Investors and retirement savers who want to own broad swaths of the stock and bond markets often face a choice: Do they want ...

Similar to mutual funds, ETFs contain securities such as stocks, bonds and other assets. Some ETFs can be actively managed, but a majority just track a market index (such as the S&P 500).

Based on the conventional wisdom in the financial-planning industry and in financial media, you’d think the new world of ...

The first exchange-traded fund was the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY), created in 1993. This passively managed index fund set the stage for thousands of ETFs to follow. All of these initial ETFs were ...

But mutual funds allow automatic investments and withdrawals, while ETFs do not. You should also consider whether to pick an index fund or actively managed fund.

Interest in actively managed ETFs (exchange-traded funds) continues to grow as investors and financial advisers gravitate towards these structures as an investment of choice. According to FactSet ...

Hancock may be one of many fund companies filing to launch actively managed ETFs as a way of hedging their bets if 12 (b)-1 fees on mutual funds go away, said Christian Magoon, president and ...

Amid market volatility, advisors are opting for active strategies and looking to providers for expertise, according to the ...

Sometimes it's best to leave the driving to the pros – and these actively managed Fidelity funds do just that, at low costs ...

The outperformance becomes greater the longer the time horizon. According to the S&P Dow Jones Indices Versus Active (SPIVA) Scorecard, some 92% of actively managed large-cap mutual funds ...

PVAL, a top-performing large-cap value ETF, is outperforming indices with strong financials exposure, robust returns, and ...

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