Todd Rosenbluth

As the exchange traded funds industry has matured, funds dubbed “thematic” have proliferated. Thematic ETFs are often industry funds targeting a newer, fast-growing segment of a traditional sector, such as cloud computing, cybersecurity or robotics. When the idea of thematic ETFs was...

On a year-to-date basis, corporate bond exchange traded funds have been out of favor with fixed income investors amid fears of higher interest rates. Three of the top 10 ETFs in terms of 2018 outflows are corporate bond funds, including one junk bond ETF. Many investors departed high-yield...

In late September, the communication services sector officially became the 11th sector in the S&P 500. The move saw an increased weight in the S&P 500 for the group previously known as telecom, as well as some departures from the consumer discretionary and technology sectors to...

In Hollywood, for every “Godfather II” or “Avengers: Infinity War,” there are a slew of sequels that fail to live up to the promise of the first movie or franchise installment. The world of exchange traded funds has its fair share of dud sequels, but some notable ones as...

While social media giant Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) has recouped some of its late July losses, that swoon and the stock's status as the fourth-largest member of the S&P 500 serve as reminders about some of the potential perils of cap-weighted exchange traded funds. Multi-factor ETFs eschew...

Age is nothing but a number with exchange traded funds, and many funds across various asset classes prove as much. Among relatively young fixed income ETFs, the Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond ETF (NYSE: VTEB) is off to an impressive start. What Happened VTEB, which debuted in 2015, is CFRA Research...

S&P 500 member firms delivered some solid dividend growth numbers in the first half of 2018. “Aided by strong earnings and corporate management's confidence in the future, more than 40 percent of the S&P 500 constituents raised their dividends in the first half of 2018,”...

The multi-factor exchange traded funds landscape is growing in population terms. What remains to be seen is how many of these funds will gain traction with advisers and investors. One of the newer multi-factor funds that's already proving successful is the IQ Chaikin U.S. Large Cap ETF (NASDAQ...

With the Federal Reserve having already raised interest rates twice this year and with plans for perhaps two more rate hikes before year-end, high-yield dividend stocks and exchange traded funds are struggling. Sectors with bond-like traits, such as telecommunications and utilities, are among the...

Amid rising fuel prices, transportation stocks and the related exchange traded funds are delivering tepid performances this year. Following Monday's 2.3 percent loss, the iShares Transportation Average ETF (NYSE: IYT), the largest transportation ETF, is saddled with a modest year-to-date loss....

One of the primary reasons advisers and individual investors remain enthusiastic about exchange traded funds is low fees. Add to that, ETF fees are consistently declining, making it harder for higher-priced actively managed mutual funds to retain market share. Plain vanilla broad market ETFs...

Fund industry observers typically like to see track records of at least three years before deeming products worthy of investors' consideration. That conventional wisdom is a relic from the days when mutual funds ruled the fund universe. Today, there are nearly 1,900 exchange-traded funds...

Most of the time, exchange traded funds adding the most assets qualify as plain vanilla funds, or those funds that can be used as “core” holdings. Think traditional S&P 500 tracking funds or products like the Vanguard Total Market ETF (NYSE: VTI) and the iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (...

As is to be expected, different issuers of exchange-traded funds employ different methodologies with multi-factor ETFs. That's true with international funds in this group, too. One issuer's international multi-factor products may use the low volatility, quality and size factors while...

Due in part to expectations of higher interest rates in the first quarter, some dividend stocks and exchange traded funds struggled against the broader market. On the bright side, S&P 500 dividends continue growing. “Despite recent and expected hikes by the Federal Reserve and stocks...