ETFs

Small cap doesn’t mean small returns.

Filings show funds started in the last six months looking to trade on political agendas, such as tax reform and infrastructure spending.

The time to be fearful is now.

Over the past few years, asset managers have tried to make “smart beta” even smarter by combining known investment factors into a single approach. Here is how they have fared.

Short interest is rising faster among individual stocks than ETFs, with the fewest shorts in the tech and financial sectors.

The company has been able to remain the top seller of U.S. ETFs while fending off Vanguard and shielding much of its business from the punishing effects of price competition.

‘Going narrow’ is best ETF strategy to capitalize on earnings.

The index tracked by PowerShares Preferred ETF changed methodology, resulting in a lower ‘worst case’ yield.

Human nature never changes.

Gold investors were forewarned.