SPDR

“Just like equities, last year was a volatile year and the fourth quarter of 2018 did a number on the returns of risk assets,” an expert says.

The sector has seen an inflow surge in recent months as Treasury yields continue to fall.

Eleven of the 14 dividend-focused ETFs in existence 10 years ago beat a plain vanilla index fund.

SPIKES, a product from MIAX Options, is being pitched as a lower-cost alternative.

The SPDR fund recorded its biggest outflow in 18 months as oil fell below $52 a barrel.

The top 20 are now home to nearly $1.2 trillion in combined assets.

Health category funds dominated the list, making up for well over half of the group’s assets.

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Disappointing revenue and profit forecasts from Amazon and Google-parent Alphabet helped push the Nasdaq further into a correction.

The deluge into the retail-friendly vehicles comes as the S&P posted declines in 19 of 24 days since peaking in September

The new fund is part of State Street’s larger plan to push into so-called thematics.

Those with outflows cost clients more than twice as much.

Some have piled into utilities and long-duration Treasury hedges, while others bulked up exposure to rate-sensitive banks and a chunk did a bit of both.

The fund recorded its biggest inflow since inception a week before plans from the S&P and MSCI to group together internet and media stocks.

The equal-weighted nature of XBI gives the fund greater exposure to developing companies than similar products.

The expense ratios for these funds were closer to that of the average actively managed equity mutual fund.

Fees were nearly half the price of the top-performing active funds.

The SPDR fund’s assets have surged over 23% this year to a record $16 billion as the retailer inches closer to America’s second trillion-dollar company.

Investors moved nearly 2 million shares worth $55 million into two SPDR funds in a matter of hours.

Volatility has returned in 2018, while easy stock gains have vanished.