In the first quarter of 2021, companies were 14 times more likely to have positively raised or initiated a dividend than negatively cut or suspended dividend payments. This was nearly triple the ratio from a year earlier.

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With its current level of assets, GBTC would rank among the 30 largest U.S. ETFs and as the second-largest commodity ETF behind State Street’s SPDR Gold Shares fund (GLD), which has about $57 billion.

In this week’s fund news, Morningstar points to lax risk controls and personnel issues at Ark, CFRA acquires technical research shop Lowry, and Goldman will soon bring cryptos to private wealth clients.

Just this year, Dimensional ETFs have attracted $607 million in inflows, with the Dimensional US Core Equity Market ETF (DFAU) taking in more than half of that haul.

Combating climate change and boosting green energy is a key aspect of Biden’s plan, with $174 billion in proposed funding for electric vehicles and a 10-year extension for tax credits that have aided wind, solar and other renewable-energy projects.

The actively managed ARK Space Exploration ETF (ARKX) tracks U.S. and global companies engaged in space exploration and innovation

Guinness Atkinson Funds announced it had converted two of its mutual funds into the SmartETFs Dividend Builder (DIVS) and SmartETFs Asia Pacific Dividend Builder (ADIV).