Todd Rosenbluth

For many, the statistics surrounding autism aren’t just numbers on a page — they are lived experiences. I am one of those people; I have an extended family member on the spectrum, and I’ve seen how people have slowly begun to better understand and support the neurodivergent community.

While some investment themes have struggled to maintain their trajectory, the space economy

While the S&P 500 has recovered from late-March lows, the low single-digit gains in 2026 for the broader market have left some investors seeking alternatives. Growth stocks have lagged some value-oriented names, particularly those offering compellingly high dividends. While dividend-focused ETF investors have multiple choices with $1 billion or more in assets, there are key structural distinctions between popular high dividend products that impact performance.

During the VettaFi Asset Allocation Summit in April, advisors told VettaFi about their strong interest in thematic ETFs. More than a third (35%) of attendee respondents said they expect to add to thematic ETFs in the next three months. That’s more advisors than those that selected fixed income (31%) or commodity ETFs (27%).

While the ETF leaderboard continues to be dominated by S&P 500 index-based products, there are many other success stories that are likely being missed.

In my former life as a mutual fund analyst, T. Rowe Price was always a staple of my research. Back then, the focus was on their fundamentally focused active mutual fund lineup. However, in the last 15 years, the investment world — and my own research focus — has moved toward ETFs. I watched with strong interest as this Baltimore-based firm brought its active management expertise into the ETF world in 2020.

After a more volatile first quarter, the second quarter of 2026 has been a period where growth has been rewarded. Yet some advisors remain cautiously optimistic and are looking to lean on companies with stronger financial profiles. While many are familiar with established benchmarks like the Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF (SPHQ), 2026 has seen a shift toward strategies that pair that high-quality core with a specific growth tilt.

The pace of innovation in the ETF industry is hitting breakneck speeds. We have already seen more than 450 new launches in 2026, part of a massive wave of fresh products testing the waters. While $1 billion-plus blockbusters like the ProShares GENIUS Money Market ETF (IQMM) and the Roundhill Memory ETF (DRAM) have

The iShares Global Government Bond USD Hedged Active ETF (GGOV) experienced an unexpected trading surge on Thursday, May 28, with volume exploding to more than 40 million shares. GGOV launched in late June 2025, recently held just $45 million in assets, and averaged less than 1,000 shares a day in the past month. Following this massive volume, TMX VettaFi expects GGOV to soon reflect over $2 billion in inflows once the official asset accounting clears. This sudden shift is the result of BlackRock’s latest target allocation model portfolio changes.

Active ETFs continue to experience explosive industry growth, and Fidelity is positioning itself as a leader. Fidelity has been long known for its fundamental stock-picking based active strategies, built on a rich heritage of deep company research. However, investors who are traditionally hesitant to step away from indexing are now finding a compelling middle ground in the firm’s expanding systematic lineup.