I recently chronicled the latest flare-up in the savage ETF fee war. In the span of two weeks, we saw filings for the first “free” ETFs, the launch of the cheapest (for now) ETF, and meaningful fee moves from four…
“If you lower it, they will come.” -Bloomberg’s Eric Balchunas I recently declared the ETF fee war officially over: “My sense is the majority of companies offering plain-vanilla ETFs simply don’t have much room to drop fees any further. …
ETFs have democratized investing, but they haven’t democratized financial and ETF literacy. Several years ago, I was meeting a friend at a packed coffee shop when the conversation veered into a slightly heated debate over whether the average person…
The world’s premier ETF conference convened in Hollywood, Florida this past week with pretty much everyone who’s anyone in ETFs attending. Financial advisors, fund companies, and analysts were among the 2,300+ attendees preaching or being preached the ETF gospel. From…
There’s an old saying that “prediction is very difficult, especially about the future”. Please. Check out my 2018 ETF predictions, where I’m going to give myself a little leeway and say I nailed 5 out of 5. You be the…
Another eventful year in ETFs is one best experienced in pictures. If you missed my earlier ETF pictorials, see here:
“It’s actually growing from the ground straight to you, so it’s just like eating a vegetable. You know what I’m saying?” – Snoop Dogg About this time last year, two questions I kept fielding were “What is bitcoin?” and “Is…
Every year around this time, my wife and I take our two daughters to the local pumpkin patch in search of a few future jack-o’-lanterns. Our first stop is always the Louisburg Cider Mill, where you’ll find the best apple…
With mutual fund and ETF fees continuing to fall (and zero fee funds now available), the spotlight is shifting towards financial advisor compensation. Tim Buckley, CEO of Vanguard presented to 250 Vanguard investors last night. I was there. One of…
“The number one problem in today’s generation and economy is the lack of financial literacy.” – Alan Greenspan, former Federal Reserve Chairman Ten years ago this month, the country was mired in the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression….
By now, you’ve likely (hopefully) seen some of the many headlines of Wells Fargo malfeasance. The latest was artfully captured by Barry Ritholtz… At this point, if you STILL have any financial relationship with Wells Fargo, you have implicitly given…
