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Thematics & Sectors

Best-Performing ETFs of 2025 Were Digging for Silver and Gold

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The five funds with the best returns tracked companies that mined precious metals, with one ETF up 200% year-to-date.

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Regulation & Legislation

Dual Share Classes Are 2025’s Single Biggest ETF Development

Dozens of companies recently got approval from the SEC to add ETF share classes of mutual funds and vice versa, something they’ve waited years for.

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Thematics & Sectors

Crypto ETFs Pull in Assets Despite Poor Performance

The funds have taken in tens of billions of dollars in inflows this year as enthusiasm for digital currencies continues.

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Investing Strategies

VanEck Ties Latest Funds to Positive Analyst Sentiment

Allocations will go toward companies that exhibit favorable future estimates of cash flow, earnings per share, price targets and sales.

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Industry News

State Street’s Private-Credit ETFs Outperformed in 2025. Is That Enough to Interest Investors?

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Its two diversified bond ETFs can’t match the private-credit allocations of less-liquid vehicles, but they are beating 92% of peers.

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Industry News

QQQ to Become an Open-End Fund

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Unit investment trust no more, Invesco’s massive ETF will see revenue directed away from marketing — something the company has long wanted.

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Investing Strategies

BlackRock Expands Its Bond-Ladder ETFs

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The company is planning to add 10 target-maturity ETFs. Vanguard and State Street have also moved to fill out their bond-ladder lines.

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