by Nate Geraci | Mar 14, 2019 | ETFs
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 of the top five ETF providers. Then it happened. ...
by Nate Geraci | Mar 12, 2019 | ETFs
“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. Sure, some will still jockey...
by Nate Geraci | Mar 7, 2019 | ETFs
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 knew what an ETF...
by Nate Geraci | Feb 14, 2019 | ETFs
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. ...
by Nate Geraci | Jan 25, 2019 | ETFs
The investment world recently lost a legend when Vanguard Founder Jack Bogle, the father of indexing and low-cost investing, passed away at age 89. Jack had a complicated relationship with ETFs. While he came to appreciate low cost, broad-based index ETFs, he had...
by Nate Geraci | Dec 26, 2018 | ETFs
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 judge – and no question my bonus prediction of...
