Five years on since the arrival of the ETF rule, ETFs have made huge leaps and strides. Increasingly competitive with mutual funds thanks to their tax efficiency, flexibility, transparency, and tradability, ETFs are worth considering.
U.S. investors have many different ETF options available to them, with the number of strategies growing almost daily. ETFs provide a wide variety of themes and exposures, which could prove particularly helpful right now given how expensive U.S. tech is.
Where to next for ETF investors? As the second half of the year gets started in earnest, investors have plenty of ETF options to consider.
Avantis International Equity ETF is a non-US fund that excludes US markets and seeks long-term capital appreciation. The AVDE fund has a globally diverse range of companies in developed markets and uses a blend of active management and indexing strategies. AVDE has outperformed passive international funds, but its performance may be influenced by the drag of emerging markets on other funds.