It's a way to gain low-cost, very tax-efficient exposure to the market.
Index funds really deliver what they promised, and you don't necessarily get that with an active manager.
One-hundred billion is a big number but that's all it is. I don't pay much attention to bragging rights. That's not what investors are concerned about. Investors are concerned with returns.
We would be willing to talk to other fund companies that would want to use the innovation.
Earnings have been very strong for companies across the board, so it's a nice environment for the market as long as the Fed is done with their tightening.
I wouldn't say mid caps are a screaming buy, but they are somewhat attractive on a relative basis.
A lot of people are starting to realize they need to diversify more than simply holding large cap stocks. The more sophisticated investors are going for a 'total-market' concept. They're buying not just large caps, but mid caps and small caps.
It's just 30 stocks, ... It is generally positive, but overall it doesn't change the position of institutional investors or individual investors for that matter.
We don't believe this is any major result of a fear of large cap stocks. It's the idea you should have broader diversification.
We have a patent on our Vipers ETF structure that we invented,
