ETFs

Risk assets have benefited from stimulus programs enacted to shore up the economy as the fallout from the coronavirus continues to wreak havoc.

CEO Larry Fink announced a new focus on ESG in January, however the coronavirus has pushed a separate set of urgent issues into the forefront.

The firm’s chief investment officer spent as much as a third of that on high-yield funds, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

While the central bank’s support may help keep credit flowing amid the coronavirus, “it doesn’t necessarily improve the outlook for bankruptcies.”

“I do believe that clients sometimes get too caught up in expense ratios,” an expert says.

The fund will track industries such as cloud technologies, remote communications and cyber security, according to an SEC filing.

“This market environment is a very good one for investors to do a self-awareness check,” an expert says.

If the price declines enough, it can breach a barrier where the investor starts suffering one-for-one losses all the way to zero.

“Ideally, you would like clients to try not to make really short-term decisions, however this is an unprecedented situation,” an expert says.

Proponents make them a standing core equity holding, but not all advisors are sold. One calls them "marketing schemes."