ETFs

The $6 billion fund saw almost 3 million shares hit the tape after DoubleLine’s CEO touted its potential for retirees in his annual markets webcast.

In what was a stellar year for corporates, governments nearly missed the list entirely.

It was the biggest annual leap for strategies focused on corporate or government debt since 2014, boosting assets to more than $800 billion, data show.

From closed-end funds to Reg BI, here's what could be playing out this year.

The fund will track the performance of companies that issue shares directed to either the investing public or the company’s founders and executives.

ETFs tracking themes — such as robotics, blockchain and cannabis — closed the year just 1% higher than where it started.

The firm commission-free platform already included all Vanguard mutual funds and ETFs as well as thousands of third-party funds.

Although passive has steadily lured cash from active, this year assets in indexed equity funds topped those in active stock funds for the first time ever.

Some 225 funds traded for the first time over the past 12 months, down for a second-straight year.

It’s easier — and more lucrative — for financial firms to pander to clients’ worst instincts than help subdue them.