"If you had invested $400,000 in UVXY when it was first introduced (several years ago) you would have less than $100 today," Blotnick says. Despite those examples, ETFs generally have very small ...

Tracking error, the amount by which an ETF's returns deviate from its benchmark index, is a fact of life and an often ignored fact at that. In some instances, a high ...

There’s a fading but lingering misconception that socially responsible investing (SRI) means sacrificing returns against a benchmark. When evaluating the pros and cons of responsible investing, ...

Two friends met over coffee and were discussing passive investment products such as index funds and ETFs. Arpit: Hey! Markets have corrected in recent times which gives me an opportunity to buy at ...

A passive fund or an exchange traded fund (ETF) attempts to perfectly mimic an index. However, their returns don’t perfectly trail the respective index. Tracking ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Tracking error in equity ETFs is not a significant problem, except in ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Standard measures of tracking error for exchange traded funds can provide an ...

Tracking error, the amount by which an ETF’s returns deviate from its benchmark index, is a fact of life and an often ignored fact at that. In some instances, a ...

Investors who study their index funds closely eventually learn of tracking error – the difference between the fund's performance and that of the underlying index it ...