Reconfigure Healthcare Exposure With Smart Beta ETFs
The equal-weight methodology is one of the oldest iterations of alternative indexing and can even be considered a forefather of smart beta.…
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Health Care ETFs Can Still Strengthen on Increased M&A Activity
While the health industry has underperformed so far this year, health care stocks and sector-related exchange traded funds can gain momentum on…
Cap-Weighted ETFs are Trumping Equal-Weight Rivals This Year
Long heralded as advantageous due to their ability to mitigate single-stock risk, equal-weight exchange traded funds are trailing their cap-weighted rivals this…
Cheap and Expensive Sector ETFs
The markets have been through a bumpier ride this year, with an uneven performance between sectors and related exchange traded funds. Consequently,…
A Prognosis on the Equal-Weight Health Care ETF
The Guggenheim S&P Equal Weight Healthcare ETF (NYSEArca: RYH) was one of 2014’s top-performing health care exchange traded funds with a gain…
The Dominance of Health Care ETFs in One Chart
Stellar performances by health care stocks and exchange traded funds this year have been well-document and plenty of investors know that the…
Biotech Underweight not a Problem for This Health Care ETF
Although U.S. stocks surged last week, the number of exchange traded funds making new all-time highs late in the week was small.…
Defensive Health Care ETFs Offer Growth, Too
Traditionally defensive health care stocks and sector exchange traded funds also tap into a new group of growth investment plays. Some of…
Equal-Weight Works With Health Care ETFs
Well-documented has been the ongoing ascent of health care ETFs. The Health Care Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLV), the largest health care…
Investors Still Writing Prescriptions for Health Care ETFs
The Health Care Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLV), the largest health care exchange traded fund by assets, is up 9.7% this year,…
Equal Weight ETFs for Everyone
Last year, investors flocked to sector exchange traded funds with $35 billion flowing into such funds, bringing the total assets under management…
Guggenheim to Lower Fees on Equal-Weight Sector ETFs
Guggenheim, the eighth-largest U.S. ETF issuer, plans to lower fees on its nine equal-weight sector ETFs, according to a regulatory filing. “At…
Rydex|SGI ETFs Get Guggenheim Makeover
Guggenheim Investments is finalizing its acquisition of Rydex|SGI as the fund provider rebrands the legacy Rydex|SGI ETF line with its own moniker.…
ETF Spotlight: Equal-Weight S&P 500
Much has been made of the “lost decade” in stocks with the S&P 500 suffering a pair of major sell-offs in the…