Bet on These 5 ETF Areas for 2022
Zacks Investment Research | Jan 01, 2022 08:00PM ET
The year 2021 has remained kind to investors so far as the major market indices are ending their run in green zone. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Averages have climbed about 27% and 10%, respectively, year to date. The Nasdaq Composite has risen 22%, while the Russell 2000 has increased nearly 14% in the year so far.
Markets remained volatile in 2021 due to the rising inflation levels, deadly variants sparking new waves of the COVID-19 outbreak and supply-chain bottlenecks stemming from the pandemic-led restrictions. However, the Federal Reserve’s continuous support helped the economy recover from the pandemic-led slowdown. Meanwhile, the Fed has started the tapering process and is expected to raise the interest rates as early as 2022. Also, concerns over the omicron variant still prevail and might affect the first few months of 2022.
However, here we highlighted a few ETF areas for investors on a hunt for parking their money in 2022 and raking in some good returns.
h3 Retail ETFs/h3Consumers have been battling the rising inflation levels and COVID-19 variant concerns for a while. They seem upbeat about the accelerated coronavirus vaccine rollout and a recovering U.S. economy from the pandemic-led slumps. High levels of consumer spending and improving employment conditions kept the retail sector buzzing with opportunities. The U.S. holiday season sales figures are impressive and strong. Going by a Mastercard (NYSE:MA) SpendingPulse report, Millennials to Inherit as Much as $68TN? ETFs to Gain ).
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