Thematic Investing

US stocks rose in June as investors weighed the prospects for interest-rate cuts amid slowing inflation. European shares fell as results from the European Parliamentary elections increased political risk.

Nvidia’s formidable stock performance has lifted the company atop many indices. Thematic strategies can offer a more nuanced, and larger, exposure to the chipmaker’s shares.

STOXX Ltd., part of the ISS STOXX GmbH group of companies and a leading provider of benchmark and custom index solutions to global institutional investors, has licensed the STOXX Digital Asset Blue Chip Index to the Zurich-based Swiss private bank, Maerki Baumann & Co. Ltd. The index will serve as an underlying for the “ARCHIP Crypto Certificate” and “Crypto Focus Module” that are actively managed by the private bank.

Stocks rose for the sixth month in seven in May, rebounding from losses in April, as investors continued to weigh the prospects for interest-rate cuts and amid higher-than-expected earnings reports.

STOXX Ltd., part of the ISS STOXX GmbH group of companies and a leading provider of benchmark and custom index solutions to global institutional investors, has licensed the STOXX Global Silver Mining index to Themes ETFs for its Nasdaq-listed Silver Miners ETF (AGMI).

Stocks fell for the first month in six in April as US inflation data stoked investors’ concerns that interest rates in the world’s largest economy may not drop this year.

A key evolution to watch within thematic strategies is not just their increasing sophistication but their growing presence within mainstream investment portfolios, according to Arun Singhal, managing director and global head of product management at STOXX.

Prices for copper have climbed more than 10% this year as analysts speak of a new “secular bull market.” The positive sentiment has caught on shares of mining companies, with the STOXX® Global Copper Miners Index jumping 16.3% last month.

Stocks gained for a fifth straight month in March, lifting the STOXX® Global 1800 index to a new all-time high, as investors raised their estimates for global economic growth.

Stocks extended gains in February, lifting the STOXX® Global 1800 index to a record high, following better-than-expected US labour market and corporate earnings reports.

As it turns 13, the STOXX Thematics index suite continues to grow, offering investors exposure to structural megratrends changing our modern world. We look at the historical performance of the indices and zoom in on 2023 – a year dominated by technology themes.

Stocks extended gains in January, lifting the STOXX® Global 1800 index near an all-time high, as optimism that major central banks will soon start cutting interest rates carried into the new year.