Rising employment, falling gas prices paint modestly bullish picture of the American consumer.
High-fee, actively managed funds fail in the long term.
Three firms are telling clients that despite oil's rout, it remains a good long-term play.
Broker-sold fund companies lag since new regulation released.
Mutual fund giants bank on low-cost index funds, robos to prosper in wake of the Labor Department's regulation.
Regulators concerned about systematic risk in a market rout.
Recent SEC filing by the fund giant hints at new funds in the works.
Many advisers are putting investors into low-cost ETFs and simply dumping most of their clients' actively managed funds.
High valuations, low interest rates spell lower annual returns of 5% or less; timber seen as best bet
The inflow was the most since January 2013, thanks to the market's extreme volatility during 2016's start.
