While there are nearly 5,500 exchange-traded funds currently trading on the market, none of them are explicitly designed to offer investors to way to invest around the prospect of a trade war involving the United States......»»

The largest exchange-traded fund to track the industrial sector has seen heavy inflows of late, with investors moving into it more than any other market sector despite a steady drumbeat of concerns over growing trade tensions between the U.S. and China......»»

There have been nearly 120 exchange-traded funds launched thus far in 2018, averaging out to more than one new fund a day, and building on the 466 funds that debuted globally over the course of 2017......»»

The seemingly unending growth of the ETF industry hit a bit of a snag over the past two months, as turmoil in the U.S. stock market—the most popular area that ETFs offer exposure to—pushed investors to reallocate......»»

Investors snapped up fixed-income exchange-traded funds in April, with the category seeing its biggest month of inflows in more than three years......»»

Investment success for a fortunate few can lead to disappointment for many, writes Mark Hulbert......»»

Investing in marijuana or cannabis stocks can be risky. Small companies that are actually handling and growing marijuana might not be legal at a federal level. Here's what you need to know......»»

Going by one of the most popular ways for investors to get exposure to gold, the cost of investing in the precious metal just dropped by more than half......»»

Intraday pricing on the funds means arbitrageurs make the money at the expense of individual investors, says Ivan Martchev......»»

Mirror, mirror on the wall, what’s the ugliest stock market of all?.....»»

The exchange-traded funds universe could be about to do something in 2018 that it has seldom done before: shrink......»»

Buy-and-hold investment strategy must be kept through thick and thin.....»»

Buy-and-hold investment strategy must be kept through thick and thin, writes Mark Hulbert......»»

The exchange traded funds have more than tripled the returns of the S&P 500 this year......»»

It’s been easy to make money in the U.S. stock market over the past several years, which by one accounting stands as the longest bull market in history. However, the best way to make money has also been the simplest: going with the flow......»»

Some 70% of the $5 trillion global ETF market resides on U.S. markets, but ETFs are on offer on 70 exchanges in 57 countries. In fact, the history of exchange-traded funds begins in Canada......»»

Fidelity’s new zero-expense-ratio funds aren’t automatically the best bet, writes Mark Hulbert......»»

One of the few exchange-traded funds to track the cannabis industry has seen steady inflows over the past month, a beneficiary of the surge of interest that has surrounded the space as companies see huge gains, and also heavy downside volatility......»»

Wildly differing views on Tesla is just one example of hard it is to rate companies on ESG criteria......»»

Class-action lawsuits allege that big firms are unfairly loading retirement plans with their own funds......»»