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A recent study found that the popularity of low-cost, passive index funds may be hampering returns for active products.
Dual-share-class product development has initially been slow, but more companies are rolling out funds or merging them.
It’s the first attempt in the industry to fit something akin to sports betting into an exchange-traded fund wrapper.
The big three issuers still have a massive lead, but more newcomers are demanding attention.
The surge in new products has advisors questioning whether the market is evolving or simply overcrowded.
Issuers are now quick to prep leveraged and inverse versions of the trendiest new ETFs.
The Hypatia Women CEO ETF has beat major indexes by focusing on female leadership.
Fund launches in the collateralized loan obligation category have been surging since last year.
Breakwave’s Tanker Shipping ETF has more than twice the year-to-date returns of anything else on the market.
Funds designed to democratize private markets are attracting plenty of big-money buyers.
Portfolio managers expect both big waves and ongoing ripples as indexes, passive strategies and active investors adjust to blockbuster tech IPOs.
Roundhill said flows into its $24 billion memory fund, DRAM, show conviction from investors about the AI buildout. But not all are cashing in.
About half of small- and mid-cap stock-pickers beat passive indexes this year, but the large-cap wins remained mostly out of reach.
The wirehouse’s new spot products are now the least expensive options out there.
Rising yields on long-term Treasurys pushed the largest long-term bond fund, iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT), to a 22-year low.
Following the company’s earnings call yesterday, a stock lockup expiring tomorrow could flood the market with more shares.
There are important lessons from South Korea’s leveraged fund market amid chip-stock volatility this year.
Mutual fund distribution fee deals and operational hurdles are slowing down the process.
“We don’t see those launching anytime soon unless there is a change in heart or a change in staff,” Volatility Shares’ CEO said.
For the first time in years, sustainable US mutual funds and ETFs saw quarterly net inflows, thanks in part to demand for more electricity.