Investments

Activist investors have taken large stakes in at least 100 of the products so far this year.

ETF Managers Group, best known for the ETFMG Alternative Harvest ETF, signed on as the official sponsor of the UFC fighter nicknamed the Boa Constrictor.

With the reductions, nearly all of the firm’s index funds will have total net expenses lower than comparable Vanguard products.

It’s a tool, not a business model said the CEO at LINC conference; competitors beg to differ.

The ETFs that bested the strategy “offer exposure to extremely narrow and volatile segments of the market,” an expert says.

Finding the right mix of tools can be daunting, says the firm’s director of financial planning.

The mobile technology came in last in a new J.D. Power survey.

Fear of a liquidity plunge outweighed political risks in a recent JPMorgan survey.

Bullion is “once again trying to reclaim its role as a safe haven” amid trade war concerns and the Fed’s halt on rates, a strategist said.

The robo strikes a deal to offer direct deposit service and debit cards.

Even experienced managers are closing shop amid mounting costs, a tough capital raising environment and investors’ reluctance to pay high fees.

One firm shares its blueprint to attract and retain recently minted HNW clients hungry for financial and emotional coping skills.

Why? Three other competitors have an astounding 95.8% of market share.

The model, which runs on IBM’s Watson platform, has suffered from overweight positions in technology and energy, the month’s worst-performing sectors.

The longer the investing view one has, the easier it is to measure the effect of rebalancing on a portfolio, and to see if it adds value over time.

The world’s largest asset manager and robo advisory platform may soon have competition at the top.

The tech stack is about much more than efficiency and scale.

With double-digit annualized returns produced by nearly all of these funds, the ranking illustrates the broader trend toward passive investing.