Today, we’re beginning the rollout of a new Morningstar fund metric called Signal. This data point, which is now available for open-end funds and exchange-traded funds for all Morningstar Premium Members, combines information about a fund’s web traffic on Morningstar.com with measurements based on the Morningstar Analyst Rating and, to expand the coverage universe, the Morningstar Quantitative Rating. These forward-looking ratings are used as an indication of an investment s quality.
This offers you a new way to evaluate the level of interest in an investment among your peers, placed in the context of Morningstar s rigorous framework for rating these investments.