered by AI

AIEQ is the first US Equity ETF to utilize AI (artificial intelligence) throughout its investment process. It was first-to-market with IBM Watson combining structured...

Read more

A New Age for Cybersecurity

Large scale cyber-attacks (Equifax, Sony, Target, etc.) continue to represent one of the most significant threats to our society. The recent cyber-attacks on both...

Read more

Recovery Mode

BDRY is the first and only freight futures ETP exclusively focused on dry bulk shipping. This segment of the global transport industry involves the...

Read more
Illustrated green marijuana leaves Illustrated green marijuana leaves

New York Passes Bill to Legalize Adult-Use Cannabis

Following the script in more than a dozen other states, and after years of advocacy and several failed attempts, New York lawmakers have legalized...

Read more

Smart, Sustainable Investing

While not as new of a concept as many investors believe, environmental, social, and governance investing — also known as ESG investing — continues...

Read more

Invest in the Travel Rebound

The Travel and Leisure market has been one of the most negatively affected markets over the past year, accounting for 39% of all jobs...

Read more

2020 Silver Recap

SILJ: +33.46%* in 2020 Commodities were one of the only major asset classes that had not participated in the 11-year bull market leading up...

Read more

2020 Cyber Security Recap

HACK: +40.83%* in 2020 Although cyber security headlines were probably not top of mind for all given 2020’s news cycle, this did not slow down...

Read more

Your Monthly Thematic Roundup: 2/2/21

Your Monthly Thematic Roundup: Vol. 01 | 2/2/21 Top 2020 performers and a “Cinderella Story” to start off the new year. #3: Israeli Tech...

Read more

Vaccines and the Fed

We expect the Federal Reserve to stay very dovish. Despite the promise of a better tomorrow with vaccines rapidly being deployed across the country,...

Read more

ETFMG Alternative Harvest ETF (MJ®) Exceeds $1 Billion in AUM

ETFMG Alternative Harvest ETF (MJ®) Exceeds $1 Billion in Assets Under Management SUMMIT, N.J. – (December 9, 2020) – Leading thematic ETF issuer, ETF Managers...

Read more

Employment Stalls

Spreading shutdowns following the spreading virus caused employment gains to take a pause. While normally 245,000 jobs in November would be something to cheer...

Read more

A Cannabis Infused Thanksgiving: ETFMG | MJ and JeffThe420Chef

  Join Bryan Masucci from ETFMG and JeffThe420Chef in the kitchen as they prepare an infused Thanksgiving meal! You must be 21 years of...

Read more

COVID-19 Fatigue Cause Analysts to Be Steadfastly Pessimistic

The jobs report continues a string of better than expected economic data. 638k new jobs were reported for October while only 580k were expected....

Read more
Scenic orange sky in a silver mine Scenic orange sky in a silver mine

ETFMG’s first ETF, SILJ, Surpasses $300M AUM Milestone

SUMMIT, N.J.–(ETF Managers Group LLC (“ETFMG”), a leading thematic ETF issuer, announces that the first thematic product brought to market by the issuer, the...

Read more

ETFMG Adds Biotech to their Thematic ETF Lineup with GERM

SUMMIT, N.J.–(June 18, 2020) — ETFMG, a leading thematic ETF issuer, announced today the launch of its latest innovative exchange traded fund, the ETFMG...

Read more

More Job Losses Are More Lives Saved

The mind boggling loss of jobs last month was not caused by an economy out over its skis in need of a correction, but...

Read more

ETFMG Extends Sponsorship of UFC Heavyweight Alexey Oleynik

ETFMG Extends Sponsorship of UFC Veteran Heavyweight Alexey Oleynik SUMMIT, N.J., May 7, 2020 — ETF Managers Group (ETFMG), an industry leader in bringing innovative...

Read more

20 Moments in Cannabis Innovation

About four years ago, given the changes that were occurring in the cannabis industry, ETFMG and its partners thought it made sense to bring...

Read more

ETFMG & Wedbush Collaborate on Cloud ETF

ETFMG and Wedbush Collaborate on Pure-Play Global Cloud Computing ETF: IVES SUMMIT, N.J.–(April 7, 2020) – ETFMG, leading thematic ETF issuer, in collaboration with...

