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Despite the ETF industry's passive roots, active has stolen the show. Active ETF assets just topped the $1 trillion threshold, making up nearly 10% of the total ETF pie.

The Avantis lineup of actively managed ETFs has had a strong first quarter of 2025. The five-most-popular funds to start the year pulled in $3.7 billion.

With rising recession and economic slowdown concerns, value investing stands out as an attractive strategy. Look at ETFs to simplify the implementation of the strategy.

While markets are flailing in response to the will-they/won't-they dance around tariffs, not all funds have struggled. Indeed, some ETFs have picked up serious inflows despite a climate of fear around...