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Mutual Funds and ETFs

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  • November 17, 2020

Robinhood army swells thematic ETFs

Funds built around a theme have taken in more than $20 billion so far this year

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  • October 20, 2020

Investment Company Institute appoints Eric Pan chief executive

Former SEC, CFTC official puts mutual fund disclosure, ESG policy at top of agenda

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  • October 15, 2020

New asset manager tests adviser appetite for targeted ETFs

Gabriel Hammond's latest venture is setting its sights on private markets

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  • October 13, 2020

A record $170 billion flooded into bond ETFs this year

The Fed's March announcement that it would buy corporate debt ETFs served as a stamp of approve for the sector

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  • October 12, 2020

ETF price wars may resume

Big new entrants to the exchange-traded fund market are rolling out funds with low expense ratios

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  • September 18, 2020

Even Fidelity’s star manager frets about Robinhood

Will Danoff, who manages $230 billion for the fund giant, notes that mutual funds have become less popular with investors

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  • September 3, 2020

Smart-beta funds don’t live up to the backtesting

An academic study finds strategies that outperformed on paper disappoint once they're packaged as ETFs

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  • August 31, 2020

Cash-like ETFs see big outflows

Investors are exiting such funds at the fastest pace ever as stocks surge and corporate bonds look more appealing

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  • August 21, 2020

Booming model portfolios may be moving markets

So much money is now tied up in this approach that adjustments to portfolios are being blamed for some dramatic ETF flows recently

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  • August 17, 2020

Give that ETF a snappy ticker

A memorable name can help an ETF prosper, and such a ticker is likely to become even more valuable as a flood of day traders enters the market

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  • August 14, 2020

New funds offer to limit losses on the ultimate safe haven

Two ETFs will track long-dated Treasuries but shield investors from a certain percentage of declines in exchange for a cap on gains

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  • August 13, 2020

Remote work trend drives performance of thematic ETFs

Exchange-traded funds that focus on cloud computing and cybersecurity are having a good year

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  • August 12, 2020

Move to convert mutual funds into ETFs picks up steam

Guinness Atkinson Funds has filed to convert its Alternative Energy fund into an ETF, the third product the firm has applied to switch

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  • August 7, 2020

Can buffered ETFs help clients ride out the storms?

There's a growing appeal for the downside protection the products provide, but there's also a downside to that protection

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  • August 7, 2020

Planned CLO funds could be risky for retail investors, executive says

ETFs that invest in collateralized loan obligations, such as the one Janus Henderson is proposing, may trip up individuals

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  • August 4, 2020

ETF assets hit record as investors dump mutual funds

Exchange-traded funds saw $248 billion in net inflows so far this year, while mutual funds had $34 billion in outflows

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  • August 3, 2020

Surge in SPACs inspires blank-check ETF

A new exchange-traded fund will track shares of companies that listed on exchanges by merging with special purpose acquisition companies

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  • July 31, 2020

State Street gold ETF is cash machine

The fund is now making more money than any other product in the $4.6 trillion U.S. ETF market

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  • July 30, 2020

Asset managers can no longer afford to avoid ETF market

The exchange-traded fund industry has suddenly attracted large asset managers that have until recently shunned the business

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  • July 29, 2020

Vanguard submits to value curse, plans to fold active fund into an index

Unable to keep pace with a passive index, the 20-year-old active value fund has run its course