Read more

Michael Pachter on Bloomberg Radio 3/31/20

Video Game Tech Expert, Michael Pachter, discusses the GAMR ETF and video game technology sector on Bloomberg Radio (Originally aired: 3/31/20). The Wedbush ETFMG Video...

Read more

A Message on COVID-19 from ETFMG

With the safety and well-being of our community foremost in mind, we are diligently assessing the evolving nature of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Rest assured that...

Read more
Financial light tunnel Financial light tunnel

Index Provider Postpones Rebalance: IPAY, HACK, SILJ, GAMR

ETFMG Prime Mobile Payments ETF (IPAY) ETFMG Prime Cyber Security ETF (HACK) ETFMG Prime Junior Silver Miners ETF (SILJ) ETFMG Video Game Tech ETF (GAMR)...

Read more
ETFMG Prime Cyber Security ETF HACK 2019 Q1 Commentary ETFMG Prime Cyber Security ETF HACK 2019 Q1 Commentary

Is AI a Double-Edged Sword for Cyber Security?

Could AI, or artificial intelligence, be a double-edged sword in regard to cyber security? Also called “machine learning,” AI can be used to learn,...

Read more

Will the Coronavirus Make the Fed Sick?

As seen in Bond Buyer. Continued uncertainty regarding the life cycle of the new coronavirus contagion is flattening the yield as a flight to...

Read more
Start A Fund Header Start A Fund Header

Wars Aren’t Only Fought on the Ground

If you have been watching the news recently, you probably are well aware about the conflict in Iran. This is a good reminder for...

Read more

2020 Predictions on Data Theft

2018 was a year with record-setting numbers in regard to data breaches and the exposure of consumer records. By mid-2019, numbers were on track...

Read more

Data Protection is Changing How Companies Operate

Twitter recently launched a new site, which will now serve as a hub for the company’s privacy and data protection efforts. The site, which...

Read more
Start A Fund Header Start A Fund Header

Companies That Stop Cyber Crimes are in High Demand

As cybercrimes continue to grow across the globe, there is a much bigger need for ways to deal with them. MarketsandMarkets has forecasted that...

Read more
ETFMG Prime Cyber Security ETF HACK 2019 Q1 Commentary ETFMG Prime Cyber Security ETF HACK 2019 Q1 Commentary

Cybercrime on the Rise

As far as crimes go, cybercrime is not the most costly or expensive. Other crimes, such as government corruption and narcotics trafficking hold that...

Read more

Top Signs You Are About to Be Hacked

Have you ever been worried that you are going to get hacked? Here are some of the top signs to look out for: You...

Read more

Repo Crisis Continues

The Fed is still supplying an incredible $200 billion of short term financing to repo markets.  The Fed plans on printing money in order...

Read more

Signs Your Computer Has a Virus

What is a computer virus? Basically, it’s a program that you did not install onto your machine. It can spread itself from one computer...

Read more

5 Cyberthreats and Technologies That Need to Die

None of the cyber threats mentioned below are new; in fact, many of these tech maladies have been around and have persisted for decades....

Read more

New Developments in Payments Technology: Tokenization

The global tokenization market is expected to rise to an estimated value of USD 4495.79 million by 2026, with a CAGR of 22.45% in...

Read more
Insights MJ Q1 2019 Commentary Insights MJ Q1 2019 Commentary

House Takes Step Toward Federal Validation of Marijuana

House Takes First Step Toward Federal Validation of the Marijuana Industry: Votes 321 to 103 to Pass the SAFE Banking Act In a showing...

Read more
Financial light tunnel Financial light tunnel

Fed Can’t Fix Repo Market by Printing Money

bondbonAs seen in Bond Buyer. On Tuesday, the New York Fed provided only $30 billion of 14 day financing despite more than $60 billion...

Read more
ETFMG Prime Cyber Security ETF HACK 2019 Q1 Commentary ETFMG Prime Cyber Security ETF HACK 2019 Q1 Commentary

6 Cybersecurity Technologies: Good, Bad and Ugly

The entire tech industry is forever changing, and if you are aware of the security side of this, you can easily see how bad...

