Articles under “etf”
Why We Avoid BlackRock ETFs
Back in 2013, salespeople for BlackRock called to tell us about their new series of iShares exchange-traded funds (ETFs) with dramatically lower fees. They clearly expected us to share their excitement, and jump at the chance to offer the funds to our clients.
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Active Investing: Rest in Peace or Resurgent Force?
Editor’s note: Today’s guest post is republished from Professor Aswath Damodaran’s blog, Musings on the Market. I was a doctoral student at UCLA, in 1983 and 1984, when I was assigned to be research assistant to Professor Eugene Fama, who wisely abandoned the University of Chicago during the cold winters for the beaches and tennis
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Why Do Vanguard ETFs Dominate Low-Cost Portfolios?
The rise of exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, has been a critical factor in the rise of automated investment services like Wealthfront. ETFs are on average cheaper, more tradable and more tax-efficient than traditional index funds (see Why Index ETFs Are The Automated Investment of Choice).
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