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6 days ago | etf.com | Sumit Roy

The iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (EWY) has quietly been one of 2025’s biggest comeback stories. Up nearly 35% year to date, the fund is far outpacing the U.S. market, where the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) has gained only about 2%. Even compared to international peers, EWY is leading the pack. The Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF (VXUS) is up a solid 14%, but South Korea has been the standout. Of course, some of that outperformance comes from just how badly the fund did last year.

6 days ago | etf.com | Ron Day

The Vanguard Group is dividing its multi-trillion dollar lineup of ETFs and mutual funds—which includes the world’s largest ETF, the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)—between a pair of investment advisor teams for the first time, as asset managers encounter an investing landscape reshaped by technology and the demand for fresh products.

6 days ago | etf.com | Mallika Mitra

Model portfolios allow financial advisors to spend less time on portfolio management and more on creating and maintaining a strong full financial picture for their clients—and more commonly, advisors are using active exchange-traded funds to do it. Assets in third-party model portfolios hit more than $645 billion at the end of March, a whopping 62% increase from June 2023, according to Morningstar’s latest report on the landscape of model portfolios.

1 week ago | etf.com | Sumit Roy

Stocks didn’t move much Wednesday after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged, keeping the benchmark federal funds rate in its 4.25% to 4.5% range. That’s where the rate has stood since the Fed’s last cut in December. The decision was widely expected. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was last trading fractionally higher on the day, hovering near the same levels as before the rate announcement.

1 week ago | etf.com | Ron Day

Cathie Wood’s $6.2 billion ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) has been the poster child for the superstar-run fund that’s been trying to regain its footing after a stunning tumble. The technology fund known for its bets on Tesla Inc. (TSLA) rose tenfold between February 2016 and February 2021, then lost nearly three-quarters of its value in the following two years as some of its high-risk investments failed to deliver.