The Zacks Analyst Blog SPDR Gold Trust, HDGE, PGHY and XLV

GLD gains attention as AI bubble fears rise, with investors eyeing hedges and ETFs geared toward market downside protection.

Zacks Investment Research • Nov 24, 2025

ETFs to Play Amid Rising AI Bubble Concerns

Amid rising AI bubble fears, ETFs like TAIL, HDGE, PGHY and XLV offer ways to hedge tech risks and diversify portfolios as tech valuations apparently run hot.

Zacks Investment Research • Nov 21, 2025

5 ETF Areas That Held Steady In Friday's Bloodbath

On Oct 10, 2025, Wall Street saw about $2 trillion in market value wiped out. However, ETFs like SIVR, TAIL, URA, PZA, and VNM held steady.

Zacks Investment Research • Oct 13, 2025

Prudently Bearish With David Tice And Rob Isbitts

David Tice discusses his consistent bearish stance, emphasizing reliable short exposure. HDGE ETF, where Tice is a Senior Advisor, remains short all the time, performing well this year relative to the market's inverse.

Seeking Alpha • Sep 6, 2024

Don't Bet Against Progress

Shorting or hedging against companies driving innovation and growth in the US stock markets is not a viable long-term strategy. Historical trends suggest that bear markets are relatively short-lived, and positive trends in the market indicate potential long-term growth for large firms and disruptive innovators. ETFs that bet against innovation and growth are likely to underperform their benchmarks in the long term. It is better to invest in stocks of innovative firms and funds tracking major indexes.

Seeking Alpha • Nov 1, 2023

6 Top ETFs of Last Week

Wall Street delivered a downbeat show last week with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq logging worst weeks since March due to rising rate worries.

Zacks Investment Research • Sep 25, 2023

Best ETFs of Last Week (Revised)

Wall Street delivered downbeat performances last week due to rising rates.

Zacks Investment Research • Sep 12, 2023

Should You Hedge Via HDGE? We Think Maybe

The AdvisorShares Ranger Equity Bear ETF is a rare ETF that takes outright short positions on individual stocks, using a bottom-up, fundamental, research-driven security selection process. HDGE is more volatile than simple inverse funds and has high overall fees of 4.29%, making it suitable for short-term, high-beta trading to hedge an equity portfolio. While the market is experiencing a period of irrational exuberance and greed, investors should use HDGE in conjunction with simple inverse ETFs and not as a standalone tool.

Seeking Alpha • Jun 24, 2023

NYSE's ETF Leaders: AdvisorShares' James Carl

Last year was a rough market, bringing equity risk to the forefront of investors' concerns. So, AdvisorShares managing director James Carl told NYSE's Judy Shaw at Exchange 2023 that the firm has been focused on making sure that clients understand the solutions they can use to manage their equity risk.

ETF Trends • May 3, 2023

AdvisorShares' Noah Hamman: “It Could Be a Rough, Rough Year”

If you were to ask AdvisorShares Founder and CEO Noah Hamman what investors and advisors were looking for a year or two ago, he might have said “yield and income.” But now, that's changed dramatically.

ETF Trends • Mar 3, 2023