VanEck Blogs

The S&P 500 Index is positive for the year so far, despite more than half of its constituents posting negative total returns. Are certain sectors becoming far too overvalued?

Like most credit oriented sectors, emerging markets high yield corporate bonds have rallied in recent months, and we believe an attractive opportunity remains in this asset class.

Our Investment Outlook looks to the rest of 2020 and focuses on the gold bull market and surprisingly strong global growth, two actionable investment implications to the Fed stimulus.

The long standing healthcare overweight in the Morningstar Wide Moat Focus Index goes beyond patent protection to include the ability of large pharmaceutical and biotech companies to innovate.

Gold continued its march to new highs in July as a weakened U.S. dollar and new financial risks emerged. Junior developers remain well positioned for the second half of the year.

Gold prices have reached all-time highs in recent days, and we believe signs point to a longer sustained secular rally.