Jack Bogle may have envisioned a world of rock-bottom fees and sleepy index funds — but the ETF market in 2025 looks more like a speculative arcade than a cost-cutting utopia.

Next-Gen ETFs Buck Vanguard Effect With Fees Near Decade Highs. Average fee for new funds is among highest in decades: BI; Growth of low-cost passive ushered in expensive, niche funds ...

BUCK has collected $117m in just over one year's time. The managers charge investors 35bps in fees, reasonable but not great in today's world, even for an actively managed ETF. The TTM yield is ...

That New Charge on Your Bill? Call It a ‘This Tariff Isn’t Our Fault’ Fee. ... with levies totaling 145% since January—while passing the buck to President Trump.

The average fee of an exchange-traded fund launched in 2024 is 61 basis points, one of the highest averages in data going back to 2010, according to a Bloomberg Intelligence analysis.