Deutsche Bank’s shares (DBK:GR) are tanking over renewed worries about the bank’s financial stability and whether it will need to seek help from Berlin, rumors of which the bank denies. Shares are down more than 50% year-to-date, including a decline of about 7% on Monday. Thankfully, the fallout for ETF investors has been limited so…
One of the most successful product innovations of the last few years has been the growth in minimum volatility, or “Min Vol” ETFs, that seek to provide market returns while lowering volatility. Assets have grown from under $1 billion at the end of 2011 to $44 billion today, a growth rate of 132% annually (Figure…
Emerging Market ETFs—both equities and fixed income—were the big winners in the battle for assets in August. Among equity funds, developed markets captured 73% of all net flows[1], while emerging markets captured 27%. That’s fewer absolute dollars being allocated to emerging markets, but that 27% is still nearly triple the category’s 9.7% slice of the…
The ETF Analyzer, Sector SPDR Edition for September 2016 is ready for download. This monthly publication has succinct one-page reports on each of the 11 Select Sector SPDR ETFs in three easy-to-read sections: Investment Summary, Fundamentals, and Composition. It helps investors: Evaluate the funds based on investment merit using fundamental data and analysis Compare the Sector SPDRs with ease…