Forty-five percent of advisors plan to increase their allocations to ETFs, and nearly a third expect to boost allocations to passive investment products as a result of the DOL rule, Cerulli research shows.

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Investors should be forewarned that passive strategies are as cyclical as anything else and red flags have emerged that warrant caution.

On Tuesday, withdrawals from Vanguard's growth exchange traded fund, ticker VUG, reached $900 million, the second most in its 12 year history.

BNP Paribas SA also predicts a strengthened dollar and a gold drop-off.

Investors like them because they’re more transparent, less risky and don’t lock up clients’ money for long periods. In most cases, they’re also cheaper.