ETFs

Each morning, Dennis Gartman rises insanely early to pen one of the most respected investment newsletters in the world. Here, his thoughts on whether it makes sense to own bonds at all in the current market, why there will soon be an outflow from...

Postelection zeal is flagging.

Unlike emerging-market mutual funds, ETFs don’t have the option of holding cash, so if they get outflows, they have to sell the underlying bonds in the index they track.

New research says lending out ETFs is where institutions and individuals could be making a lot more money.

ZKB’s four funds, all listed in Zurich and all focused on owning physical precious metals, have an average of $1.9 billion in assets.

Wealthfront and Betterment announced new SRI functionality.

European equity ETF inflows abruptly slowed to less than 1 percent of assets in the wake of ECB head Mario Draghi’s hint at a reduction in stimulus. Buying interest has shifted to emerging-market equities.

Different kinds of investors are driving opposing trends.

BlackRock got into the ETF arena early and has focused on building its business by volume.

But now things are getting dicey.