Don’t Just Choose a Fund Based on Fees
By Todd Rosenbluth, CFRA Last week, Vanguard continued its tradition of lowering the expense ratio of its index-based mutual funds and ETFs with…
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Fidelity Mulls Smart Beta ETF Entry
Investment giant Fidelity is considering adding to its lineup of exchange traded funds by entering the fast-growing smart beta arena, but the…
Coaching Clients Across the Finish Line
That number can’t be right, I thought. My heart rate was higher than ever before. And even though I was cycling at…
The Stiff Headwinds of Active ETFs
In the asset management world, the semiannual release of S&P Dow Jones’s SPIVA (S&P indexes versus actively managed funds) report generally gets…
ETF Industry Chasing Vanguard for Inflows
Today the Wall Street Journal reported that Vanguard Group – pioneers of passively managed ETFs – has taken in a record amount…
The Incredible Growth of ETFs In 2015
Globally there are for the first time now over 6,000 ETFs/ETPs with over 3 trillion US dollars in assets at the end…
Not All Asset Managers are Enthused by Vanguard Index Changes
Last month, Vanguard, the second-largest U.S. issuer of exchange traded funds, said it is making changes to four of its popular international…
Bogle’s ETF Critiques Draw Criticism, Ire
John “Jack” Bogle, founder and retired CEO of the Vanguard Group, is a staunch detractor of exchange traded funds, but the fund…
Some Issuers Get Selective About New ETF Launches
In 2014, just over 200 new exchange traded products launched in the U.S., more than double the nearly 90 that closed, but…
Excitement Builds Around Vanguard’s Muni ETF Foray
The new year is still young, but one of the more interesting news items to this point in 2015 from the exchange…
Vanguard to Introduce its First Muni Bond ETF
Vanguard, the third-largest U.S. issuer of exchange traded funds, has filed plans with the Securities and Exchange Commission to introduce the firm’s…
More to Come for a Dominant Asset-Gathering ETF
The Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEArca: VTI) is an investor favorite among broader market exchange traded funds. Over $6.52 billion in…
Passive Funds Drive Vanguard’s Ascent
Index funds have helped Vanguard become a $3 trillion asset manager for the first time, but some investors may be surprised to…
ETF Race Has More Than Two Horses
One of the bigger, if not the biggest, news items in the world of exchange traded funds today is that BlackRock (NYSE:…