According to new data released Thursday by Broadridge’s Fund Distribution Intelligence, ETF assets increased $124 billion in 2015, hitting an all-time high of $2.2 trillion. Comparatively, long-term mutual fund assets decreased by $161 billio...
Taking the leap into smart beta.
OppenheimerFunds announced that it's diving into the world of smart beta with its new Factor Weighted ETFs. Securities are weighted on the basis of top line revenue, which OppenheimerFunds said more closely...
Two ETF analysts on what worries them about the rise of exchange-traded funds, including increased regulations over perceived liquidity concerns, broken markets and leveraged funds.
Advisors can’t compete on investment management; they should be generating “alpha” outside of security selection, McNabb says.
DoubleLine’s Jeffrey Gundlach thinks the Fed will regret its rate hike in December, and will have to dial back expectations for more increases this year as the economy worsens.
The first exchange traded managed fund, a new fund structure that is a hybrid between an actively managed mutual fund and exchange traded fund, is set to launch Feb. 26. Eaton Vance, which developed the new structure, announced that its Eaton...
Researchers have determined that the part of the brain that is activated when using drugs such as cocaine – the nucleus accumbens – is also stimulated when making money. According to Kabir Sehgal, author of Coined, people making money and tho...
ETF companies have been rushing to introduce portfolios that weight holdings in unconventional ways. Popular choices give each stock an equal weighting or emphasize holdings with characteristics such as low volatility. The strategy, &lsquo...
Trends tend to persist. Here, the most recent top upgrades and downgrades to ETFs when screened through the lens of momentum. A equals a strong bullish trend, D equals a strong bearish trend.
