John Waggoner
Advisers are driving demand because they are under pressure from their clients to reduce fees.
Most say it will be tame; but predicting it is 'murderously hard.'
Several sectors gain investing thumbs up from five stock market experts.
Such stock funds are looking up, given tax reform and investor worries about an overheated market.
Analysts predict increases for dividend funds and ETFs.
BlackRock and Schwab saw big inflows, and more growth throughout the industry is expected in 2018.
Well-known funds were tops in their categories, but unloved on Wall Street.
Less risky, balanced portfolios will underperform market indexes, even though they are in clients' best interests.
Several crushed the S&P 500, but still saw investors yank billions from their funds.
Tech stocks work wonders for some religious mutual funds
