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Exchange traded funds focusing on environmental, social and governance, or ESG, investing principles have been around awhile, but many of these funds have struggled to captivate investors' attention and assets. The result is that ESG ETFs represent a scant percentage of the growing,...

In its latest effort to cement its status as a low-cost leader in the exchange traded funds space, Fidelity is making substantial additions to its lineup of ETFs offered to clients on a commission-free basis. What Happened Boston-based Fidelity said Tuesday it's expanding its commission-free...

Charles Schwab Corp. (NYSE: SCHW), one of the largest discount brokers, said Tuesday it's adding nearly 250 exchange traded funds to its Schwab ETF OneSource platform, expanding what was already a sizable slate of ETFs offered sans commissions. What Happened In addition to doubling the size of...

Nearly 300 multifactor exchange traded funds are listed in the U.S. Thenumber is expected to grow in the years ahead as more ETF users look to reduce risk or bolster portfolio diversification. The iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor USA ETF (NYSE: LRGF) is one of many mutlifactor ETFs with an...

Last year, fixed income exchange traded funds hauled in a record $97 billion in new assets, or almost a third of all the year's inflows to U.S.-listed ETFs. New data from BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK), the parent company of iShares, the world's largest ETF issuer, volume in bond ETFs jumped...

Among the myriad reasons advisors and investors have gravitated to exchange traded funds over actively managed funds in recent years are superior tax efficiencies. When active fund managers sell part or all of a position at a profit, investors foot the tax tab via a capital gains distribution, but...

Even when energy stocks and the related exchange traded fund were rallying earlier this year, some analysts and market observers said the sector was inexpensive on valuation. Following a stretch that has seen the Dow Jones U.S. Oil & Gas Index lose almost 8 percent this month, some investors...

Flows to exchange traded funds in 2018 are unlikely to approach the record $450 billion seen last year. This year's ETF inflows totals will likely be on par with or slightly exceed the $200 billion seen from 2014 through 2016. Two issuers – BlackRock Inc.'s (NYSE: BLK) iShares unit...

The iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (NYSE: AGG), the largest U.S.-listed fixed income exchange traded fund, reached its 15th birthday Sept. 22, making it an appropriate time to examine the bond ETF boom. When AGG debuted, a scant number of bond ETFs were on the market. Today, more than 1,...

Low-volatility exchange traded funds are among investors' favorites in the smart beta space and, of course, popular destinations when market volatility is expected to increase. Other investment factors and the corresponding ETFs can also provide investors with buffers against rising volatility...

The bulk of assets allocated to exchange traded funds reside in equity-based products, but fixed income funds are making significant contributions to the ETF industry's growth. Last year, investors allocated a record $84.34 billion to U.S.-listed bond ETFs. As of Aug. 31, year-to-date...

Entering 2018, it was widely expected that the Federal Reserve would continue on its path of raising interest rates, potentially presenting challenges to dividend stocks and exchange traded funds along the way. Indeed, there are plenty of domestic dividend strategies that are trailing the S&P...

Emerging markets equities and the corresponding exchange traded funds are slumping this year. Some Latin American economies are contributing to the trend. The The iShares Latin America 40 ETF (NYSE: ILF) is down 11.6 percent year-to-date as of Sept. 14, a loss that is 120 basis points worse...

Friday is the last trading day of August, and the end of the month could not come sooner for the iShares MSCI Turkey ETF (NASDAQ: TUR). All the lone exchange traded fund tracking Turkish stocks has done this month is tumble, to the tune of 27.15 percent. Even with its miserable...

In an environment favoring growth and momentum stocks and the corresponding exchange-traded funds, it may not be surprising to a fund such as the iShares Edge MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETF (CBOE:MTUM) thriving. Still, MTUM is racking up some impressive milestones. What Happened On the more...