Webcast: Valuations Matter: The Time for Multi-Factor is Now
Overview

Title: Valuations Matter: The Time for Multi-Factor is Now

Date: Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Time: 02:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time

Duration: 1 hour



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Summary

How can equity investors address the triple threat of a low return environment, scarcity of alpha and the tendency to chase performance? All of these challenges have many investors evolving their approach, utilizing smart beta strategies as an alternative to traditional active and passive.  While this creates opportunity, the disparate array of smart beta, and factor-based products, can create confusion and risk for investors.  Please join us for a discussion on a compelling solution: the PIMCO RAFI Dynamic Multi-Factor ETFs.  These innovative strategies combine diversified exposure to multiple equity factors with a thoughtful dynamic weighting process that aims to improve excess return potential.

Join Tom Lydon, Editor and Publisher of ETF Trends, as he moderates this discussion on:

  • Current equity market environment and the equity investor’s dilemma
  • Trend chasing and the risks of smart beta and factor investing
  • The benefits of a dynamic approach to factor weightings
  • The RAFI Dynamic Multi-Factor methodology
  • How advisors can utilize a multi-factor approach to diversify an investment portfolio

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Rob Arnott
Chairman and CEO
Research Affiliates
Andy Pyne
Equity Strategies
PIMCO
Tom Lydon
Editor and Publisher
ETF Trends

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