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ETF.com's "Inside ETFs" conference took place in Florida last week and, perhaps not surprisingly, smart beta exchange-traded funds were popular topics of discussion. That stands to reason as various surveys and studies out last indicated professional investors are likely to continue boosting...

Followers of the January Effect believe that so goes January, so goes the year for stocks. Add to that, it is widely believed that small-cap stocks are supposed to do the leading in the first month of the year to validate the January Effect. There is some bad news on that front. The iShares Russell...

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM)'s JPMorgan Asset Management, the bank's mutual fund and exchange-traded funds unit, bolstered its ETF suite lineup earlier this month with the debut of its fifth ETF, the JPMorgan Diversified Return Europe Equity ETF (NYSE: JPEU). The ETF And Its Index The...

Advisors and investors are hearing plenty about the growth of smart or strategic beta exchange-traded funds. New data confirm these ETFs, which toe the line between active and passive management, are growing at a blistering pace. According to FTSE Russell’s first U.S. retail financial advisor...

There is an increasing number of ways to approach smart or strategic beta methodologies in the world of exchange-traded funds. Some critics would argue the universe encompassing strategic beta is becoming unwieldy and too complex for many advisors and investors to digest. What cannot be debated is...

The iShares Russell 2000 Index ETF (NYSE: IWM) and other well-known small-cap benchmarks have lagged the S&P 500 in the rally off the market's September lows, but some signs point to small caps erasing those recently established laggard status. For example, investors are showing renewed...