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Bryan Armour
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Director of ETF & passive strategies research at Morningstar.

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$VOO is on pace to shatter every ETF flows record this year. Only 3 ETFs ($VOO, $SPY, and $IVV) have brought in over $50B in a year.

It's good to see cheap versions of popular ETFs in the top 10 by inflows: $SPLG and $QQQM. Long-term investors will benefit from the cost savings.
May 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Morningstar's 2024 US Fund Fee Study is live!

We estimate that investors saved $5.9 billion in fund expenses last year compared to 2023.

My colleague, Zachary Evens, analyzed the fee trends shaping the fund industry and explains what they mean for investors.

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May 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Semiliquid vehicles like interval funds have exploded in popularity, but investors and advisors have lacked the right tools to evaluate them.

We’re proud to announce we're extending our Medalist Rating to cover these vehicles, helping investors make sense of the options.
May 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Diversifying your portfolio is critical as risks grow for US stocks. In this article, I look at some ways to hedge the risk of stocks and how you can construct a resilient portfolio.

Check out the link for more!

https://www.morningstar.com/funds/how-etf-diversifiers-performed-during-market-turmoil
April 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
US ETFs brought in $18 billion as markets sold off from April 3-7.

$SPY and $VOO were the main beneficiaries, while bond investors rotated out of credit risk into Treasuries and ultrashort bond ETFs.

http://spr.ly/63327FLUPf
April 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Investors should avoid single stock ETFs like the plague.

Leverage resets daily, so the ETF buys more when prices go up and sells when they go down. This is known as volatility decay. More vol = faster decay. Over its short lifetime, $TSLL has lost 55% while $TSLA has lost 4%.
April 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM