Finding the Right Factor ETF for Your Portfolio
Factor investing has become an increasingly sought-after method for investors to enhance a diversified portfolio. The truth is, that until recently, it…
IVV – iShares S&P 500 Index ETF
ETF Industry Punched With Big Monthly Outflows
After years of steady growth, the ETF universe has been punched with big back-to-back monthly ETF outflows – the first since the…
Investors Flock to iShares ETFs at Remarkable Rate
Low fees and brand recognition are among the reasons why advisors and investors embrace certain exchange traded funds. BlackRock Inc.’s iShares unit,…
Rising Interest Rates Does Not Spell Doom for Stock ETFs
The Federal Reserve typically hikes interest rates to obviate an overheating economy during the later stages of an economic cycle, typically foreshadowing…
ETF Investors Don’t Miss a Beat During Stock Sell-Off
While U.S. equities suffered through the worst two-day selling since May, ETF investors carried on like businesses as usual, dumping billions more…
Options Traders Prefer SPY Over Other S&P 500 ETFs
The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEArca: SPY), iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (NYSEArca: IVV) and the Vanguard 500 Index (NYSEArca: VOO) are…
Global ETF/ETP Assets Grew by $1.287 Trillion During 2017
Assets invested in globally-listed ETFs/ETPs grew by a record US$1.287 trillion during 2017, over double the previous record of US$554.00 billion set…
2017 ETF Wrap Up
The exchange traded fund industry has enjoyed another phenomenal year as investors piled into ETFs to ride out the 2017 bull market.…
Potential Headaches for Traditional Cap-Weighted Index ETF Investors
Index ETFs have been a popular play this year, with the ETF industry attracting another year of record inflows, but as investors…
Why Smart Beta ETFs Will Likely Gain More Traction in 2018
By Todd Rosenbluth, CFRA While much of the new money pouring into equity ETFs in 2017 has been to the broad, market-cap weighted…
It’s Long/Short Portfolios All The Way Down
By Corey Hoffstein, Newfound Research The Importance of Long/Short Portfolios Anybody who has read our commentaries for some time has likely found that…
3 ETF Providers Taking Larger Market Slices
By Todd Rosenbluth, CFRA The big 3 ETF providers have 83% share of the ETF market as of Sept. 20, 2017, up from…
5 ETFs Hauled in a Lot of Cash in August
Investors allocated plenty of capital to exchange traded funds in August as the asset class continued a torrid year-to-date pace of asset…
Should You Invest in a Dividend ETF?
By Ryan Gilmer, CFA – VP Investment Management– TOPS ETF Portfolios The popularity of ETFs has naturally brought about significant evolution over time.…