Markets and indexes

The top 20 nearly doubled their gains over the last year, data show.

More than $1 trillion is invested in bond ETFs, with trading leaping 41% in 2018 from a year earlier, according to research.

The strategy has in theory made no money for investors 42% of the time since 2018, new research shows.

The decommissioning of redundant measures outweighed the creation of new benchmarks, according to a new report from the Index Industry Association.

More than 70% of U.S. ETF assets are in funds that charge 2 basis points or less, data show. But free isn’t an automatic ticket to success.

The cost savings of peer-to-peer trading could prove appealing in a world where profits are being squeezed by a race to the bottom on fees.

At more than twice the price of the average fund, many with the even biggest gains still underperformed the broader market over the last decade.

A patented structure allows ETFs to report once a quarter in an effort to protect their intellectual property.

The regulator says it eliminated the need for providers to seek a special order from the agency before funds can be sold to investors.

Deviation from the broader market has left more than half of these products with losses during a time the Dow and S&P 500 each posted double-digit gains.