ETFs and mutual funds can both be powerful tools for investors seeking diversification. Both of these investment vehicles hold baskets of securities. When you purchase them, you’re also purchasing a small amount…
The S&P 500 index is widely used as a barometer of the U.S. stock market. It tracks the performance of the 500 largest publicly traded companies. If most of these companies are…
ETFs have become a popular choice for building diversified portfolios. These convenient “baskets” of stocks allow you to invest in many stocks simultaneously, providing instant diversification. Typically, they track a specific market…
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are a popular choice for investors looking for instant diversification. ETFs offer a basket of securities that track a particular index, providing investors with a cost-effective way to gain…
The S&P 500 index is widely regarded as the gauge of the U.S. stock market, representing the performance of some of the largest publicly traded companies. While predicting the future direction of…
After a dismal May, ETF inflows in stock, bond and gold funds were quite strong. Contrarians would ask if the bond ETF class reaching $1 trillion in assets may have market a…
Bloomberg reported this morning that, for the first time, the value of transactions in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that track the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index is set to surpass the turnover for…
At the end of 2010, US ETFs held assets of $1.005 trillion. By the end of 2015 that number will more than double to $2.091 trillion. That’s a compound annual growth rate…
