ETFs

“This is all about having the flexibility and having multiple options for our investors,” says GSAM’s head of ETF strategy.

The pandemic has sealed the fate of small, niche offerings that have failed to gain traction.

Economic damage wrought by the coronavirus has not stopped investors from piling into the companies able to churn out profits in the stay-at-home world.

The combined fund, expected to finalize later this year, will retain the Windsor name and continue to focus on large- and mid-cap value stocks.

Renewed friction between Washington and Beijing threatens to undermine a trade deal signed only months ago, further jeopardizing global economic prospects.

Even some of the industry’s cheapest products “may be overpriced” in that they’re “mirroring a passive index,” an expert says.

The central bank said it “will generally not purchase shares of an ETF that are trading at a premium” of 1% above its net asset value.

As the S&P 500 bottomed in late March, mom-and-pop darlings enjoyed weeks of inflows. Since then, the trend has shifted.

Equities have rallied more than 20% from March lows, but remain well below 2020 highs.

There’s a lot to complain about these days, from the effectiveness of the government’s $3 trillion stimulus package to unlimited quantitative easing.

Analysis of their performance — and fees — may reveal some surprises.

A new fund from Pacer ETFs will track an index of companies offering products, technologies and services that are currently in high demand.

The holdings in these top-performers “are companies that will be replaced, from a performance standpoint, over the next decade,” an expert says.

Analysis of two funds in particular shows how important the industry has become to the oil futures markets, as they have attracted record inflows.

There’s more money at stake when executing trades in current market uncertainty.

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.