ETFs

The decade’s top-performers have produced returns of more than four-times their industry peers this year.

Do-it-yourself-minded investors have never had more places to put their savings, writes Bloomberg’s Nir Kaissar.

The world’s largest debt market may not be as sleepy as it seems.

Gold buying by central banks, an important driver of bullion’s advance in recent years, is forecast to pick up in 2021 after a slowdown this year.

The Bloomberg Barclays Global High Yield Index flipped to an annual loss this week after just seven weeks in the green.

“It’s not just a shiny object, it’s really about content,” the firm’s head of ETFs and indexed strategies said.

Funds from the biggest three issuers account for more than 80% of the industry's total assets.

The bullion rally has shown signs of losing momentum as economies reopen.

Despite its risks, the fund has become popular with day traders, who pushed its volume to new highs this month, according to a report.

A rising appetite for achieving specific investment objectives, such as sustainable investing, is the main driver behind the projected rise in their popularity.

Industry veterans have warned that packaging the loans into funds that are easily accessible could pose a risk to retail investors unfamiliar with collateralized loan obligations.

Despite some impressive short-term gains, more than half underperformed their peers over the decade.

Investors are placing their bets on value funds after the category posted its worst quarter this century in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

The decisions entrench a prolonged decline for prime funds, and could hurt a market that thousands of companies rely on for funding.

JPST, which tracks investment-grade securities maturing in a year or less, has attracted over $3.7 billion in flows this year.

Hundreds of strategies that outperformed in backtesting are failing to live up to their hype once they are packaged up and sold as ETFs, a study finds.

Funds focused on the sector lost more than $2.4 billion in August, the most since 2016.

Investors are trying to eliminate the cash drag in their portfolios, says Dan Suzuki, deputy CIO at Richard Bernstein.

More than 600,000 ounces of the precious metal have been added to ETFs since mid-May.

“Given the moment that we’re at in history with all of the threats to racial, gender and climate justice, it really felt like it was time to expand what we were doing.” Rachel Robasciotti says.