BFOR ETF

Is the stock market overvalued? This is a common topic of discussion, but investors may not always have the opportunity to delve deeper and analyze it further.

Given the current market environment, we have highlighted some investing strategies for the fourth quarter that could prove to be extremely beneficial for investors.

Not many ETFs can lay claim to as intriguing an approach as the ALPS Barron's 400 ETF (BFOR). The equal weight growth ETF doesn't just offer an equal weight variation on the U.S. total-market segment.

The S&P 500 has beaten expectations throughout 2023, up more than 17% year to date. Whereas many market watchers anticipated tougher headwinds from rising rates, an earnings dip, and a possible recession, the index has continued to perform.

With the U.S. economy increasingly appearing set to make a “soft landing” in its inflation fight, growthier investments have done well. Whereas markets entered the year with widespread predictions of a recession, instead the S&P 500 has grown nearly 20% YTD.