Money managers are digging deeper to find hedges to stocks and bonds.

While model portfolios have existed for years, ETF issuers are looking to the packages to power the next leg of growth for the $4 trillion industry.

Taken together, they can map the economy’s future.

Amid the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting market volatility, investors, seeking a cheaper alternative to SPY, poured $16 billion in Vanguard's VOO in first six months of 2020.

iCapital Network is buying an alts investment fund platform from the bank. Wells Fargo, in turn, is investing in the fintech.

The degree to which the fixed-income ETF landscape has stabilized is just another example of how powerful the Fed’s interventions have been in soothing -- and stoking -- financial markets.