By Nicholas J. Elward, Head of Institutional Product and ETFs at Natixis Investment Managers.

We expect 2022 to be even more exciting than this year. Here are three trends we’re watching closely.

By Gregg Guerin, Senior Product Specialist for First Trust.

For most investors, Blockchain means crypto. Some believe Bitcoin (or other digital currencies) are a valid asset; others think it’s a Ponzi scheme. But investors rarely pause to consider the underlying technology, Blockchain, and its vast applicability in the real world.

By Vinit Srivastava, CEO, MerQube. We speak daily to the world’s major providers of ETFs about what they are working on to address investor requirements. It is very clear that everyone is talking about one set of products and strategies: Defined Outcome ETFs.

By Chris Huemmer, Senior Investment Strategist, FlexShares ETFs.

As the US House of Representatives prepares to vote on a roughly $1 trillion infrastructure bill, investment opportunities in infrastructure have become front and center for many ETF investors.

By Varun Raju, Team Lead, Products, and Vaibhav Agarwal, Head of Products, Indxx.

The unrelenting growth of passive investing, owing to its ease and low costs, has further galvanized index providers and fund managers to discover innovative solutions and reduce market inefficiencies.

Guilt-free investing? Josh Gregory, Founder of Sugi, explains why investors still need to be cautious.

By Anthony Beevers, Portfolio Manager at First Trust Global Portfolios.

The Covid-19 vaccine announcement on 9 November 2020 triggered a significant factor rotation in favour of value. Given the rally that value has recently enjoyed, many will be wondering if they might have missed the boat.

According to Bloomberg Intelligence (BI), the decreased concentration of stocks associated with the clean energy theme within ETFs provides investors with broader and less volatile exposure. Still, warns BI, some companies like Sunworks still have close to 20% of their shares held by the ETFs so drastic price swings can still be expected.

By WisdomTree.

Commodities and gold have historically been an excellent hedge for inflation.

By Fiona Boal, Head of Commodities and Real Assets, S&P Dow Jones Indices.

While the S&P GSCI’s upward momentum attenuated, high dispersion in the performance of single commodities continued, albeit with reversals among the leaders and laggards.