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Jan van Eck Receives 2024 ETF.com Lifetime Achievement Award

VanEck CEO Jan van Eck was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2024 ETF.com Awards. In 2006, van Eck boldly led the firm’s entry into the ETF space with the launch of the VanEck Gold Miners ETF. The firm recently surpassed $100 billion in AUM.

Weekly Report: what happened at MOAT last week (0408-0412)?

ETF Analysis: Do Historical Returns Predict Future Returns?

Historic returns are among the first things investors consider when analyzing an ETF. This article ranks hundreds of small-cap, mid-cap and large-cap ETFs by their one-year, three-year and five-year returns by segment and style. Do Historical Returns Predict Future Returns? examines hundreds of U.S. Equity ETFs. Using over 4,000 data points for 576 EquityETFs over 23 years.

SMID-Cap Moat Companies Shine In March

The 2024 market rally continued in March, with the S&P 500 gaining over 3% during the month and finishing the quarter up over 10%. The Morningstar Wide Moat Focus Index had a strong month, gaining 3.59%. Mid-caps posted stronger returns than large-caps in March. Only two of the Magnificent 7 outperformed the market.

Weekly Report: what happened at MOAT last week (0401-0405)?

MOAT: Downgrade On Valuations

VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF has outperformed the S&P 500 by almost 300% since inception. The fund invests in companies with strong competitive advantages trading below Morningstar's estimate of fair value. At 25.6x P/E, MOAT's current portfolio valuation is quite high and I am hesitant to recommend it as a buy. In August, I wrote about the prescient performance of the MOAT ETF in avoiding Apple and Tesla.

TransUnion Will Enjoy Steady Consumer Lending Environment Following Volatile Year: Analyst

Bank of America Securities analyst Heather Balsky upgraded TransUnion to Neutral from Underperform. The analyst raised the price target to $90 from $65 and expects sales upside in the 2024 guidance. TransUnion has left room to beat on its sales plans for insurance, mortgage, and overseas business.

Weekly Report: what happened at MOAT last week (0325-0329)?