August

Some semblance of sanity returned to the auto market in August after an extended lean run that spanned seven months. That said, the performance remained lukewarm, as companies continued to work their way through inventories. August 2017 had one additional selling day compared to the same month in...

Fixed-income exchange-traded funds set a blistering pace of asset gathering in the first half of 2017, easily positioning the asset class to top 2016's record inflows. Bond ETFs' torrid asset-gathering acumen this year comes even as the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates twice with...

Tuesday marks the arrival of August, historically one of the worst months for U.S. equities. On average over the past two decades, the S&P 500 has lost 1.3 percent in the eighth month of the year, according to data from EquityClock.com. Said differently, August is, at least on average over the...

Today is the last trading day of July, marking a good time for traders to start setting the table for August. The eighth month of the year may bring hot temperatures outside, but on Wall Street, historical data suggest August is ice cold. Historical Performances Over the past 20 years, the S&P...

There is just one day left in July so there is no time like the present to start evaluating ETFs that have a tendency to perform well in August. August is not the greatest month of the year in which to be long stocks. Over the past 62 years, the S&P 500 rose 35 times during the month of...