Beyond AI: Where Investors Can Still Find Dividend Growth In 2026

Tech capex and geopolitics have dominated the headlines this year, but opportunities emerge elsewhere. Dividend growth investing could be hitting its stride amid shifting macro and micro trends. Novel, forward-looking strategies may help asset allocators find alpha beyond traditional income approaches.

Seeking Alpha • a day ago

3 Sector ETFs & Stocks to Play in the Small-Cap Spectrum

Small caps are leading markets in 2026. Finance, aerospace and industrial sectors stand out with strong earnings momentum.

Zacks Investment Research • Feb 10, 2026

2024's Smartest Sector Bets: 3 ETFs to Buy This January

If you're looking for ETFs to buy, an excellent place to start is the top sector ETFs.  In 2023, eight out of 11 S&P 500 sector returns for the year were positive, with only consumer staples (-2.3%), energy (-4.8%), and utilities (-10.4%).

InvestorPlace • Jan 10, 2024

How To Avoid The Worst Sector ETFs 3Q23

I leverage my firm's data to identify three red flags you can use to avoid the worst ETFs.

Forbes • Aug 9, 2023

Regional Banking Concerns Produce Financial Services ETF Outflows

Lipper Financial Services ETFs recorded their largest weekly outflow of the year over the past fund flows week (-$1.4 billion). On top of the bank failures, market participants are worried about the largest U.S. banks gaining an increasing market share by allowing them to take over the smaller regional institutions.

Seeking Alpha • May 16, 2023

Emerging Trends in the Financial Sector Put This ETF in Play

When it comes to disruption, the financial sector saw transformative change during the height of the pandemic. While valuations have tempered, especially last year, the sector should continue to see growth as emerging technologies continue.

ETF Trends • Feb 13, 2023

4 Small-Cap Sector ETFs With Strong Q4 Earnings Potential

Thanks to the historical trend of "January Effect," small-cap securities have proven their outperformance in January.

Zacks Investment Research • Jan 18, 2023

Financial ETFs Could Bank on Bread-and-Butter, Deposit-and-Loans Business

Banks could hold off on raising interest payments on deposits if the Federal Reserve hikes rates, potentially further bolstering their bread-and-butter businesses and supporting the outlook on financial sector-related exchange traded funds. The Fed has signaled that it will hike rates in March, the first of potentially multiple hikes in 2022.

ETF Trends • Feb 10, 2022

Financial ETFs Could Gain Momentum as Rates Rise Ahead

Financial sector-related exchange traded funds could outperform this year as their bread-and-butter business could support higher growth with the Federal Reserve prepping multiple interest rate hikes. As the Fed moves to raise rates for the first time in three years, banks' net interest income, or the difference between deposits and lending, could begin to rise, [.

ETF Trends • Jan 27, 2022

Financial Sector ETFs Could Ease Into a New Normal

Trading revenues among Wall Street banks surged during the height of the trading spree amidst the heightened volatility during the pandemic recovery. However, financial sector-related exchange traded funds could begin to ease into a new normal as conditions settle down.

ETF Trends • Jan 19, 2022