ETFs

The model portfolios are a combination of factor-based ETFs from five different providers, and no strategist fee.

There are signs fundamental active managers are learning to coexist with the enemy by doing as they do: holding on at all costs.

The active-management shop jumps into passive ETFs in a big way with ultra-low-cost single country exposures.

…And when you do, think about oil and gas, the top commodity driver of price growth. Among all long-only commodity exchange traded funds, these have the most exposure.

Look beyond the “fear gauge.”

Nuveen wants to put alternative assets such as agriculture, commodities and timber into ETF wrappers.

USAA is getting into the ETF business, listing four equity funds and two debt products on the New York Stock Exchange this week.

The iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, which comes with the ticker USHY, will give investors exposure to junk-rated debt for less than half the cost of its flagship high-yield fund, HYG.

Funds that are supposed to protect portfolios in a market crash have lost nearly $2.8 billion.

After advisors complained about the limited time frame, the firm has extended the transition period for them to make changes before its new commission-free ETF lineup goes into effect.