ETFs

Not only that, but they're lagging the markets in many cases.

Often-obscure factors affect the returns of individual funds that mirror similar indexes. Here's what you need to know.

The ranking of the largest groups of funds stayed stable while money poured in.

The ETF industry is bringing a surprising twist to hands-off, passive investing.

Both growth-focused ARK and value-driven Berkshire Hathaway have racked up gains.

Actively-managed funds that are flooding the market put a complicated twist on low-cost passive investing.

Active ETFs are blurring the line between passive and active investing, a new Cerulli report shows.

The time-saving investment management tool also requires a look under the hood to examine the funds inside the portfolios, financial advisors say.

Regulators rejected a pair of proposals to offer physically backed Bitcoin exchange-traded funds, handing crypto enthusiasts a proverbial bag of coal ahead of the Christmas holiday.

It's a nearly 20% overall increase in the funds.

Conversions are gaining popularity as billions of dollars exit mutual funds each year.

BlackRock, with $2.2 trillion of U.S. ETF holdings at the end of the third quarter, will shift 40% to Citigroup Inc., 30% to JPMorgan Chase & Co. and 15% to Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

The regulator asked Direxion to pull its own application the same day it was filed.

Although it makes more sense to hold a futures ETF like this one than to hold actual cryptocurrency, the same problems that plague all commodity futures ETFs will crop up, writes Jared Dillian.

The U.S. may join Canada and Europe, which have already approved similar products.

The new fund bucks trends in socially and environmentally responsible investments.

The firm cited investor appetite for virtual currencies, the growth of Bitcoin holders and the existence of similar funds abroad as reasons to approve the product.

Shares of companies with tickers that are actual English and not a jumble of letters are more popular with less-sophisticated investors.

The board member of LGBTQ Loyalty Holdings and the company CEO discussed a new ETF that uses a four-pronged ESG screen of large cap growth equities.

With $2.6 trillion in total assets, the firm is by far the biggest name yet that’s seeking to make such a move.