Sometimes an ETF isn't exactly an ETF
Much of the movement away has been led by advisers looking for cheaper and easier ways to build client portfolios.
EGA is a provider of emerging markets smart-beta funds.
Those as well as energy-producing states are seeing worsening balance sheets.
Regulator is looking into whether firms have a process and supervisory procedures in place to waive fees.
Customizing portfolios introduces human frailty and failure.
The investment strategy has only outperformed buy and hold 24% of the time since the end of 1990, according to S&P Global.
As with equities, passive funds are often the better bet.
The tech giant's shares have tumbled more than15% since mid-April, dragging down funds with heavy exposure to the stock.
Some muni funds, such as Oppenheimer, are over-exposed to the risky bonds.
Offerings from iCapital, CAIS and Goldman Sachs now available.
Closet indexers virtually guarantee lagging performance
Beleaguered fund fights to find footing after ill-fated Valeant Pharma bet.
A $2 billion payment is due July 1 and funds still have big chunks of the bonds in their portfolios.
The move is another sign that the days of high-cost funds are numbered, and that the Department of Labor's new rule is speeding that decline.
The simplest strategy often turns out to be the best.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> The message is being put out loud and clear: investors want lower-cost investment products.
In the past two weeks, the tech giant has seen its stock tank 16.3% thanks to disappointing earnings report.
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