ETFs
Vanguard Beefs Up Bond Fund Lineup With 3 New ETFs. Here’s What to Know.
The new additions include an actively managed strategy that aims to outperform the broad Treasury market.
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ETFs Are Eating the World. The Right—and Wrong—Ways to Invest.
More than 700 ETFs launched last year, including ones that hold crypto or make leveraged bets on individual stocks like Nvidia. How to make sense of it all.
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Leveraged ETFs Dominated a Wild Quarter
As the market rebounded from the Liberation Day tariffs, gold miners, crypto, and, yes, tech were among the winners.
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Valuation Contagion Is the Private-Credit Risk No One Sees Coming
There is a flaw in the structure firms are using to make private credit available to retail investors, Amit Seru writes in a guest commentary.
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Cathie Wood Has Staged a ‘RemARKKable’ Rally. It’s Time to Sell.
It’s time to ‘fade the breakout’ in the ARK Innovation ETF, says BTIG’s Jonathan Krinsky.
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A New ETF Gives You Warren Buffett’s Stock Portfolio, Plus a Dividend
The VistaShares Target 15 Berkshire Select Income ETF tries to mirror Berkshire Hathaway’s stock holdings. But, via options trading, it provides one thing Buffett never did: a monthly dividend.
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Bitcoin Is Leaching Into Index Funds. Here’s How.
MicroStrategy (and thus its Bitcoin) has earned a place in a number of popular funds.
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This AI Trader Bought Meta Stock and Dumped Eli Lilly
Traders now can have an AI stockpicker make those tough investment decisions
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New Buffett-Inspired ETF Holds Berkshire and Apple. It Aims for 15% Yield.
The ETF, which finished Wednesday at $19.15, is one of many that use the sale, or writing, of call options to augment income.
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Active ETF Assets Balloon. Why Only a Few Funds Dominate.
Asset managers launched a record 660 active ETFs last year, according to a new research report from Broadridge Financial, but only a few may reach “escape velocity.”
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Week’s Best: Charles Schwab Is Cutting ETF Fees
Here’s our weekly roundup of the most-read articles at Barron’s Advisor.
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These Are the Hottest Bond ETFs This Year—and for Good Reason
Treasury-bill ETFs are rapidly gaining in popularity and challenging money-market funds and bank deposits as a place for retail investors to park cash.
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From ‘Snow White’ to ETFs: How LA’s $3 Trillion Quiet Colossus Plays the Long Game
Mike Gitlin, CEO of the Capital Group, speaks with At Barron’s Andy Serwer.
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The Great ETF Fee War Is Over. You Can Still Get Burned.
Last year, the average asset-weighted fee for index funds stood at 0.11%, essentially flat with 2023. A decade ago, the average fee was 0.19%.
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Vanguard Expands Active Bond ETF Lineup. Here’s What to Know.
The asset manager has been leaning into active management in fixed income to meet shifting investor and advisor demand.
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Charles Schwab to Cut Costs for Some Fund Investors. What to Know.
Lower fees may help Schwab attract more investors for its exchange-traded funds and mutual funds.
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Robinhood and Other Stocks That Could Be Added to the S&P 500 Today
Stocks can rise on news of addition to the S&P 500 and in the run-up to inclusion.
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Politics-Based Investing Sounds Smart. But These Strategies Work Better.
Investors should pay attention to where the government is spending our tax dollars, but that doesn’t mean chasing returns based on political movements.
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Goldman Poaches Rivals’ Marketers in Bid to Grow Fund Management Arm
Goldman sees asset management as a counterweight to its more mercurial trading business.
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A Prominent Tech Analyst Adds a New Role: Pitching a Stock Fund
The IVES ETF includes 30 AI-focused tech stocks. It puts analyst Dan Ives in the unusual position of covering tech companies while pitching a fund full of their stocks.
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Bridgewater’s New ‘All Weather’ ETF: Will Its Hedge Fund Approach Work in This Market?
The ‘All Weather’ ETF’s approach is similar to one the hedge fund firm has used since 1996.
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Buy ‘Defensive’ Stocks. You’ll Be Glad You Did.
Staples, utilities, and healthcare have fallen out of favor since President Donald Trump’s tariff reversal. They could be ready to rally.
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Bill Ackman Is Killing It. A New ETF Will Track His Investments.
The billionaire investor is off to a fast start for 2025 because of big gains from Fannie Mae.
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If You Like Dividend Stocks, You Might Love These ETFs
Exchange-traded funds focused on dividend stocks offer valuable diversification. Here are some of the best.
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