ETFs

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%.

The transition is expected to take place within the next 12 to 18 months, however the firm says it will still manage the products’ underlying investments.

Regulators are asking cannabis fund providers to produce third-party legal opinions verifying they don’t violate state or federal laws.

The $3.7 million fund returned more than 40% in the second quarter, outperforming all domestic non-leveraged ETFs.

A new report asks whether the products have the potential to spark another crisis despite being created at the urging of the SEC to reduce risk.

The firm has shed fund holdings in defensive sectors such as health care and consumer staples.

The average expense ratio among the leading 20 is nearly 40 basis points cheaper than what investors paid on average last year.

Outstanding options riding the world’s most heavily traded government debt product are near the highest level this year.

For clients’ portfolios that need international diversity, these funds focus on the region.

The math wizards of the investment world are hoping to disrupt the established giants of the trillion-dollar credit market.

Clients won't be taxed as the result of a deal if they hold the shares in ETFs or index mutual funds.

New products give institutional investors a fresh way to exploit the rise of machines.

An unprecedented 58 funds were closed in the six months through June, marking the industry’s worst-ever start to a year.

Real estate, communications, utilities and consumer staples funds have seen the most appetite, with every other sector experiencing outflows.

Defined-maturity funds offer traditional fixed-income interest payments.