December 2018 was a case study for understanding how ETFs contribute to modern markets.

October set a record for U.S. bond ETF volume as investors repositioned in fast-moving markets.

BlackRock strongly supports the SEC’s ETF Rule proposal, which would help modernize the regulatory framework for ETFs.

Country ETFs are essential tools for managing risk in times of stress.

Short-term bond ETFs may offer higher return potential than your broker’s default option.

There is an ETF for each segment of the yield curve.

Lower commissions help all investors, particularly those who are new to the market.

Robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) offer potential growth for long-term investors.

BlackRock believes that factor strategies could reach $3.4 trillion in assets by 2022 from $1.9 trillion today.

Global ETF assets could more than double over the next five years as more investors recognize that they offer a rich diversity of investment exposures at low cost, along with transparency and liquidity.

Many critiques of indexing are based on the false notion that all ETF users all are monolithic, buy-and-hold investors that rely on the same market-capitalization-weighted indexes. That's not how it works.

Recent flows suggest that investors are priming for a rougher but hopeful future. Here's where the money went and why.

Heavy trading volumes did not translate into massive outflows in February’s volatile markets.

As the recent market volatility made clear, there’s a big difference between plain vanilla ETFs and leveraged products making big bets with big risks.