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Investing with an eye toward environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors has become an increasingly important topic in recent, particularly among Millennial investors, and issuers of exchange-traded funds are meeting the demand for ESG products. BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK)'s iShares unit,...

Against the backdrop of BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK)'s third investor day, Citi's William Katz remains bullish on the stock and maintains his buy rating. Katz remains positive on BLK as the company's "technology, globality, scale, and solutions orientation position the firm well ahead of peers in...

A day after index provider Msci Inc (NYSE: MSCI) opted against including stocks trading on mainland China, also known as A-shares, in its major emerging markets benchmarks, BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK)'s iShares unit launched a new exchange-traded fund tracking A-shares. Picking Up The Slack The...

Dividend growth, as it should be, is a point of emphasis for seasoned income investors. Plenty of issuers of exchange-traded funds have met that demand with a batch of U.S.-focused dividend growth ETFs. Some issuers are also taking the dividend growth approach to international ETFs. BlackRock Inc...

In another sign of the rapid growth of smart or strategic beta exchange-traded funds BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK)'s iShares unit, the world's largest ETF issuer, is expanding its already substantial lineup of smart beta ETFs with nine factor-based sector funds. The New Names iShares introduced...

Expect the movement toward smart beta exchange-traded funds to continue in a big way. BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK), the world's largest asset manager, has some estimates that could quell previously vocal critics of smart or strategic beta ETFs. BlackRock estimates that smart beta ETF assets will...

Take a poll of investors who are familiar with low-volatility exchange-traded funds, of which data suggest there are plenty, and ask those investors what sectors they would use to build a new low-volatility ETF. Chances are those polled would say a low-volatility ETF should include consumer...

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing has taken on added importance in recent years, and the exchange-traded funds and indexing communities have responded in significant fashion, launching an array of new products to meet investors' thirst for more ESG solutions. Jumping On The...

Whether its a fund focused on clean energy stocks or one that tracks a benchmark excluding carbon-producing companies, there is no shortage of exchange-traded funds on the market today focusing on the sustainable investing theme. That group grew by one last week with the debut of the iShares...

The iShares MSCI Spain Capped ETF (NYSE: EWP), the largest U.S.-listed exchange-traded fund tracking Spanish equities, is down about 2.6 percent year-to-date. Among developed Europe single-country ETFs, investors could find better-performing options, but they can also find plenty of funds lagging...

There are seven single-country, exchange-traded funds dedicated to members of the Organization of Petroleum Countries (OPEC). With the exception of three ETFs tracking Indonesia, which recently rejoined OPEC, other OPEC ETFs have been drab performers. That is particularly true of the Global X MSCI...

Perhaps heartened by oil prices that look better relative to what was seen last year, and the Federal Reserve slacking off on raising interest rates, fixed income investors are embracing high-yield corporate bond exchange-traded funds. Those investors are doing so with ETFs that sport longer...

As emerging markets stocks and exchange-traded funds tumbled over the past several years, Latin American equities were a big reason why. With emerging markets being a lagging, hated asset class, disdain among investors for Latin American stocks ran high. That disdain morphed into love in March, as...

Members of the Federal Reserve have been talking inflation this week. The Fed sees inflation at 2 percent before the end of 2017, well above the public's estimates. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President John Williams said earlier this week that inflation could rise faster than the...

Vanguard is the second-largest U.S. issuer of exchange-traded funds in terms of assets, but in terms of number of funds, Vanguard's lineup is small compared to rivals such as iShares and SPDR. Add to that, Vanguard does not bring many new products to market. Recently, Vanguard introduced two...