IQ Merger Arbitrage ETF [MNA] Stock Forecast

The 60/40 portfolio strategy was thought to be dead and buried. And yet, it made a comeback in 2023, up more than 11% through the end of November.

At Exchange 2023, IndexIQ's CIO Sal Bruno spoke with NYSE's Judy Shaw about “helping clients build better diversified portfolios” with alternatives ETFs. See more: “IndexIQ Launches Active CBRE Real Assets ETF” Coming out of 2022, bonds failed to provide the diversification needed to offset the equity market drawdown.

As investors, we are trained to measure historic price as the mark on successful decision making. No matter how you cut it, the loss of $18 trillion in global stock markets, as stated in a recent Fortune- Bloomberg article written by Jan-Patrick Barnert, is staggering and has left most investors “wondering about 2023”; especially growth investors.

Dealmaking in the global M&A market has been somewhat muted in 2022 due to a global growth slowdown.

U.S. M&A activity totaled $2.5 trillion in 2021, breaching the 2015 peak. Though rising rate worries and a tumbling stock market are drags on the M&A activity in 2022, cash cushion and some emerging trends may buoy this corporate activity this year as well.

As global merger and acquisitions activity picks up this year on the low interest rate environment and rising stock prices, investors can look to M&A-themed exchange traded funds to capture the increased deal-making. According to Refinitiv data, the total value of pending and completed deals announced in 2021 has already hit $3.6 trillion year to [.

With COVID-19 vaccination taking momentum, the outlook for large U.S. companies' corporate actions is looking bright.

Even a little money can go a long way if you buy the right stocks and ETFs.

Advisors often ask how to pick the best liquid alts strategy to diversify their clients' portfolios. This is a fair, if not critical, question as alternatives strategies span a wide range of investment objectives and are often suited for specific market conditions.