Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) Content

2020 Academic and Practitioner Symposium on Mutual Funds and ETFs Paul Schott Stevens President and CEO Investment Company Institute February 21, 2020 University of Virginia Darden School of Business Arlington, VA As prepared for delivery. Good morning, and welcome. ICI is pleased to...

Eggs play a starring role in diversification’s ubiquitous analogy—one we used in the Investing Road Trip©—and for good reason. If you drop a basket holding all your eggs, you’ll be out a lot of eggs. Spreading your eggs across several baskets is a good defense against the risks of...

Two of the most common investments are stocks and bonds. Chances are if you own a portfolio of investments, those two types of assets make up a significant part—or perhaps all—of it. For those who want to start investing, it’s essential to understand these common portfolio building...

You invest with the hope of earning a return on your investment. That opportunity invariably involves risk, including the possibility of losing some or all of the money you invested. Understanding these risks is an essential step toward successful investing. The second installment of...

With the industry's interests bound ever more tightly to global trends, ICI pursues an active international agenda through its international arm, ICI Global. ICI’s international work in 2019 was a period of vigorous effort on a host of issues....

This month, the ICI Education Foundation celebrates 30 years of developing, delivering, and promoting investor education. As part of our yearlong celebration, we will be sharing an ICI Viewpoints post each month that explains a basic concept of investing, drawn from the ICI Education...

ICI Explains ETFs and the Markets Millions of people depend on the markets to help them save toward financial goals, so it’s unsurprising that market volatility is unsettling. Though analysts often point to ETFs as one of the culprits, ETFs actually drive very little of that...

For tens of millions of Americans, mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are the most convenient, cost-effective, transparent, and well-regulated tools available to meet their important financial goals. Both investment vehicles are governed by the Investment Company Act of...

ICI Praises the SEC for Modernizing and Streamlining ETF Regulatory Framework Washington, DC; September 26, 2019— Investment Company Institute (ICI) President and CEO Paul Schott Stevens issued the following statement after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a new...