##  [# Hot Reads: ETFs & The Perils Of Herding](/sections/daily-hot-reads/hot-reads-etfs-perils-herding) 

 

# Hot Reads: ETFs & The Perils Of Herding

 

 

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**[Ukraine Crisis Exposes ETF Investors To The Perils Of Herding](https://www.ft.com/content/7190daff-bea6-4eb4-bdbd-9e75b853a79e)** (Financial Times)

Why ETFs may make it too easy to try and time trades to global events.

**[Fed Hikes Interest Rates For 1st Time Since 2018](https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/16/economy/federal-reserve-interest-rate-hike/index.html)** (CNN)

The move marks the end of the Fed’s pandemic-era easy money policy and comes amid soaring inflation.

**[S&amp;P 500 Hits A Death Cross](https://www.barrons.com/articles/stocks-death-cross-s-p-500-51647278854)** (Barron’s)

Why it’s good news for the stock market.

**[European ETF Flows Signal Concern About Recession](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/16/european-etf-flows-signal-concern-about-recession.html)** (CNBC)

And Russia’s historical alliance with China has caused knock-on impacts to that country in terms of investor sentiment.

**[A Quantitative Approach To Sustainable Investing](https://blogs.cfainstitute.org/marketintegrity/2022/03/16/a-quantitative-approach-to-sustainable-investing/)** (CFA Institute)

The challenges lie not in data limitation, but on how to treat and make sense of it.

**[Dividend Investors: Don’t Sweat Rising Interest Rates](https://www.morningstar.com/articles/1084060/dividend-investors-dont-sweat-rising-interest-rates)** (Morningstar)

After the Fed’s interest rate hike, owning quality companies that regularly return cash to shareholders remains a solid strategy.



 

 

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