Fiduciaries need to be well versed in these low-cost investment vehicles and how to assess them.
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The Fed has been the biggest variable in driving ETF flows. But for now investors are looking to stock-proof, not Fed-proof, their portfolios.
The move comes just a day after MSCI decided not to add China's domestic equities to benchmark indexes.
Five candid responses on ETFs, smart beta, the Labor Department's fiduciary rule and reading up on muckrakers of old.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> There are ways to protect your bond holdings from the whims of the Federal Reserve.
Some of the more exotic ETF strategies may be difficult to defend as being in a client's best interest.
New guidance amends old rules that had a "chilling effect" on ESG fund use in ERISA plans.
The 81-year-old Voya Corporate Leaders Trust beats most by doing nothing.
Three of the Franklin LibertyQ funds are core multi-strategy funds, seeking a combination of quality, value, momentum and low-volatility stocks.
But these funds will look like idiots in a rip-snorting bull market.
The DOL fiduciary rule will forever change financial advice, and the industry now faces the challenge of adapting to the new regulation.
Firm's moves stem from error it made in voting on the 2013 buyout of Dell.
More than 30,000 non-traditional ETF transactions, totaling approximately $1.7 billion, were carried out by Oppenheimer representatives, according to the regulator.
Are investors making a huge mistake in thinking ETFs are somehow more liquid than their underlying investments?
Wrong vote in 2013 on Dell proxy costs shareholders.
Central bank policies showing signs of exhaustion, investment giant says.
Equal-weighted index beats S&P 500 by most in three years.
Fund giant offering financial advisers a tool for evaluating the funds that adheres to the 2013 guidance from the Department of Labor.
June has been a good month to do something besides invest in the stock market.
