##  [# Friday Hot Reads: These ETFs Might Make Your New Year Happy](/sections/news/friday-hot-reads-these-etfs-might-make-your-new-year-happy) 

 

# Friday Hot Reads: These ETFs Might Make Your New Year Happy

 

 

 Stock returns touted by marketers may not be what they seem.



 

 

 

 

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Here's what we're reading this morning:

[**These ETFs Could Make Your 2017 A Happy New Year**](https://www.marketwatch.com/story/these-etfs-could-make-your-2017-a-happy-new-year-2016-12-30?mod=markets_twitter_new&link=sfmw_tw) (MarketWatch)  
Picks include calls on the banking sector, emerging markets, and defined-maturity bonds.

[**Investors Flipping From Mutual Funds To ETFs**](https://www.marketwatch.com/story/heres-more-proof-investors-are-flipping-from-mutual-funds-to-etfs-2016-12-28) (MarketWatch)

Outflows from equity mutual funds continue at a brisk pace, while investors buy into equity ETFs.

[**6 ETF Ideas Most Favored By Issuers In 2016**](https://www.zacks.com/stock/news/243924/6-etf-ideas-most-favored-by-issuers-in-2016) (Zacks)  
Dividend, low-vol, ESG, and multi-factor ETFs were some of the key ETF themes that issuers focused on this year.

[**The 3 Best Vanguard ETFs to Buy Now**](https://investorplace.com/2016/12/3-best-vanguard-etfs-to-buy-bndx-vig-voe/) (InvestorPlace)  
Vanguard ETFs offer more than just cheap expenses.

[**The 3 Best Fidelity ETFs to Buy**](https://investorplace.com/2016/12/3-best-fidelity-etfs-fdlo-fdvv-fqal/) (InvestorPlace)  
With its lineup growing, here are some of the best Fidelity ETFs to consider

[**Nymex Trading Pits Shut Down**](https://www.wsj.com/articles/nymex-trading-pits-shut-down-marking-end-of-an-era-1483030301) (WSJ)  
Decision by parent CME to close Nymex’s open-outcry trading floor is latest step in inexorable shift toward electronic trading.

[**Stock Returns May Not Be What They Seem**](https://beta.morningstar.com/articles/786900/stock-returns-may-not-be-what-they-seem.html) (Morningstar)  
Investment returns are frequently misstated by marketers. Buyers, very much beware.

[**The Year's Top Stock Picker Didn't Follow the News**](https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-12-29/the-year-s-top-stock-picker-didn-t-follow-the-news) (Bloomberg)  
The No. 1 U.S. stock picker of 2016 paid scant professional attention to the biggest event of the year.

[**Stock Buybacks Slowed In Q3**](https://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/29/companies-are-taking-away-buybacks-a-major-driver-of-the-bull-market.html) (CNBC)  
Corporations purchased $112 billion of their own shares in the third quarter, down 25.5% from a year ago.





 

 

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