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Liquid alternative investment vehicles aren’t new, but their role in portfolios has changed in today’s concentrated equity markets.
It might be time for financial advisors to give the rest of the market a second look.
A proposed “event contracts” ETF would turn sports gambling into a diversified portfolio play if regulators sign off.
SGOV from iShares may become the first ETF in its class to reach $100 billion in assets.
Morningstar’s Kenneth Lamont said thematic ETFs “appeal to investors’ worst instincts.”
Subversive ETFs filed to launch two funds that specifically exclude companies associated with the world’s richest man.
Demand for memory chips needed to fuel the artificial intelligence buildout has sparked a wave of new ETFs.
Equity funds, commodities and digital currency products all lost assets in an unusual week of outflows for a booming industry.
A handful of products were selected for the new government-sponsored accounts, including products from Vanguard and BlackRock.
With SpaceX’s mammoth IPO in the rear-view mirror, ETF providers are taking advantage of an influx of other market debuts.
Nine of the year’s 10 best-performing exchange-traded funds are tied to AI and chips.
The move is the latest by an agency that has paused reviews of highly leveraged strategies.
The spinoff has investors taking a fresh look at the sector, now split between old-school telecom and the AI-heavy giants crowding into the space.
Cost is less of a factor for these short-term investments, but volume and tax management can play significant roles.
Clients don’t tend to want them, but those who do should be wary of the risks, advisors said.
Industry inflows also surpassed last year’s record of $739 billion over the same time period.
The agency hopes to facilitate innovation in the ETF space, while still protecting investors and the markets.
The funds have simplified an opaque and complex market with limited liquidity that even experienced advisors may not fully understand.