ETFs

On the surface, ETFs seem like a natural fit for ESG investors, but there’s an key difference between the two.

370 U.S equity smart beta ETFs on the market mean advisors can pick and choose when fine-tuning clients’ portfolios.

While bond investor anxiety previously focused on how the funds respond to abrupt withdrawals, skeptics are now homing in on secondary trading.

Fixed-income products designed to minimize interest rate risk are among the leaders.

With markets near certain that the Fed will lower rates this month, debate has shifted to the size of the cut and its impact.

Investors wary of an intensifying trade war have piled into the firm's bond products, boosting net flows to $151 billion, according to the company.

The correlation between fees and performance is not “apples-to-apples when taking the funds’ underlying exposures into account,” an expert says.

The decision marks a shift for firm, which has largely ridden its equity-fund offerings.

Lower costs are “pushing down what has been the economic model of our industry,” the Schwab EVP says at the In|Vest conference.

Expense ratios associated with the new products range from 0.05% to 0.07%.