Read more

Release Excess Reserves to Save Repo

Excess reserves are nearly $1.4 trillion and yet the Fed needed to inject $53 billion to bring overnight repo rates down from a high...

Read more

Penny Arcade Hits 15 Year Milestone

Penny Arcade (PAX) started in 2004 in Bellevue, Washington born of a desire by webcomic authors Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik to hold a...

Read more

Investing in the Cannabis Ecosystem

On December 7th, 2018, Altria (NYSE: MO), one of the oldest and largest tobacco companies worldwide, announced their intent to purchase a $2.4 billion...

Read more

Inflation Isn’t Dead Yet

Core CPI was higher than expected at +0.3% for July and 2.2% year over year.  Inflation expectations have taken a nose dive according to...

Read more

How to Invest in the eSports Revolution

16-year-old Kyle ‘Bugha’ Giersdorf from Pennsylvania celebrates winning the Fortnite World Cup1 Fortnite, the free-to-play, multi-faceted online video game, has taken the gaming world...

Read more

Small Cap Silver Miners Continue to Rally

Over the last 2 months since the end of May, precious metals have performed well.  The ETFMG Prime Junior Silver ETF (SILJ) has outperformed...

Read more

Collateral for Excess Reserves

As featured in Bond Buyer. The minutes from the June 18-19 Fed meeting show that the Fed is considering allowing banks to use collateral,...

Read more

Imagine Libra as an ETF

There is a lot of confusion over Facebook’s proposed electronic currency, Libra, because, well…it is confusing.  No one, not even Facebook, is sure of...

Read more
Insights MJ 1 Year Anniversary Insights MJ 1 Year Anniversary

ETFMG Alternative Harvest ETF (MJ) Declares Quarterly Dividend

ETFMG Alternative Harvest ETF (MJ) Declares Quarterly Dividend SUMMIT, N.J.–(Friday, June 28, 2019) – MJ, The ETFMG Alternative Harvest ETF (NYSE Arca: MJ) has...

Read more
ETFMG Sam Masucci TD Ameritrade Network Interview ETFMG Sam Masucci TD Ameritrade Network Interview

Sam Masucci on TD Ameritrade Network 6/25/19

Read more
SALT 2019 ETFMG/Canopy Growth Corporation cocktail event Bruce Linton and Sam Masucci SALT 2019 ETFMG/Canopy Growth Corporation cocktail event Bruce Linton and Sam Masucci

ETFMG x SALT 2019 Recap

SALT is a global thought leadership forum and capital introduction platform encompassing finance, technology and geopolitics. SALT connects investment capital with intellectual capital. SALT...

Read more
ETFMG Canopy Growth Corporation SALT 2019 Cannabis Innovator Breakfast ETFMG Canopy Growth Corporation SALT 2019 Cannabis Innovator Breakfast

ETFMG & Canopy Growth to Host Exclusive Cannabis Innovator Event

ETFMG & Canopy Growth to Host Exclusive Cannabis Innovator Event at SALT 2019 SUMMIT, N.J. and SMITH FALLS, ON, April 25, 2019 – ETF...

Read more
Insights MJ 1 Year Anniversary Insights MJ 1 Year Anniversary

MJ Surpasses $1 Billion in Assets

MJ – The ETFMG Alternative Harvest ETF Surpasses $1 Billion in Assets SUMMIT, N.J. – (Wednesday, February 6, 2019) – Thematic ETF Issuer, ETF...

Read more
ETFMG Jason Wilson MJ Midas Letter Interview ETFMG Jason Wilson MJ Midas Letter Interview

Jason Wilson on “Midas Letter”

Read more
ETFMG Sam Masucci MJ Bloomberg ETF IQ Interview ETFMG Sam Masucci MJ Bloomberg ETF IQ Interview

Sam Masucci on “Bloomberg ETF IQ” 11/28/18

Read more

Celebrating 1 Year of the AI Powered Equity ETF: AIEQ

Celebrating 1 Year of the AI Powered Equity ETF: AIEQ SUMMIT, N.J. – (October 18, 2018) – ETF Managers Group (ETFMG), along with our...

Read more