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By Suzanne McGee (Reuters) – U.S. exchange-traded funds could face more obstacles to their runaway growth in 2025 after a bumper year saw the products take in a record $1.1 trillion in inflows in 2024. The inflows were the most in the product’s 35-year history and came close to doubling last year’s figure of $597 […]

U.S. exchange-traded funds could face more obstacles to their runaway growth in 2025 after a bumper year saw the products take in a record $1.1 trillion in inflows in 2024. The inflows were the most in the product’s 35-year history and came close to doubling last year’s figure of $597 billion. Analysts attribute the popularity […]

By Suzanne McGee (Reuters) – U.S. exchange-traded funds could face more obstacles to their runaway growth in 2025 after a bumper year saw the products take in a record $1.1 trillion in inflows in 2024. The inflows were the most in the product’s 35-year history and came close to doubling last year’s figure of $597 […]

Most investors in mainstream exchange traded funds will have enjoyed a lucrative year, even as BlackRock, the largest ETF provider, has made significant forays into unlisted private assets. The $656bn SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), the largest ETF of them all, has delivered punchy returns of 25 per cent over the past year, although […]

Investors plowed more than $1 trillion into U.S.-based exchange-traded funds in 2024, shattering the previous record set three years ago and raising Wall Street hopes for an even bigger year ahead. The rebound from last year’s lackluster flows marked a broad embrace of U.S. assets in a year in which the S&P 500 gained around […]

“You can’t polish dirt,” a senior Morgan Stanley manager once told Harm Meijer, author of the 2025 book Real Estate Rules: The Investor’s Guide to Picking Winners and Avoiding Losers in Listed Property, when he asked him about the best real estate advice. It’s a lesson that he says can help those investing in real estate […]

Key Takeaways U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs command $106.68 billion in BTC or 5.7% of its market cap. Ripple (XRP), Solana (SOL), Litecoin (LTC), and other altcoin ETFs are pending approval in 2025. U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs now hold $12.11 billion in net assets or 3.01% of ETH’s market cap. U.S. spot Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum […]

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Investors pulled a record $450bn out of actively managed stock funds this year, as a shift into cheaper index-tracking investments reshapes the asset management industry. The outflows from stockpicking mutual funds eclipse last year’s previous […]

Israel Sebastian | Moment | Getty Images Investors who hold exchange-traded funds can often escape a tax bill incurred by those with mutual funds, which are generally less tax efficient, according to investment experts. ETFs and mutual funds are baskets of stocks, bonds and other financial assets overseen by professional money managers. But they have […]

BlackRock’s bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) is reportedly a record-breaker, in more ways than one. The company’s iShares unit offers 1,400-plus ETFs, including its Bitcoin Trust, which launched this year, Bloomberg reported Monday, (Dec. 30). That trust, known as IBIT, now has more than $50 billion in assets, the strongest debut ever for an ETF, and […]