Subscribe

A shares live on, despite some hefty upfront sales charges

Most of the funds are top performers in their categories over the past five years.

Remember the days when your clients paid you upfront to buy a mutual fund? Apparently, those days aren't entirely gone.

The 15 largest A share classes saw net new cash flow of $8.1 billion over the past 12 months, according to Morningstar Inc. Granted, that's not a lot. The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (V

Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content.

Learn more about reprints and licensing for this article.

Recent Articles by Author

How do you spell investor relief in a bear market? E-T-F

The nine-year-old bull market is giving some investors the jitters, but the ETF industry is trying to calm their fears.

Slow down! Lessons from a flash crash

Just because an ETF allows investors to trade immediately doesn't mean they should.

Advisers still think ESG strategies underperform

Concerns about such investments' performance persist despite mounting evidence to the contrary

Celebrated investor Jim Rogers launches ETF

The perennially bearish Rogers will look for volatility trends, aided by artificial intelligence.

ETrade adds 32 Vanguard ETFs to its no-transaction-fee platform

Also adds ETFs from iShares, Direxion and others

X

Subscribe and Save 60%

Premium Access
Print + Digital

Learn more
Subscribe to Print