Bond ETFs to Gain Share From Individual Bonds & Mutual Funds
By Todd Rosenbluth, CFRA Advisors are increasingly gaining comfort in using bond ETFs to build portfolios and continue to plan to move assets…
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Strong Start to 2017 for Hedge Fund Focused ETFs
By Todd Rosenbluth, CFRA Hedge fund managers, once crown princes to investors, are working to rebuild their images following 2016 losses, including high…
Not All Large ETFs Gathered Assets in 2017
By Todd Rosenbluth, CFRA With approximately $135 billion of net inflows in the first quarter, it is easy to miss that not all…
ETF Investors Take a Shine Toward Overseas Markets, Corporate Credit
As U.S. equities stuck within range near record highs over January, investors picked up overseas market and investment-grade corporate debt related exchange…
Insurance Companies Power Institutional Use of ETFs
It is widely known that institutional investors are increasingly embracing ETFs. Various data points and studies confirm as much. For example, a…
Insurance Companies Could Help Fuel ETF Industry Growth
Insurance companies are slowly including exchange traded funds in their general accounts as a way to lower costs and to easily access…
15 Most Read ETF Articles of the Week (May 16-20)
Each day ETFtrends.com publishes news, strategy and commentary on ETFs in the realms of Commodities, Currency, Equities and Smart-Beta to name a few.…
31 ETFs for Maximized Fixed-Income Investing
Investors seeking an easy way to fill out a fixed-income portfolio may start off with an aggregate or total bond market exchange…
Bond ETF Strategy for a Rising Rate Environment
As the markets prepare for a rising interest rate environment, bond exchange traded fund investors may turn to more defensive strategies to…
Rate Hike Jitters Have Investors Fleeing Bond ETFs
After posting a record year of inflows, fixed income exchange traded started 2015 on a similarly strong note. Amid falling yields, investors…
Bond ETFs for Cost-Conscious Investors
The November jobs report, revealed Friday, stoked speculation that the Federal Reserve is on pace to raise interest rates in the first…
Dynamic Asset Allocation Model Favors U.S. ETFs
The Standard & Poor’s Investment Advisory Services (SPIAS) Portfolio Strategy Committee revealed the latest update to its Capital Appreciation Model Allocation Portfolios…
Mapping Out Dynamic Portfolio Allocation With ETFs
The ongoing proliferation of the exchange traded products industry is allowing advisors and investors to take increasingly tactical approaches to asset allocation…
A Simple Short-Term Bond ETF
The Federal Reserve has sought to assure skittish investors that interest rates will remain low for the foreseeable future. Last month in…