ETFs

Using data directly from Robinhood, researchers found that users overwhelmingly favor thematic ETFs over broad-based products.

Ten times as many U.S. companies were raising or initiating dividends in the fourth quarter of 2020 compared to those cutting or suspending dividends.

The catalysts that will shape the healthcare space in 2021 are not necessarily the vaccines.

Holly Framsted, who previously served as head of U.S. product segments in BlackRock’s ETF and index investments group, will join Capital Group in March.

The new fund from Ark will primarily track U.S. and global companies engaged in space exploration and innovation.

Many quants are hoping now that as people get vaccinated and economies recover, factors will move to their own beat again and trade on the fundamental rules discovered by academics decades ago.

This week in fund news: Cannabis ETFs become more attractive as legalization possibilities expand, a Democratic Party trifecta could be great for markets and some fundsters pull their political dollars in the wake of the violence at the U.S. Capitol.

After a torrent of inflows in 2020, the once-niche firm now oversees about $41.5 billion in ETF products, compared with $39.7 billion for WisdomTree.