Todd Rosenbluth

Global X, which had 2021 net inflows of $21 billion, has become known for thematic ETFs, which have a long-term growth focus, are unconstrained by geographies and sectors, and are tied to relatable concepts that...

With $910 billion of net inflows into U.S.-listed ETFs in 2021, the industry’s record-breaking year will be hard to repeat in 2022.

Unlike sector-focused ETFs, thematic ETFs can provide a more targeted approach to long-term investment trends such as blockchain, electric vehicles and infrastructure development.

U.S.-listed ETFs gathered $800 billion of new money in the first 11 months of 2021, continuing to obliterate the prior record of $504 billion set in 2020.

In just three years, Innovator ETFs has expanded its lineup to 76 products, totaling more than $5 billion in managed assets.

The record-setting year of the ETF keeps getting stronger. Assets in U.S.-listed funds were $6.99 trillion at the end of October, up sharply from the end of 2020.

While the five largest U.S. publicly traded companies may refer to themselves as "tech" companies, they're not technically "tech" stocks, which makes finding the right funds to invest in them challenging.

For some advisors, factor ETFs provide more targeted exposure than broad benchmarks. But not all single-factor ETFs are built the same way.