FYI: As was the case in previous years, hundreds of new exchange traded funds debuted in 2018. A common theme among new ETFs, regardless of the year in which they launch, is that it often takes a while for investors to devote assets to them.
Finding winners among new ETFs from an asset-gathering standpoint is usually easy, but the reasons for that success often varies among infant ETFs.
The John Hancock Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF JHEM, +0.52% is among the more surprising ETFs to come to market this year. JHEM, which debuted in late September, had nearly $283 million in assets under management as of Wednesday, Dec. 26.
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Ted
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/a-pleasant-surprise-among-new-etfs-2018-12-28-13463611/printM* Snapshot JHEM:
https://www.morningstar.com/etfs/ARCX/JHEM/quote.html
