ETFs

Factor-based investing strategies have taken the ETF world by storm, with hundreds launched in the equities market. But the best smart beta plays may be in fixed income.

Inspire plans to launch the first religiously focused fixed-income fund within the next few weeks.

Rotating exposure from the U.S. to emerging markets offers better returns than jumping on the European bandwagon.

If being a “nonprofit” is so good in the asset management industry, then why don’t we see it elsewhere?

BlackRock Inc.’s planned iShares Consumer Asset-Backed Securities ETF will invest in notes supported by consumer loans, such as student debt and credit cards.

Is now the time for a low-volatility strategy?

The WisdomTree Barclays Yield Enhanced U.S. Short-Term Aggregate Bond Fund -- SHAG for short -- will invest in investment-grade debt that has a short maturity.

The biggest bet was on iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, with Harvard University’s endowment leading the way.

Deutsche Bank strategists have found that purchases of equities using passive instruments can contain highly useful information about appetite for currency risk.

Are economic observers falling into the same trap that pollsters and pundits did pre-election, and underestimating the Trump administration’s appeal, assuming he stays in office?