Derivatives-enhanced exchange-traded funds have become a hit with retail investors. Theres been more than 160 such launches so far this year, with monikers such as laddered buffer and covered call, and theyve attracted $50 billion and counting. Whil

It sounds too good to be true. An exchange-traded fund that is 100% protected from any losses but still gets to participate in stock market gains? While there is a catch and a trade-off involved, that is pretty much what the Innovator Equity Defined Prote

Its the third quarter and exchange-traded fund investors have finally gotten their FOMO bug back. While theyre currently plowing money into equities, how long can the good times last? This is just one of many trends to watch in the second half.On this

Over the past decade, about 30 spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund applications have been swatted aside by the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The outlook appeared dire. And then a surprise filing by BlackRock Inc. in mid-June seemed to change the mo

Dalia Blass has a rare perspective on the exchange-traded fundindustry. Now a lawyer at Sullivan & Cromwell, she recently left BlackRock, where she was head of external affairs.Before that, Blass did multiple tours of duty with the US Securities and

Unless youve been living under a rock, youve likely heard about how Artificial Intelligence is going to be a big deal. The exchange-traded fundindustry is as excited as any other, and has launched a slew of funds dedicated to either using AI or investi

The S&P 500 Index is up 9%, the Nasdaq 100 has jumped 25% and Bitcoin-mining stocks are up more than 100%and yet no one seems to care.At least thats the case among exchange-traded fund investors who have put virtually no money into US equities. It

Exchange-traded funds could go from $9 trillion in global assets today to $30 trillion in the next decade as investors far and wide continue to migrate from mutual funds. This is the predictionthat Brown Brothers Harriman reached in their 10th Annual ET

Thehottest new trade is the most boring asset class: money market mutual funds. Once regarded as a no-yield optioninvestors would only use to park cash in a crisis, they now yield more than 4.5%. In the first quarter alone, investors flocked to them to

The first exchange-traded fund television show ever created, Bloombergs ETF IQ, just finished its first year on the air. On this episode, we talk to its anchors, Matt Miller and Katie Greifeld, about what goes into making the program, some of its highlig