An ETF With Stealthy Rising Rates Advantages
When it comes to exchange traded funds adhering to methodologies involving beta or volatility, it is the low volatility or minimum beta…
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High Beta ETF Confirms Increased Risk Appetite
The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average are flirting with all-time highs. Major small-cap benchmarks, such as the Russell 2000 and…
Have it Both Ways With Volatility ETFs
Many investors have embraced low volatility exchange traded funds. Case and point: The PowerShares S&P 500 Low Volatility Portfolio (NYSEArca: SPLV) is…
An EM ETF for Risk-Tolerant Investors
To this point in Thursday’s trading session, over 15 emerging markets exchange traded funds have made new 52-week highs, confirming that after…
ETF Chart of the Day: Hop for High Beta
In 2011, PowerShares launched both SPLV (PowerShares S&P 500 Low Volatility Portfolio, Expense Ratio 0.25%) and SPHB (PowerShares S&P 500 High Beta…
The Other Side of Volatility ETFs
When it comes to equity-based volatility exchange traded funds, it is the “low vol” variety that command most of the attention and…
Winning: High Beta ETFs
Investors still like low volatility exchange traded funds. Combine inflows of about $1.52 billion this year to the iShares MSCI USA Minimum…