Finding the Right Factor ETF for Your Portfolio
Factor investing has become an increasingly sought-after method for investors to enhance a diversified portfolio. The truth is, that until recently, it…
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The Quality Factor as a Defensive Tool
When equity market volatility rises, investors thinking about getting defensive with sectors such as consumer staples, real estate and utilities. The problem…
Quality Factor Strategies Still Merit Attention
The quality factor is an important part of the investment lexicon and one that is accessible via exchange traded funds, including the…
Make a Quality Call With Strategic ETF
It may not get the attention that the growth, low volatility and value factors get, but the quality factor is a useful…
Smart Beta Investing: Right Time to Confirm Quality
Quality stocks are working this year. Confirmation of that notion comes by way of the iShares Edge MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF…
A Popular ETF Option for Investors to Tap Quality Factor
The quality factor is one of the most venerable investment factors and plenty of exchange traded funds offer investors exposure to this…
Cheaply Incorporating Factors Into a Core U.S. Equity Portfolio
By Mason Wev, CFA, CMT, Clark Capital Portfolio Manager As academic finance and factor investing have become mainstream parts of the investing…
A Factor ETF Right for the Times
Among investment factors accessible via exchange traded funds, low volatility is getting plenty of attention this year, but the quality factor is…
Smart-Beta ETF Buying Guide
Investors are increasingly adopting smart- or strategic-beta exchange traded funds as an alternative to traditional market capitalization-weighted index funds. With the multitude…
4 Types Of ETFs Being Artificially Inflated
Say what you want about Bill Gross. He’s arrogant. He’s petty. He didn’t give his colleague El-Arian enough credit. He destroyed PIMCO…
Momentum ETF Investors Should Switch Strategies In Volatile Conditions Ahead
As global growth slows and the Federal Reserve looks to hike interest rates, exchange traded funds that track the momentum strategy could…
iShares Unveils Changes to Four ETFs
BlackRock’s (NYSE: BLK) iShares unit, the world’s largest issuer of exchange traded funds, said it is changing the underlying indexes on four…
ETFs Tracking MSCI Indexes see Assets Swell to $418 Billion
MSCI (NYSE: MSCI) continues bolstering its status as one of the premier providers of indexes for use by exchange traded providers as…
Some Newer ETFs Merit Consideration
Nearly 200 exchange traded funds have debuted this year, bringing the number of U.S.-listed exchange traded products north of 1,600. It is…