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Best and Worst Performing ETFs in February

Cryptcurrency ETFs dominate the top 20 this month, but there is also space for rhodium and oil. Meanwhile gold and mining stocks struggled, along with alternative energy trackers

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How to Invest in Gender Diversity

The Morningstar Women's Empowerment Index tracks companies scoring well on gender diversity and equal pay. Does that also lead to financial returns? 

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Is Liquidity a Problem for ARK?

Unprecendented success at the ARK ETFs has seen inflows swell. How can ETFs manage capacity concerns, asks Morningstar's Ben Johnson?

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Could Investors Have Avoided the 2020 Dividend Disaster?

Income investors had a torrid time in 2020, but high-quality, financially healthy companies were the most likely to sustain payouts

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Best and Worst Performing ETFs in March

Cryptocurrency ETFs dominate the performers list (again), while those focused on nickel, silver and Turkey lagged in March

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Best and Worst Performing ETFs in April

Cryptocurrency funds once again dominate the top 20, but there is also space for soft commodities and palladium

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Best and Worst Performing ETFs in May

Gold price and mining stocks have made a comeback, while crypto funds have struggled after more tweets from Elon Musk and a warning from the People's Bank of China 

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Tracker Funds Have Too Much Voting Power

Criticisms about index funds have proven largely unfounded - until now

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The End of Globalisation? Not for Investors

Do national lockdowns and bans on overseas travel mean the end of globalisation? Not for investment portfolios

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Best and Worst Performing ETFs in June

Natural gas and crude oil dominate the top performers' list. On the other hand, cryptos ETPs and gold struggled

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Best and Worst Performing ETFs in September

The energy sector dominated the top performers' list, but cryptos and precious metals ETPs, struggled

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Crypto ETFs Sweep the Board in October

Our monthly round-up of the best and worst performing European exchange-traded products reveals another good month for cryptocurrency ETFs

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Carbon and Coffee ETFs on Top in November

Our monthly round-up of the best and worst performing European exchange-traded products 

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ETF Round-up: Gas Fires, Crypto Crumbles

Energy ETFs continue their strong run, while the cryptocurrency sell-off brings many of these funds down to earth

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We've Downgraded ARK, Here's Why

Invest at your own risk

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ETF March Round-up: Crypto and Nickel on Top

A short squeeze on nickel has pushed ETFs exposed to the industrial metal into the big league, whereas retail and China funds have languished

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ETF April Round-up: Natural Gas Funds Dominate

Energy and agricultural commodities topped the performers' list last month, while cryptocurrencies and digital assets suffered

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Best and Worst Performing ETFs in May

Energy, including solar, topped the performers' list last month, while overall cryptocurrencies and digital assets continued to suffer, following Terra drama

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Best and Worst Performing ETFs in June

JUNE 2022 update: China funds were back at the top of the leaderboard, but crypto funds fell sharply

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These Large-Cap UK Equity ETFs Are Holding Up in The Chaos

18 months after Brexit and days following Boris Johnson's resignation, we compare a range of UK large-cap equity trackers available to European investors

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