Once asset managers can convert traditional mutual funds into ETFs, that will change the market for mutual funds, according to panelists at Inside ETFs. But one speaker says it won't be the end of mutual funds.

Master limited partnerships are once again a decent place to look for yield, says the director of research for Alerian.

'There is no free lunch. If something has value, it shouldn’t be free,' Sue Thompson, head of SPDR Americas distribution for State Street Global Advisors, said at the Inside ETFs conference.

These used to be dull stocks.

Joe Davis' innovation index has surged in the past 18 months. That's a good sign for the U.S. economy.