iShares

The BlackRock fund recorded its largest one-day outflow in five years as the sector becomes a political lightening rod for Republicans and Democrats alike.

It’s the best debut for any U.S. ETF this year, and a sign it’s not the only firm that sees potential in the sector.

The green investing movement has totaled at least $30.7 trillion of funds held in sustainable or green investments in 2018, up 34% from 2016, data show.

More than half of them track the industry’s top-performing category.

Despite the exodus, all of the mutual funds and ETFs on the list posted net gains for the year.

“Not every muni is trying to achieve the same thing,” an expert says.

Geopolitical friction and a slowdown in global economic growth have boosted the metal’s demand despite signs of recent wavering.

Among funds impacted so far, the Invesco China Technology ETF fell 2.8%, while the KraneShares CSI China Internet Fund lost 3.8%.

Narrowly focused investment strategies are a recipe for “feast or famine,” an analyst says.

When pitted against the broader market, the top 20 outperformed both the Dow and S&P 500 by more than 5 percentage points.

Nearly all bested the broader market at roughly a third the price of the average fixed income product.

After hitting the lowest level since January, the fund climbed on Tuesday as the Trump administration made efforts to de-escalate its dispute with China.

Fixed-income products designed to minimize interest rate risk are among the leaders.

With markets near certain that the Fed will lower rates this month, debate has shifted to the size of the cut and its impact.

Investors wary of an intensifying trade war have piled into the firm's bond products, boosting net flows to $151 billion, according to the company.

Outstanding options riding the world’s most heavily traded government debt product are near the highest level this year.

Defined-maturity funds offer traditional fixed-income interest payments.

The firm says it will focus the new funds on tech, demographics, urbanization, climate change and emerging global wealth.

Under new leadership, the firm’s iShares unit intends to create funds that it says go beyond traditional sectors and geographic focuses.

The losers “offer exposure to extremely narrow and volatile segments of the market,” an expert says.