Mutual fund giant seeing fees, assets decline but 401(k) business strong
CEO Laurence D. Fink said BlackRock has the potential to increase its asset base by about 5% annually by developing new ETFs and expanding its reach among individual investors.
Today's Breakfast with Benjamin includes: Goldman's stock market call, a closer look at Fed policy, lawyers pick apart Volcker rule, retailers and cyber security, combining IRAs, and how not to ignore your client's wife.
Index champ has $652 billion in actively managed mutual funds.
The demand for liquid alternatives has never been higher, and it is drawing in a pack of money managers who are all vying to be leaders of the pack.
Investors are dumping gold-backed exchange-traded products at the fastest pace since the securities were created a decade ago, mirroring the steepest price drop in 32 years.
2014 could be a good year for mortgage REITs and here's why. Plus: Which housing markets are vulnerable to rising rates, gold-mining stocks for the truest gold bugs, an ETF end zone dance, social media apps took over in 2013, and more proof of Obamacare bumbling.
One year on, iShares' Core series is clawing back market share for BlackRock as price cuts, rebranding helps firm recover from case of “Vanguarditis.”
Exchange-traded bandwagon not dragging as new record set; inflows even in shunned sectors
Breakfast (with Benjamin) is served: Dividend ETFs losing luster as rates rise; Bernanke's last stand; nontransparent active ETFs; Obamacare's drag on health care; useless jobless claims data; and global New Year's traditions.
The action in exchange-traded funds investing in India started heating up the day after Labor Day. Since then, the funds have had a 28% run that erased most of the losses they'd suffered this year, while the broader emerging markets are up 10%. ETF investors who want to amp up their exposure to India have options ranging from a broad basket of mostly large-cap stocks to a far-riskier bet focusing on small-caps.
Though not cost-free, products find favor and a key place in client portfolios.
A close look at famous defunct ETFs and the lessons to be learned from their demise.
For investors worried about rising interest rates, the new vehicles could be useful.
Mutual fund giant Fidelity Investments is set to launch a series of exchange-traded funds, the firm's first in 10 years. Is it too little, too late? Advisers say no, but they're not overly excited, either.
Van Eck Associates Corp. is moving ahead with an exchange-traded fund focused on Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories, the first of its kind, even amid the biggest losses for the island's securities since at least 1999.
Obamacare may be off the debt ceiling agenda but for investors, there is an exchange-traded fund that holds all the businesses likely benefit. It's had a good run so is there still upside potential?
Plus: Deutsche Bank's new China ETF hottest launch since 2007
