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5 Passive ETF Ways to Own the S&P 500
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5 Unique Passive ETF Ways of Owning the S&P 500

Markets have been turbulent and uncertainty have been high. But one of the biggest stories in the...

SSGA's Active Model Rebalance Shows Small Pivot
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SSGA's Active Model Rebalance Shows Small Pivot in Risk Appetite

One day of market action doesn’t make a new trend. But recent price action this week, mixed as it...

Balance Domestic & International Equity Exposure
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The Balancing Act Between Domestic & International Equity Exposure

In equity investing, the ongoing debate this year has been between leaning into domestic bias and...

Managed Futures ETFs Rise to Call for Diversification
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Managed Futures ETFs Rising to Diversification Call

April was volatile and challenging for investors. We wrapped up the month with the S&P 500...

Domestic ETF Bias & Intentional International Exposure
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When Domestic ETF Bias Meets Intentional International Exposure

It’s early days into the earnings season, and FactSet data shows that results reported so far put...

Amid Uncertainty, Defined Outcome ETFs Give Shelter
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Defined Outcome ETFs Offer Shelter Amid Uncertainty

To say uncertainty reigns right now is a massive understatement. To say advisors are finding...

Amid Market Turmoil, Follow These Trends
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3 ETF Demand Trends Amid Market Turmoil

The first quarter of the year is now behind us. The second quarter is already starting off with a...

7 Quotes to Capture the Moment at Exchange
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7 Quotes to Capture the ETF Market's Moment at Exchange

There are many ways to summarize the experience at Exchange after three days of connecting and...

A Dividend Kicker for European Exceptionalism
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European Exceptionalism With a Dividend Kicker

In recent years, U.S. equities sharply outperformed international benchmarks, giving rise to the...

Popular Defensive Plays Missing Low Volatility ETFs
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Low Volatility ETFs Not Among Popular Defensive Plays

Uncertainty is the market’s current buzz word. Concerns about policy, recession risk, inflation,...

Lessons From PRIV's Debut
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Lessons From Private Credit ETF PRIV Debut

There’s been a lot of excitement around the recent launch of the market’s first private credit...

How Much Nvidia Is in Your Portfolio?
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How Much Nvidia Do You Actually Own?

More than three quarters of S&P 500 companies have already reported fourth quarter earnings,...

Managing Cash With ETFs or Money Market Funds
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Managing Cash With Money Market Funds vs. ETFs

Money market mutual funds have long been a popular cash management tool for investors looking to...

Rob Arnott: Upsides of Getting Dumped
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Rob Arnott on the Upside of Getting Dumped This Valentine's Day

It’s Valentine’s Day, and if Rob Arnott has it his way, we will all be celebrating the upside of...

HTUS Is a Gem for Equity Diversification
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HTUS: An Alternatives Gem for Equity Diversification

It’s not easy to navigate the alternatives ETF space. But navigate it, we must, in the pursuit of...

Bet on Growth Resurgence, Diversification
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Bet on Rekindled Growth, But Diversification Taking Hold

Investor appetite for growth really is something to behold.

Resolutions: Lose Weight & Allocate to GLP-1 ETFs
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New Year's Resolutions: Lose Weight & Allocate to GLP-1 ETFs

For many of us, a new year often means a new chance to start fresh in our battle with weight....

New Year Market Predictions & ETF Ideas
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Market Predictions & ETF Ideas for a New Year

Every new year brings with it a new opportunity to stop for a moment, take stock of where we...

Prof. Novy-Marx Speaks on Profitability Factor’s Power
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Prof. Novy-Marx on Profitability Factor’s Unique Power

One of the investment themes gaining momentum for 2025 is the return of value investing as a path...

Cautious Bulls See These Equity Plays in 2025
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2 Equity Plays for Cautious Bulls in 2025

There are a lot of conversations taking place these days around market outlooks for 2025. We at...

The Breakthrough Innovation Behind FIRE ETFs
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The Breakthrough Innovation Behind FIRE ETFs

ETF innovation is always exciting. When we look back at a fund like the SPDR Gold Trust (GLD A-),...

ETFs for Broadening Artificial Intelligence Reach
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ETFs for Artificial Intelligence's Broadening Reach

Going into Thanksgiving week, we are reassured of two things we already knew about artificial...

How This ETF Delivers Income & Impact for Veterans
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How 1 ETF Delivers Both Income & Impact for Veterans

Investors want income. And many also want to create impact with their investment dollars....

