Active ETFs Surge Ahead: Launches and Inflows Signal a Market Shift
Active ETFs have rapidly overtaken passive funds in new launches and are attracting a growing share of investor inflows, signaling a lasting shift in portfolio construction
Aaron Levitt
Aaron Levitt is an independent investment analyst and author living in State College, Pennsylvania. His work appears in several high profile publications in both print and on the web. As an advocate for long-term globally oriented investing, Aaron believes that exchange traded funds have leveled playing field for Main Street. Following global macro-economic trends, investors now have several avenues to create great long term portfolios. Aaron is a graduate of The Pennsylvania State University where he studied Economics and International Business. Aside for helping regular investors develop winning portfolios, his current projects include writing his first book about investing in North America’s changing energy landscape.
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Active ETFs Surge Ahead: Launches and Inflows Signal a Market Shift
Active ETFs have rapidly overtaken passive funds in new launches and are attracting a growing share of investor inflows, signaling a lasting shift in portfolio construction
The Next Wave of Active ETF Growth: Three Big Trends
Active ETFs have rapidly evolved from a niche product to a mainstream portfolio staple, with State Street identifying fund flows, alternative assets, and digital innovation as key drivers of their future growth.
The Next Wave of Active ETF Growth: Three Big Trends
Active ETFs have rapidly evolved from a niche product to a mainstream portfolio staple, with State Street identifying fund flows, alternative assets, and digital innovation as key drivers of their future growth.
High Yields, Strong Credit: The Quiet Strength of Investment-Grade Bonds
In today’s uncertain economic and geopolitical climate, investment-grade corporate bonds offer a compelling blend of safety, strong yields, and credit quality, making them a smart alternative to riskier equities and increasingly volatile Treasuries.
High Yields, Strong Credit: The Quiet Strength of Investment-Grade Bonds
In today’s uncertain economic and geopolitical climate, investment-grade corporate bonds offer a compelling blend of safety, strong yields, and credit quality, making them a smart alternative to riskier equities and increasingly volatile Treasuries.
Ignored and Undervalued: Why TIPS Belong in Your Portfolio Right Now
With inflation quietly rising again and investors looking the other way, Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) offer an overlooked opportunity for cheap, reliable inflation protection and real returns
Ignored and Undervalued: Why TIPS Belong in Your Portfolio Right Now
With inflation quietly rising again and investors looking the other way, Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) offer an overlooked opportunity for cheap, reliable inflation protection and real returns
From Rivals to Allies: The Case for Combining Active and Passive ETFs
Combining active and passive ETFs offers investors the best of both worlds—cost-efficient market exposure with the flexibility to adapt to today’s dynamic and uncertain environment.
From Rivals to Allies: The Case for Combining Active and Passive ETFs
Combining active and passive ETFs offers investors the best of both worlds—cost-efficient market exposure with the flexibility to adapt to today’s dynamic and uncertain environment.
The Power of Active Bond ETFs: Better Returns, Bigger Opportunity
Active fixed income ETFs are outperforming their passive peers by tapping into a broader bond universe, offering better returns, tax efficiency, and liquidity advantages.
The Power of Active Bond ETFs: Better Returns, Bigger Opportunity
Active fixed income ETFs are outperforming their passive peers by tapping into a broader bond universe, offering better returns, tax efficiency, and liquidity advantages.
Built to Borrow: What Makes Leveraged Closed-End Funds a Smart Income Play
Closed-end funds use their unique structure to employ regulated leverage, allowing managers to boost yields and returns beyond what traditional ETFs and mutual funds typically offer.
Built to Borrow: What Makes Leveraged Closed-End Funds a Smart Income Play
Closed-end funds use their unique structure to employ regulated leverage, allowing managers to boost yields and returns beyond what traditional ETFs and mutual funds typically offer.
Don’t Believe the Hype: Foreign Investors Aren’t Dumping U.S. Treasuries
Despite recent volatility and alarming headlines, data shows that foreign investors are not dumping U.S. Treasuries—making the current high yields a potential buying opportunity rather than a warning sign
Don’t Believe the Hype: Foreign Investors Aren’t Dumping U.S. Treasuries
Despite recent volatility and alarming headlines, data shows that foreign investors are not dumping U.S. Treasuries—making the current high yields a potential buying opportunity rather than a warning sign
The Case for Quality: How Active ETFs Are Unlocking a Proven Factor
Quality investing has consistently delivered strong, risk-adjusted returns across market cycles—and with active ETFs, investors can now capture this powerful factor more effectively than ever.
The Case for Quality: How Active ETFs Are Unlocking a Proven Factor
Quality investing has consistently delivered strong, risk-adjusted returns across market cycles—and with active ETFs, investors can now capture this powerful factor more effectively than ever.
From Risk-Free to Risk-Exposed: The Case for Moving Beyond Government Bonds
In today’s shifting geopolitical and fiscal landscape, traditional government bonds may no longer be the safest bet—corporate, high-yield, and emerging market debt now offer a more compelling blend of income, credit quality, and long-term performance
From Risk-Free to Risk-Exposed: The Case for Moving Beyond Government Bonds
In today’s shifting geopolitical and fiscal landscape, traditional government bonds may no longer be the safest bet—corporate, high-yield, and emerging market debt now offer a more compelling blend of income, credit quality, and long-term performance
Gold Is Still the Ultimate Diversifier—Here’s Why Your Portfolio Needs It
Despite rising correlations across traditional asset classes, gold remains one of the few assets that continues to deliver true diversification and downside protection
Gold Is Still the Ultimate Diversifier—Here’s Why Your Portfolio Needs It
Despite rising correlations across traditional asset classes, gold remains one of the few assets that continues to deliver true diversification and downside protection
Beyond Buffer & Buy-Write: The Rise of Active Hedged Equity ETFs
Hedged equity ETFs are emerging as powerful tools for investors seeking to reduce downside risk and smooth out volatility using dynamic options strategies once reserved for hedge funds.
Beyond Buffer & Buy-Write: The Rise of Active Hedged Equity ETFs
Hedged equity ETFs are emerging as powerful tools for investors seeking to reduce downside risk and smooth out volatility using dynamic options strategies once reserved for hedge funds.
Why Active ETFs Are the New Standard for Model Portfolios
Active ETFs are rapidly becoming a cornerstone of model portfolios, offering lower costs, greater tax efficiency, and enhanced performance potential compared to traditional mutual funds.
Why Active ETFs Are the New Standard for Model Portfolios
Active ETFs are rapidly becoming a cornerstone of model portfolios, offering lower costs, greater tax efficiency, and enhanced performance potential compared to traditional mutual funds.
Why It’s Time to Rethink Bonds: A Classic Solution for Modern Risk
New PGIM research highlights how fixed income could outperform stocks over the next decade—if you know where to look
Why It’s Time to Rethink Bonds: A Classic Solution for Modern Risk
New PGIM research highlights how fixed income could outperform stocks over the next decade—if you know where to look
The Safe Haven You’ve Overlooked: GNMA Bonds as a Fixed Income Anchor
In a volatile fixed income environment, Ginnie Mae bonds offer a rare combination of high yields, government-backed security, and portfolio-stabilizing performance.
The Safe Haven You’ve Overlooked: GNMA Bonds as a Fixed Income Anchor
In a volatile fixed income environment, Ginnie Mae bonds offer a rare combination of high yields, government-backed security, and portfolio-stabilizing performance.
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