Investment

Three ETFs outgun the broad market.

Cookie cutter solutions are less effective in trying times.

Money managers and strategists at Capital Group, Franklin Templeton and BlackRock Inc. say equities remain attractive.

Gold funds are drawing a surge in interest partly because they’re backed by actual bars of the precious metal, making them better able to track the underlying assets’ spot price when markets go haywire.

Volatile markets supposedly give active funds an advantage over passive competition. But recent performance is damning.