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.
Regulator seeks comment on plan for building massive database to help it quickly unravel flash crashes.
Fund designed for investors who want the performance of the S&P 500 Index without all the exposure to weapons, adult entertainment and other traditional Catholic no-nos.
Speaking Monday at the IMCA annual conference in Orlando, Mr. Kitces questioned regular rebalancing and said in one case doing nothing was the better bet.
Regulators concerned about systematic risk in a market rout.
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.
Many advisers are putting investors into low-cost ETFs and simply dumping most of their clients' actively managed funds.
Massachusetts Democrat calls Stamford Harbor a 'mockery' of the SEC's mission.
The inflow was the most since January 2013, thanks to the market's extreme volatility during 2016's start.
The money management behemoth can improve the smart beta landscape in three important ways.
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.
New fund will leverage expertise, diversify product lineup.
The risk-on strategy when the market goes risk-off.
The mutual fund industry offers about 8,000 mutual funds, spread among about 24,000 share classes, but some fund companies offer many, many more share classes. Experts say it may be a marketing tool for fund firms.
