First Trust Revamps Old Strategy into Dynamic ‘People’s’ ETF
First Trust has overhauled an old CBOE Volatility Index-related exchange traded fund and changed the ETF to adopt a Dorsey Wright methodology…
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A Closer Look at Two New Volatility-Hedged ETFs
Exchange traded funds offer investors the opportunity to diversify and hedge against market volatility with varying asset classes or even allow investors…
Three Types of Low-Volatility ETFs
The string of financial crises in recent years has been etched on the market’s psyche. As a way to mitigate oscillations in…
PowerShares Readies ‘Downside Hedged’ ETF
In response to the growing demand for strategies that mitigate risk and volatility, Invesco PowerShares will launch a new actively managed exchange…
Fear Factor: An ETF to Hedge ‘Black Swan’ Events
Institutional investors worried about the U.S. fiscal cliff and the European debt crisis think a so-called tail risk event is a very…
New ‘Tail Hedge’ ETF Hunts Black Swans
ETFs designed to provide jittery investors with a hedge to protect against market sell-offs have been popular, and the business is rolling…