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Fed launches ETF program with $305 million purchase Tuesday

The central bank's weekly balance sheet update also showed its total assets hit a new record of $6.93 trillion

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Fed to begin buying corporate bond ETFs Tuesday

The Fed said another program to buy debt directly from issuers will launch 'in the near future'

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Gold ETFs attract record amounts of cash

Stocks have bounced back, but investors keep pouring money into gold exchange-traded funds

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Wall Street tries to figure out which ETFs the Fed will buy

The central bank is expected to target the giant fixed-income ETFs; it may also invest in funds with defined maturity dates

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ETF universe is contracting for the first time

The attrition is occurring in niche offerings that are suffering amid investors' flight to safety

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ESG funds saw inflows in first quarter

That compares with the outflows registered by mutual funds overall, according to Morningstar

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New York Fed to begin buying ETFs in ‘early May’

The Fed's two corporate lending programs could buy up to $750 billion in debt and exchange-traded funds

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  • News
  • April 30, 2020

Junk-bond ETFs add most assets since 2015

The news that the Fed was willing to buy some high-yield debt has made investors more comfortable about buying

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  • News
  • April 30, 2020

By the Numbers: ETF flows

InvestmentNews Chief Content Officer George Moriarty looks at why investors are throwing billions into leveraged ETFs

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  • News
  • April 29, 2020

SoFi waives ETF fees for a second year

The digital finance platform banks on zero-fee bait to attract young consumers

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  • News
  • April 28, 2020

Leveraged ETFs betting against stocks attract $5.6 billion in April

The influx, the biggest since at least 2013, defies the surge in equity prices that has occurred this month

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  • News
  • April 27, 2020

New York Life to sell ETF-based alternative to annuities

The insurance giant announced an exclusive deal to distribute unit investment trusts

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  • News
  • April 27, 2020

Oil ETF roils already volatile crude markets

USO's sale of June WTI futures contracts triggered a big move in the spread between the June and July contracts

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A compelling step

While advisers generally tell clients to stay the course, there are few products that reward those who do

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What’s the point of an ETF that goes off script?

When fund managers rejigger their methodology, investors don't know how to calculate returns

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  • News
  • April 23, 2020

New ETF to focus on companies fighting biological threats

The Pacer fund could invest in stocks of businesses that identify or combat diseases or companies that enable social distancing

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  • News
  • April 22, 2020

Oil spasms send foundering ETF into series of unusual steps

The United States Oil Fund had to suspend the issuance of new shares after losing a third of its value in two days

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  • News
  • April 21, 2020

Zero-commission ETFs could spur practice changes: Cerulli

Report says lower trading costs will encourage advisers to use exchange-traded funds for niche asset allocations

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  • News
  • April 21, 2020

Fidelity cuts fees for long-term investors

New thematic funds offer expense ratios that drop over time

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Virus spawns new challenge for ESG investors

ESG investors face a new threat in the age of coronavirus: ‘social washing’