ETFs (for Exchanged Traded Funds), also called trackers, have become essential for stock market investors. They are also for those wishing to favor companies with best practices in environmental, social and governance (ESG) The assets under management of some 1,500 ESG ETFs now exceed the symbolic threshold of 1,200 billion dollars globally.
Unlike active funds, ETFs simply replicate as faithfully as possible the evolution of a stock market index, up or down, whatever its asset class.