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Active Asset Allocation ETF Portfolio Brochure

A weekly look at market trends and actionable ideas to harness them.

What should investors be thankful for this Thanksgiving. Michael Arone shares his list in the latest Uncommon Sense.

Flash Flows: Feeling a Bit Festive

Key characteristics and potential benefits of SPDR® Bloomberg Barclays Emerging Markets Local Bond ETF

2020 ETF Market Outlook Quick Reference Guide

A weekly look at market trends and actionable ideas to harness them.

The Big What If: Amazon and Blue Origin Disrupt the Federal Contract Market?

A brief overview of recent sector and industry trends and actionable ideas to harness them.

A weekly look at market trends and actionable ideas to harness them.

Take a quantitative look at the S&P 500® sectors’ valuation, momentum, sentiment and volatility.

Smart Cities. Self-Driving Cars. Space Travel. Position for the New Economy

Key characteristics and potential benefits of SPDR® Bloomberg Barclays Emerging Markets Local Bond ETF

Key characteristics and potential benefits of SPDR® Bloomberg Barclays Emerging Markets Local Bond ETF

Key characteristics and potential benefits of SPDR® Bloomberg Barclays Emerging Markets Local Bond ETF

Key characteristics and potential benefits of SPDR® Bloomberg Barclays Emerging Markets Local Bond ETF

Explore timely insights and investment ideas from the SPDR Research team featuring proprietary market indicators, fund flows and actionable ideas to help you make more informed decisions.

Gold Quarterly Dashboard Video 

Flash Flows: 2019 Is a Flat Circle

A weekly look at market trends and actionable ideas to harness them.

Michael Arone warns that lower consumer spending could pose a danger for future economic growth.

Key characteristics and potential benefits of SPDR® Bloomberg Barclays Emerging Markets Local Bond ETF

Key characteristics and potential benefits of SPDR® Bloomberg Barclays Emerging Markets Local Bond ETF

Key characteristics and potential benefits of SPDR® Bloomberg Barclays Emerging Markets Local Bond ETF

Key characteristics and potential benefits of SPDR® Bloomberg Barclays Emerging Markets Local Bond ETF

Four charts on how a StrategicFactors approach may enhance core exposures.

Key characteristics and potential benefits of SPDR® Bloomberg Barclays Emerging Markets Local Bond ETF

A weekly look at market trends and actionable ideas to harness them.

A weekly look at market trends and actionable ideas to harness them.

Learn about quarterly fixed income ETF flows, fixed income index returns and relevant SPDR ETFs.

Quarterly update on smart beta ETF fund flows and factor performance.

Take a quantitative look at the S&P 500® sectors’ valuation, momentum, sentiment and volatility.

Learn about quarterly sector ETF flows, sector index returns and relevant SPDR ETFs.

The Bond compass is a snapshot of fixed income flows and holdings from the last quarter, using data that represents $10 trillion of assets, or just over 10% of the world’s outstanding fixed income holdings.

SPDR Gold ETFs - Quarterly Dashboard

The Big What If: Monetary Policymakers Finally Bring Fiscal Stimulus to Europe?

Explore timely insights and investment ideas from the SPDR Research team featuring proprietary market indicators, fund flows and actionable ideas to help you make more informed decisions.

Michael Arone challenges the conventional wisdom that earnings results drive stock prices.

Learn how sectors have performed in different parts of the business cycle.

Research debunking the theory that buyback blackout periods negatively impact performance.

Increasing Tension with Iran Derails US-China Trade Talks?

Dive deeper into the Chart Pack's market trends and insights as Head of SPDR Americas Research, Matthew Bartolini, CFA, discusses his favorite charts from this month's edition.

Take a quantitative look at the S&P 500® sectors’ valuation, momentum, sentiment and volatility.

Investors may need to go on concussion protocol after the latest trade tweets.

Explore timely insights and investment ideas from the SPDR Research team featuring proprietary market indicators, fund flows and actionable ideas to help you make more informed decisions.

A weekly look at market trends and actionable ideas to harness them.

Michael Arone argues that zero and negative rates have harmful side effects for the economy.

Markets appear tranquil, but what risks lurk beneath the surface?

The Fed's So-Called Third Mandate Redefines the Stock Market as the Economy

Take a quantitative look at the S&P 500® sectors’ valuation, momentum, sentiment and volatility.

Research suggests that Millennials will solve the problem of government overspending.

Take a quantitative look at the S&P 500® sectors’ valuation, momentum, sentiment and volatility.

Extreme Summer Weather Rains on the Economy's Parade?

Global equities got a “Powell-ful” boost and bond ETFs set a record, but will volatility strike soon?

Michael Arone's imagination runs wild when contemplating the Fed's plans and the fate of the US economy.

Learn how sector strategies can enhance the core.

Take a quantitative look at the S&P 500® sectors’ valuation, momentum, sentiment and volatility.

Michael Arone argues that aggressive policies intended to spread the wealth and revive the economy have spoiled investors and executives -- and resulted in some unintended consequences that could threaten the long-running bull market.

Will market sentiment settle down, or is the 2019 market rally vintage really just sour grapes?

The 5G Battle Trumps Trade as the Driver of US-China Tensions?

2019 ETF Midyear Market Outlook QRG

2019 ETF Midyear Market Outlook

Take a quantitative look at the S&P 500® sectors’ valuation, momentum, sentiment and volatility.

In 2018 we saw 20 unicorns go public, a 54% increase from 2017. In May, Uber’s hotly anticipated IPO—the biggest unicorn since Facebook went public in 2012—will grab the spotlight, making it this month’s Big What If.

The S&P 500 Index and the NASDAQ Composite Index are once again trading above all-time highs, but in the Big Leagues not everyone gets a trophy. Which underlying market indicators should you watch, and where will ETF flows track in the current investment environment?

There are three essential ingredients for markets to reach new highs.

Quarterly update on smart beta ETF fund flows and factor performance.

The battle lines have been drawn for the 2020 US presidential election, but there will be no victor in this economic policy war.

A roadmap for sector rotation strategies during each part of the business cycle.

A one page summary of one of our 2019 investment strategies with relevant SPDR ETFs and tickers.

A one page summary of one of our 2019 investment strategies with relevant SPDR ETFs and tickers.

A one page summary of one of our 2019 investment strategies with relevant SPDR ETFs and tickers.

Navigating a Downhill Climb 2019 ETF Market Outlook

Dive deeper into the Chart Pack's market trends and insights as Head of SPDR Americas Research, Matthew Bartolini, CFA, discusses his five favorite charts from this month's edition.

A one page summary of our investment ideas, with relevant SPDR ETFs and tickers.