Todd Rosenbluth

Thematic ETFs are a good way for investors to round out their asset allocations, but there are some quirks to these funds that require advisors to take a closer look.

Investors in high yield bond ETFs should be focused more on the credit risk than the interest-rate risk.

Despite recent interest rate hikes, investor demand has grown for low-cost, liquid vehicles for both core and tactical bond allocations.

Despite a wide array of actively managed and smart beta choices, the funds that shined in the first eight months of 2018 are tracking the boring S&P 500 Index.

While sibling rivalry is common, investors have largely ignored some compelling ETFs.

While market-cap weighted ETFs are heavy with Facebook stock, multi-factor ETFs offer less exposure to the troubled tech giant.

It is important to understand that when investors shift their market-cap focus, sector exposure can vary even inside similar sounding strategies.

Investors who shifted to index-based ETFs and mutual funds have generally been rewarded in the first half of 2018, as most actively managed funds failed to keep up with the cheaper alternatives despite the belief we...