John Waggoner
Three firms are telling clients that despite oil's rout, it remains a good long-term play.
Broker-sold fund companies lag since new regulation released.
Mutual fund giants bank on low-cost index funds, robos to prosper in wake of the Labor Department's regulation.
Regulators concerned about systematic risk in a market rout.
Recent SEC filing by the fund giant hints at new funds in the works.
Many advisers are putting investors into low-cost ETFs and simply dumping most of their clients' actively managed funds.
High valuations, low interest rates spell lower annual returns of 5% or less; timber seen as best bet
The inflow was the most since January 2013, thanks to the market's extreme volatility during 2016's start.
In-kind redemptions rare but legal.
The mutual fund industry offers about 8,000 mutual funds, spread among about 24,000 share classes, but some fund companies offer many, many more share classes. Experts say it may be a marketing tool for fund firms.
