The past year was a record period for ETFs in Canada.
Your clients are asking about ETFs, so use these tips when selling.
It’s hard for investors to break through all the ETF noise, especially when each provider is claiming they have a superior market intelligence and the lowest fees, reports Josh Ehrlich of ETFinsight. So how can investors sort through all the choices? Learn from the U.S., says Ehrlich. Read: Canadian ETF market grows apace U.S. ETFs […]
Despite the slowest growth rate in over 20 years (7.7% predicted in 2013 and 8.1% in 2014), China is still attractive for investors, reports Josh Ehrlich of ETFinsight. Investors just need to know where to look. One area that could offer returns is China’s private sector. But identifying what companies are independent of the government […]
ETFs are structured much like mutual funds, in that they hold an underlying basket of investments in which investors have proportional ownership stakes. But when it comes to buying and selling them, the strategies involved sometimes make them more akin to stocks.
Global exchange traded product (ETP) growth continued in 2012 with total assets increasing by 23% to $1.9 trillion dollars, according to a BlackRock report.
Clients only have until Monday, December 24 to tax-loss harvest.
Not all indexes are created equal. In the early 2000s, MSCI, among other index providers, moved from tracking a company’s total market capitalization to its free float—the shares that trade publicly.
Regulators see ETFs as interlopers in the investment world. But this is now changing.
Three industry veterans have founded an ETF-focused firm called Toroso Investments.