New ETFs

While it has cooled a bit after a scorching hot 2017, the artificial intelligence and robotics trade still offers plenty of long-term allure. And short-term traders looking to play a rebound in robotics now have a new option to consider. The Daily Robotics, Artificial Intelligence & Automation...

EventShares was the first issuer of exchange-traded funds appeal to investors' political proclivities by introducing actively managed funds designed to benefit from the policies of both major U.S. political parties. The firm also previously introduced the EventShares U.S. Tax Reform Fund, an...

First Trust, one of the largest issuers of smart beta exchange traded funds, is throwing in the towel on the First Trust Taiwan AlphaDEX Fund. First Trust is reconfiguring, rather than shuttering, the fund.  The First Trust Taiwan AlphaDEX Fund is now the First Trust India NIFTY 50 Equal...

And then there were three: the Global X Autonomous & Electric Vehicles ETF (NASDAQ: DRIV) debuted Tuesday. The new ETF, the latest in a long line of thematic funds from Global X, tracks the Solactive Autonomous & Electric Vehicles Index. DRIV features companies “involved in the...

As promised, BlackRock Inc.'s (NYSE: BLK) iShares unit, the world's largest issuer of exchange-traded funds, launched a small-cap ETF excluding shares of gunmakers. The iShares MSCI USA Small-Cap ESG Optimized ETF (CBOE:ESML) debuted earlier this week. The new fund is designed to provide...

A new exchange traded fund aimed at providing diverse asset allocation while limiting volatility debuted Tuesday. The VanEck Vectors Real Asset Allocation ETF (NYSE: RAXX) provides exposure to real assets using the ETF-of-ETFs model. RAXX “seeks to maximize real returns while seeking to...

A new exchange traded fund focusing on companies that are deemed to be good places to work for military veterans is here. The Pacer Military Times Best Employers ETF (NASDAQ: VETS) debuted Tuesday. VETS tracks an index based on a Military Times Best for Vets survey, which examines companies'...

Asset manager Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ) finalized its acquisition of Guggenheim's exchange traded funds business and announced new, lower fees on the acquired BulletShares ETFs. Nearly all of Guggenheim's ETFs have been folded into Invesco's PowerShares family of ETFs. The deal cements...

BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK)'s, iShares unit, the world's largest issuer of exchange traded funds, added to its expansive lineup last week with the addition of two new funds. Those new ETFs are the iShares U.S. Infrastructure ETF (CBOE: IFRA) and the iShares Bloomberg Roll Select...

DWS, the newly renamed exchange traded funds arm of Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB), expanded its ETF roster Thursday with the debut of the Xtrackers Russell 1000 US QARP ETF (NYSE: QARP). The new ETF tracks the Russell 1000 2Qual/Val 5% Capped Index. That benchmark “aims to identify companies...

BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK), the parent company of iShares, the world's largest issuer of exchange traded funds, said it is expanding its suite of environmental, social and governance ETFs to include funds that exclude makers of civilian firearms. Last month, BlackRock outlined its efforts to...

State Street Global Advisors, the third-largest U.S. issuer of exchange traded funds, is planning to add to its lineup of sector ETFs. As was previously announced by index providers MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor's, the telecommunications sector will undergo major changes later this year,...

Earlier this week, Nationwide added to its lineup of exchange traded funds with the debut of the Nationwide Maximum Diversification Emerging Markets Core Equity ETF (NYSE: MXDE). The new ETF, Nationwide's first new since launching three funds last year, tracks the French asset management firm...

Several exchange traded funds already track dividend aristocrat indexes, and that group became a little bigger Tuesday with the debut of the Cboe Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF (CBOE: KNG). The Cboe Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF is the first to be...

Investors have dozens of exchange-traded funds to consider when looking for exposure to real estate investment trusts. Most of these funds use traditional cap-weighted approaches, but a new real estate ETF emphasizes another factor: location. Vident Financial introduced the U.S. Diversified Real...