{"id":163,"date":"2020-10-07T15:57:05","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T15:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/?p=1322145"},"modified":"2020-10-07T15:57:05","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T15:57:05","slug":"esports-and-gaming-stocks-are-returning-more-profit-than-bitcoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=163","title":{"rendered":"Esports and gaming stocks are returning more profit than Bitcoin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Investors seeking to capitalize on the world\u2019s rising online presence found huge returns in esports and gaming stocks in the first three quarters of 2020.<\/p>\n

In fact, the two most prominent \u2018esports and gaming\u2019 Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) on the market, HERO and ESPO, are respectively up 64% and 59% this year, while the tech-heavy NASDAQ 100 index has risen just 29%.<\/p>\n

Even Bitcoin, BTC<\/a> often pegged as a \u201csafe haven\u201d asset during times of global unrest, hasn\u2019t benefitted quite so much from our new normal as esports and gaming stocks.<\/p>\n

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<\/i><\/a>Esports stocks are good, but they still can\u2019t beat ARKW\u2019s \u201cactively managed\u201d portfolio of internet-adjacent companies.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

ETFs work just like regular stocks, except they represent investment in an underlying portfolio of stocks rather than a company.<\/p>\n

ETFs are available for almost every industry, and while they\u2019re not without disadvantage they do offer retail buyers a low-effort alternative to choosing a balanced portfolio themselves.<\/p>\n

Global X\u2019s HERO<\/a> and VanEck\u2019s ESPO<\/a> are \u201cpassive\u201d ETFs, meaning their portfolios automatically track a particular stock market index. But while the two funds have performed quite similarly and share some overlap, there are some big differences.<\/p>\n

HERO and ESPO, same but different<\/h2>\n

The visualization below compares the portfolios side-by-side; you can select each ETF individually, or choose both to show them together.<\/p>\n

Note, China\u2019s gaming overlords Tencent and US chip princes AMD are currently absent from HERO, but ESPO holds around $40 million worth of stock in each company.<\/p>\n

(If the visualization doesn\u2019t show, try reloading this page in your browser\u2019s \u201cDesktop Mode.\u201d)<\/em><\/p>\n

Also missing from HERO is Japan\u2019s Bandai Namco and Poland\u2019s CD Projekt. Both game studios still feature relatively heavily in ESPO \u2014<\/span> Bandai Namco is up 20% this year while CD Projekt has gained 27%.<\/p>\n

Instead, ESPO holds $59 million worth of shares in a raft of low- and mid-cap gaming stocks from around the world, including Ireland\u2019s Keywords Studios, China\u2019s Joyy, and San Diego\u2019s Turtle Beach.<\/p>\n

Sweden pays off big for gaming and esports ETFs<\/h2>\n

To help find which country is home to the best-performing gaming stocks, the interactive chart below splits the featured 47 stocks into their native groups, ordered by average share price returns for the year so far.<\/p>\n

[Read: Inside the $2.5B internet fund dominating the stock market<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n

Gaming stocks hailing from South Korea, China, and the US have done particularly well on average this year, but a pair of Swedish picks have proven the most profitable.<\/p>\n

Stillfront, which specializes in free-to-play strategy games, has seen its share price skyrocket by 204%, while THQ Nordic parent Embracer Group has gained 136%.<\/p>\n

On the lower end of the scale is Japan. Aside from Capcom\u2019s 98% return year-to-date, the nine other Japanese gaming stocks found in ESPO or HERO haven\u2019t performed all that spectacularly.<\/p>\n

None of this is investment advice. Don\u2019t pretend it is, because it\u2019s not. Always do your own research.<\/em><\/p>\n

Published October 7, 2020 \u2014 15:57 UTC <\/p>\n

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