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Earlier this year, the report, "Institutional Investment in ETFs: Versatility Fuels Growth" from Greenwich Associates, commissioned by BlackRock, the world's largest issuer of exchange-traded funds, said institutional investors were expected to continue increasing their use of ETFs....

It is widely known that investors are flocking to fixed income exchange-traded funds this year. Two such funds are found among this year's top 10 asset-gathering ETFs, and one of those is the iShares iBoxx $ Invest Grade Corp Bd Fd (NYSE: LQD). LQD, Making A Splash Last month, it was revealed...

The Charles Schwab Corp (NYSE: SCHW) did not enter the exchange-traded funds business until late 2009, a relatively late entry, but the company is making up for lost time. Home to $50.4 billion in ETF assets under management as of July 21, Schwab is now the fifth-largest U.S. ETF sponsor. Late To...

With assistance from investor's seemingly unquenchable thirst for income and the Federal Reserve's refusal to raise interest rates to this point in 2016, this has been a banner year for real estate investment trusts (REITs) and the corresponding exchange-traded funds. For example, the...

Past performance is never a guarantee of future returns, but some of the exchange-traded funds that delivered for investors in the first half of the year could continue doing so in the second half. What worked for investors in the first half of 2016 includes, most notably, fixed income and gold...

The technology sector, the largest sector weight in the S&P 500, is an increasingly important part of the dividend conversation. That is especially true at a time of piddly yields on U.S. Treasurys and slowing dividend growth. In addition to being one of the biggest contributors to the buyback...

One of the most prominent themes in the world of exchange-traded funds this year is investors' love affair with low volatility strategies, including the iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol USA ETF (iShares Trust (NYSE: USMV)) and the PowerShares S&P 500 Low Volatility Portfolio (PowerShares Exchange-...

More than halfway through 2016, investors are likely tired of hearing about the struggles of the financial services sector and the relevant exchange-traded funds. The Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE: XLF), the largest ETF tracking the S&P 500's second-largest sector weight, is down...

Heading into this year, S&P 500 dividend growth was projected to slow. While that has been the case, payout growth among U.S. dividend payers is still sturdy, and the Federal Reserve's refusal to boost interest rates in the first half of the year has increased the allure of dividend stocks...

After global financial markets were pummeled by Great Britain's decision to leave the European Union, investors are understandably hunting for safe-haven assets, but that search doesn't need to be limited to U.S. Treasurys and the Japanese yen, two of this year's most favored safe-...

This year has been a perfect storm for real estate investment trusts (REITs) and the corresponding exchange-traded funds. Not only has the Federal Reserve passed on raising interest rates to this point in the year, but real estate will become the eleventh GICS sector at the end of August, providing...

Fixed income exchange-traded funds, usually viewed as a not-so-glamorous asset class, are decidedly glamorous this year. Several of this year's top 10 asset-gathering ETFs are bond funds and with the Federal Reserve consistently passing on raising interest rates, U.S. government bond funds have...

The Materials Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLB), the largest diversified exchange-traded fund tracking the materials sector, is up 9.1 percent year-to-date. XLB's 2016 is impressive not only because it puts the fund in third place among the sector SPDR ETFs, but also because XLB sagged 8.7 percent...

Thanks in large part to massive inflows to fixed income funds, the global exchange-traded funds industry reached another assets under management record at the end of May with $3.143 trillion in combined AUM. The U.S. ETF market, the largest in the world, also hit a record with a $2.229 trillion in...

As has been widely documented, real estate stocks will become their own sector, separating from the financial services group, at the end of August. Initially, that announcement made in 2014, was thought to have a looming impact on the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE: XLF). XLF, the largest...