Fund performance

Unlike gold or silver, a primary source of demand for palladium is from industry.

David Hunt, CEO of Prudential Investment Management, also said investors should guard against excessive optimism after voters selected Donald Trump as president.

Following Donald Trump's win in the U.S. presidential election, bullion slumped to a nine-month low on speculation that his pledges would boost interest rates.

The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund (CUBA) was up as much as 17% on Monday morning, its best one-day showing since December 2014.

There are about 140 ETFs that feature a dividend screen in the markets, but only five hold U.S. stocks exclusively and have been around for 10 or more years.

54% of mutual funds underperformed their benchmarks since the election, researchers find.

The ongoing trend to passive or smart beta products will continue, according to Maxwell Gold, the director of investment strategy at ETF Securities.

The catalyst is Trump, whose election, according to Macquarie Group analyst David Konrad, will usher in a "new world order" for the industry.

U.S. equity funds rebounded with their largest inflow ever last week at $31 billion.

The selloff is giving money managers a rare opportunity to allow passive funds call the shots on the direction of market sentiment.