ETFs

In this week's fund news, advisors' most highly traded securities of 2020, Vanguard's 10 basis-point, active ETF and a look at Schwab's new low-cost variable annuities.

With so many people out of work or working from home, the penny stock fervor is not going away anytime soon.

Vanguard this week filed plans for the Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF, its first active ETF to launch since 2018, and with an expense ratio of 0.10%.

The Accelerate Arbitrage Fund, launched in April by Julian Klymochko, invests in SPACs, before they’ve announced deals, and also incorporates merger arbitrage.

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.