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![ETF Assets Grow to Record High Despite Market Drop](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/abstract-tech-Intro-Image-900x350.png)
Total assets in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and similar products broke a new record in 2018 in spite of falling equity markets, as investors turned to a growing range of offerings.
![Volatility – An Investable Asset Class](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/abstract-finance-intro-image-3_small-900x350.jpg)
Ever since the onset of the financial crisis in 2008, volatility has become a critical aspect for investors to consider in their portfolios.
![December Brings Abrupt Halt to Rally](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/abstract-finance-intro-image-2-900x350.png)
The years-long equity bull market abruptly came to a near-end in December as concerns about a global economic slowdown and trade disruptions built up.
![‘Cities of Tomorrow’ Index Launches Multi-Strategy Approach](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/city-intro-image-3-900x350.png)
A new STOXX index combines a thematic approach with responsible criteria and low-volatility/high-dividend screens, highlighting the versatility of passive investing.
![2019 Market Outlook II – Dollar Down, Risk Up?](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/20180112_As-the-US-Market-Gyrates-Not-All-Sectors-Suffer-Equally-900x307.jpg)
Bank of America Merrill Lynch is among brokers saying the euro will likely recoup its losses against the dollar in 2019,1 as the Federal Reserve slows down the pace of tightening and the European Central Bank (ECB) gradually removes monetary support.
![2019 Market Outlook I – Dampened Spirits](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cargo-shipping-Intro-Image-3-900x350.jpg)
Equity investors hoping to recoup last year’s losses may be in for a long wait, if annual forecasts from strategists – already jarred by December’s market sell-off – are anything to go by.
![Tobacco and Coal Exit More Portfolios](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/factory-intro-image-900x350.png)
More asset owners and managers joined the ranks of those divesting from tobacco and coal-related stocks in the year that ends, cementing a trend that is likely to intensify in coming years.
![2018 Market Review – Bull Turns Tail](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/deutsche-boerse-intro-image-900x350.png)
After starting the year on a positive note, equity markets were rattled by economic and political concerns as 2018 unfolded, with all but one of the 46 broad national indices tracked by STOXX now set to post an annual loss.
![Thematic Investing: Digital Security](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/abstract-tech-intro-image-5-900x350.png)
Doxing, hacking, bugging, phishing. The world of digital communications has opened up a long list of modern threats, and companies are reacting to fend them off.
![Fintech Index: Q&A with Sumitomo Mitsui AM](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/abstract-tech-intro-image-4-900x350.jpg)
Last October, STOXX Ltd. licensed the STOXX® Global Fintech Index to Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management as an underlying for an investment fund.
![Late Rally Helps Stocks Rebound in November](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/abstract-finance-intro-image-900x350.png)
Equity markets rebounded in November from heavy losses a month earlier, led by emerging-market and US indices. European stocks dropped.
![What’s Behind the Edge in Equal-Weight Strategies?](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/abstract-finance-intro-image-3_small-900x350.jpg)
The launch of the DAX® Equal Weight Index this month presents a good opportunity to review the virtues of an equal-weight equity strategy.