How low volatility, gold and marijuana strategies compared to the S&P 500 Index.

Precious metals had a great time during an otherwise bleak month for commodity ETFs.

August was unforgiving for sector ETFs, with far more funds in negative territory.

In a grim month, only two country ETFs saw positive returns.

Avantis follows up its debut with four more funds.

Nuveen launches a first-of-its-kind fund.

Firm adding muni dimension to its BulletShares lineup.

Columbia Threadneedle launches two funds that combine its active management research with a traditional cap-weighted approach.

Newcomer Avantis focuses on factors in emerging markets in its first fund.