Nick Peters-Golden

As investor interest in income ETFs continues to surge, asset managers have increasingly innovated to meet the demand. The market has expanded beyond traditional bond-focused offerings to include a variety of derivative and call option strategies. Among them, the

Sector ETFs have long been a part of the overall ETF ecosystem. The ETF’s transparency, flexibility, and tax efficiency have made it a vehicle for all sorts of sector strategies. However, they haven’t always delivered. Adding active management may unlock the sector ETF’s potential, as displayed in funds like the T. Rowe Price Health Care ETF (TMED).

The ETF landscape grows every day, with new active and passive strategies available for investors to use. Those funds range from core allocations to bespoke, thematic offerings. How, then, should investors parse that pool of strategies? Milestones help funds stand out, like the active finance ETF, the Fidelity Disruptive Finance ETF (FDFF).

The Russell 2000 closed at a new record high Friday amid continued upwards momentum for several market indexes. That index, with its focus on small-caps, could prove an intriguing source of investing opportunities, given the right approach. These three small-cap ETFs offer useful tools to invest in the space amid success for the noted small cap index.

While it doesn’t necessarily dominate the headlines as much as it has in past years, crypto remains an area of significant interest and opportunity. Spot ETPs are available now for investors to better triangulate their exposures, but how should advisors meet investor interest in crypto assets? The T. Rowe Price Active Crypto ETF (TKNZ) provides a one-stop crypto exchange-traded solution by combining multiple tokens in one active wrapper.

Tech ETF investing has come a long way from the days of tech sector mutual funds in the early aughts. The ETF wrapper’s flexibility, transparency, and tradability have made it a great tool for asset managers innovating and improving on the tech fund template. The active

As the situation with the Yen carry trade continues to loom, investors may be closely watching their fixed income holdings. American Century Investments Head of Corporate Credit Jason Greenblath discussed the Yen’s impact as well as the shifting yield curve and how the firm is positioning its corporate bonds for that outlook in a recent conversation.

The ETF landscape includes a growing roster of actively managed strategies that can invigorate portfolios. This particularly includes the fixed income space, where the active ETF wrapper can offer some major benefits compared to index-tracking passive bond funds. The

U.S. investors are facing quite a bit of concentration risk, even as markets seem to be broadening. Entering 2026, prior to all the geopolitical volatility, investors were clamoring for ex-U.S. equities. Now, despite that continued volatility, international stocks can still appeal. Looking longer term, however, emerging markets may actually be the more intriguing route, via funds like the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta Emerging Markets Equity ETF (GEM).

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s announcement that the Treasury could use $1 trillion of Treasury General Account money to fund bond buybacks is the latest indication of a darkening outlook for the U.S. dollar. As yields rise and the debt climbs amid the ongoing Strait of Hormuz conflict, the dollar appears more and more precarious. This landscape may invite greater consideration of gold ETFs like the