ETFs

Goldman Sachs has built the ETF equivalent of a killer cyborg calibrated to exploit the growing world of fee-based advisers.

Buy one, sell two and you’re done!

Vanguard expands commission-free ETFs to 1,800, William Galvin launches private placement investigation and scooter startup Spins is offering STOs backed by company revenue.

The Securities and Exchange Commission plan approved for public comment on Thursday would make it easier to bring new ETFs to market by laying out formal steps for setting up less-complicated funds.

Valued for their simplicity, exchange-traded funds pose worrying risks.

There are more than 70 times as many stock market indexes as there are actual stocks, many created by selective backtests and used by asset managers to market new funds, with minimal disclosures or oversight.

U.S. equity funds extended their longest run of inflows since 2013 as investors continue to pull money from most other developed markets.

ETFs that offer meaningful exposure to the industrials sector—particularly air freight and logistics—are primed to do well in the second half of 2018, according to a CFRA analysis.