Investments

Short interest on the largest ETF tracking the S&P 500 is the lowest level on record.

The regulator outlined the top priorities for 2018 examinations.

Three funds tracking the debt products attracted a combined $2.3 billion in one week.

The milestone cements the dominance achieved by large institutions in the online space.

Despite returns of about 8% last year, the products lagged behind the S&P 500’s 22% climb.

The independent robo advisor has amassed just over $9 billion in assets under management since launching in late 2011.

Stocks rallied around the world on signs the global economic expansion that pushed benchmarks to records in 2017 remains intact.

The first pure-play pot ETF in the U.S. expanded 13-fold in five trading days.

Tim Buckley has to navigate the perils of passive-investing dominance.

The funded ratio for defined benefit plans at Fortune 1,000 firms rose to 83% at the end of 2017, a new report says.

The funds with the biggest AUM declines didn’t badly underperform, but investors often found cheaper alternatives.

Rarely have investors had such consistent, steady gains, and abundant anomalies, says one expert.

This year, digital wealth management will shift to goal-driven advice that is instantly accessible and always personalized.

For the first time, fund managers must disclose a breakdown of their fees to banks, insurers and other distributors.

Planners have picked up some bad habits over the years. Here’s what do to about it.

It’s been a busy first year for the firm’s new chief. Jamie Price responds candidly to Financial Planning’s rapid-fire queries.

It is not the fiduciary rule or whether robo technology is friend or foe.

It paid in 2017 to be a penny-pinching retiree because target-date funds dominate the cross-section of profitable and cheap.

The impact of commoditization, fee compression and consolidation on RIAs in 2018 cannot be understated.