Plus: Millennials don't invest like the rest of us, mid-cap stocks to the rescue, and Big Pharma pulls a fast one
Investors and money managers caught off guard by commodity markets.
EGA is a provider of emerging markets smart-beta funds.
Customizing portfolios introduces human frailty and failure.
Closet indexers virtually guarantee lagging performance
Increased SEC scrutiny may be making ETF providers uncomfortable, and the industry may soon have to adapt to new regulations. </br><b><i>(More: <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/section/specialreport/20160417/ETF042016" target="_blank">The full Spotlight on ETFs special report</a>)</b></i>
It's no secret that strategic-beta exchange-traded products have become a pervasive part of the marketplace, rewarding investors with innovative tools to diversify and fine-tune portfolios in ways traditional market-capitalization-weighted indexes don't allow.
Plus: The failures of 'too-big-to-fail' banks, dividend investing without the dividends, and passing student loan debt along to the taxpayers
Recent SEC filing by the fund giant hints at new funds in the works.
The inflow was the most since January 2013, thanks to the market's extreme volatility during 2016's start.
Bats Global deal seen as 'ice-breaker.'
Measure would square the safe harbor already provided to mutual funds.
Trade-offs between ETFs that fit your clients' needs, and ones that can compromise their needs could be the difference between success or failure.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> According to Meb Faber, within four years, ETFs will have more assets than mutual funds. But before that, they have to navigate their way onto retirement plan menus.
Low fund fees and big fund complexes equal outperformance.
Fund wants to diversify product line and strike while the iron is hot with proposed acquisition of the Alpha Defensive Alternatives Fund
The tax advantages might not be worth it.
Meanwhile, the industry's biggest threat, ETFs, are chugging along offering a single-version product to all investors.
Plus: Advisers speak out on DOL rule, the inflows continue for equity ETFs, and big banks strive to look small to regulators
