etfs

You’ve probably heard of one of the most successful financial innovations of modern times: Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). But did you know they’ve grown at a faster...

If I told you the following had a lot in common, would you believe me? A vintage car owner, martial artist, finance fiction writer, keen golfers, adventure junkie...

Nathan is one of the many followers of the FIRE movement (Financial Independence, Retire Early), an ethos that turns its back on mass consumerism, and instead...

They say active management comes to the fore when markets are a mess. Unsurprisingly then, several active managers have recently forwarned investors to steer clear...

This article was written by Benjamin Cahill In 1965, companies in the S&P 500 index stayed in the index for an average of 33 years. By 1990, that figure had dropped...

Low cost, passive, diversified exposure. These three things typically come to mind when investors think about exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and once upon a time, this...

Just as diversification through global equities and bonds is a prudent approach for more conservative investors, we believe that deepening this spectrum to include...

Tick-tock, next block. Since bitcoin was launched in 2009, the issuance cycle has been known. The bitcoin issuance cycle is quite different to equities, where...

Given the enormity of Russia’s decision to invade Ukraine, this note provides a short update on the potential market implications.Keeping in mind that the situation...

Bid-ask spreads for ETFs / ETMFs vary materially between vehicles from 1.5 basis points all the way up to 120 basis points, writes Rodney Lay. They're worth monitoring...

With financial conditions poised to tighten from current levels, investors can expect poor risk-adjusted returns from equities and volatility in capital markets. So,...

Private equity plays a vital role in the financing and in the support of new and growth technologies. Some of the biggest companies in the world — Apple, Google, Meta...

After years of being caricatured as the spoilsport of the financial world, environmental, social and governance investing is at last enjoying its moment in the sun....

As the world moves away from fossil fuels, hydrogen is receiving a lot of attention from investors and governments. Sometimes called the Swiss army knife of...

Semiconductors are at the heart of modern computers and phones. Also known as microchips, they are the all-important “brains” behind any computer. Semiconductors are...

Energy, its costs and its production have been in the news a lot recently. Putting the politics aside, two facts remain: there are finite reserves of fossil fuels; and...

We are now in the mid-cycle. Morgan Stanley believes investors should be rotating within their equity allocation to be more aligned to the cyclicality of the current...

Unless you're bartering furs to sustain yourself in some wild corner of the world, you are afloat in the massive technological disruption sweeping the financial...

As if it was not hard enough for income-seeking investors, global interest rates were plumbing all-time lows at the start of 2020, even before the pandemic hit....

We’ve talked extensively about the rise of smart beta and the disruption of active management. We think that smart beta products are a disruptive innovation with the...