Where ETF Investors Used Their Money on Election Week
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Where ETF Investors Put Money to Work on Election Week

My friend and industry veteran Dave Nadig used to call the exercise of interpreting ETF asset...

Heading Into Election, Check Investment Biases
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Checking Investment Biases Heading Into Election

This month, Goldman Sachs made headlines with a fresh forecast projecting the S&P 500 will...

Gold, Bitcoin & Commodities to the Rescue
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Hard Assets to the Rescue: Gold, Bitcoin & Commodities

Well-known hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones II made social media headlines this past week for...

Hashdex Answers 5 Big Questions About Bitcoin
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5 Big Questions About Bitcoin With Hashdex

It’s been a big year so far for Bitcoin.In the ETF market, Bitcoin ETFs have found strong...

When Options Trading Works According to Plan
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When Options Trading Goes According to Plan

Options-based ETFs are one of the fastest-growing categories in the market today, with product...

Capture More Than Price Gains With Gold ETFs
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Capturing More Than Price Gains With Unique Gold ETFs

Gold has been on a tear. The precious metal has forged multiple new record highs so far this...

Opportunity Clues in These Trend-Following ETFs
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Opportunity Clues in Trend-Following ETFs

The wait is over and the change in rate policy is here. The Federal Reserve delivered a...

What VIX Says About Opportunity in Low Vol ETFs
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What VIX Tells Us About Opportunity in Low Vol ETFs

For a brief moment, volatility picked up in early August and again in early September. We saw...

3 ETF Ways to Access Gold Ahead of Rate Move
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Why Now & How: 3 ETF Ways to Access Gold Ahead of Rate Move

This time of year, according to seasonal trends, is known for the September Effect — a...

The Battle Between Value & Growth
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Berkshire Hathaway vs Nvidia: The Battle Between Value & Growth

This has been an interesting week to try and make sense of the investment opportunity set right...

Understanding Defined Outcome vs Managed Floor ETFs
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Buffer Investing: Understanding Managed Floor vs Defined Outcome ETFs

Managing downside risk in portfolios has been a big theme this year as we navigate uncertainty in...

New Asset Leader for High Yield Bond ETFs
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High Yield Bond ETFs Have New Asset Leader

The U.S. high yield bond ETF category has a new asset leader. The iShares Broad USD High Yield...

Bipartisan Common Ground May Create Opportunities
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Bipartisan Common Ground Could Create Investment Opportunities

It’s been a rocky August so far for U.S. investors. They have been yet again reminded markets don...

Finding the Right Small-Cap ETF for Various Outcomes
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Finding the Right Small-Cap ETF for Different Outcomes

It’s midsummer, and U.S. small-caps have finally showed up in a big way. You could say it’s...

Major Drivers of Active ETF Adoption
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The Drivers of Active ETF Adoption

We’ve been marveling at the traction actively managed ETFs are enjoying this year. As a category,...

Positioning Clues in Congressional ETFs
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Positioning Clues in Congressional ETFs

Regarding politics, advisors often tell us that they work hard to steer clear of the topic in...

A Midyear Look at ETF Opportunities
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Midyear ETF Opportunities

It’s midyear outlook season.As we approach the end of June and wrap up the first half of 2024,...

State Street Active ETF Model Rebalance Hints Caution
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State Street Rebalance of Active ETF Models Hint at Caution

Macro conditions remain a bit of a mixed bag. In the past week alone, the latest read on...

Ideas for Tackling Risk in Hot Growth ETFs
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Ideas to Tackle Risk in Hot Growth ETFs

Being an equity growth investor has been a rewarding experience in the past year. Whether you’ve...

Finding Opportunity in Unconsidered Healthcare ETFs
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Finding Opportunity in Unloved Healthcare ETFs

Sometimes it feels like it’s Nvidia’s world and we all just live in it. Why bother with anything...

Behind the Rising Tide in Alternatives ETFs
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Behind the Rising Tide in Alternatives ETFs

It looks like we are feeling good about markets these days, which are hovering at all-time highs,...

Unique Ideas for Revisiting China ETF Allocations
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Unique Ideas for Revisiting China ETF Allocations

A lot is happening in the China ETF space these days. Product closures, market rallies, and...

ETF Lessons for a New Era
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ETF Lessons for a New Era

Warren Buffett once famously said: “Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted...