Holdings in gold-backed exchange-traded funds surged by 55 tons in the previous three days, or 1.8 million ounces, accounting for almost a third of year-to-date inflows.
Thirty years ago on March 9, a small group of bankers and stock exchange employees listed the world’s first exchange-traded fund in Canada’s financial capital -- three years before America’s first and more famous equivalent made its debut.
It's times like these that test investors' resolve—and why alternative strategies were created. So how did alts do over the last week of February as the broader markets were getting their teeth kicked in?