Click here to read Astoria’s Investment Committee Quarterly Report YTD and historical performance of Astoria’s dynamic ETF managed portfolios Historical perspective on the growth vs. value spread. This is a key reason why we diversify across factors. Some election commentary. Astoria believes that the Economic and Earnings Cycles are more important than the Presidential Cycle [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Broadly speaking, actively managed exchange traded funds carry higher fees than their passively managed counterparts. While fees aren’t the sole determinant of investor outcomes, advisors and investors typically gravitate toward cost-effective products. However, there are other ways for issuers to lower investors, namely eliminating trading commissions, which can provide a significant boost to investors of [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Sage Advisory has put together this infographic that looks at how U.S. sustainable mutual funds and ETFs have changed over the past decade. Read more at ETFtrends.com.
There’s been significant chatter about cyclical stocks making a comeback if Democratic nominee Joe Biden claims the presidency on Tuesday, a scenario that could bode well for the value factor. Investors can play that theme with the FlexShares Morningstar U.S. Market Factor Tilt Index Fund (NYSEArca: TILT). TILT is a compelling way for investors to [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
The coronavirus pandemic is driving increased adoption of e-commerce and as the Emerging Markets Internet & Ecommerce ETF (NYSEArca: EMQQ) proves, that theme is not confined to the U.S. EMQQ includes access to EM companies related to online retailers or the quickly expanding e-commerce industry. To be included within the ETF’s underlying index, companies must [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Emerging markets assets are receiving renewed attention as Election Day looms. A victory by former Vice President Joe Biden on Election Day could lift emerging markets assets because it’s expected his tone toward China – the largest developing economy – will be far less bellicose than President Trump’s has been. The ALPS Emerging Sector Dogs [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Plenty of exchange traded funds offer exposure to growth stocks, but few do so with the visionary style of the Entrepreneur 30 Fund (NYSEArca: ENTR). The Entrepreneur 30 Fund tries to reflect the performance of the Entrepreneur 30 Index, which is comprised of 30 U.S. companies with the highest market capitalizations and composite scores based [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
The quality factor is persistent and has proved as much over the course of 2020. Investor can tap into these benefits with the Principal Quality ETF (NasdaqGM: PSET). PSET tries to reflect the performance of the Nasdaq U.S. Price Setters Index, which takes mid- and large-cap U.S. companies from the Nasdaq U.S. Large Mid Cap Index [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Advisors looking for a strategic solution for exposure to international equities have an array of ideas to consider, but one of the more compelling options is the First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF (NasdaqGM: IFV). IFV is the international answer to the highly popular First Trust Dorsey Wright Focus 5 ETF (NasdaqGM: FV). [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Stocks continued to struggle on Friday, making inverse ETFs a solid play recently, as investors digested a challenging week of trading that included a spike in coronavirus cases globally, a breakdown in fiscal stimulus talks, and a contentious upcoming presidential election. With new coronavirus cases reaching an all-time high this week in the U.S., according to [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
By Justin Spittler The biggest presidential election of our lifetimes is just around the corner. And if you watch cable news, you may feel like the fate of everything hangs in the balance, from our environment to our economy to our health. But as I’ll show you today, the election has almost zero impact on my stock picking [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
By Natalia Gurushina, Chief Economist, Emerging Markets Fixed Income Strategy, VanEck China’s 5th Plenum reinforced the message of self-reliance and higher quality of growth. Brazil kept its policy rate at the historic low – the fiscal outlook remains a main risk going forward. The 5th Plenum of China’s Communist Party reinforced the message of self-reliance (especially technological self-sufficiency) and higher [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
By Salvatore J. Bruno, Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director, IndexIQ Hard as it may be to believe, the election season won’t last forever. No matter who wins the world will go on. But as we close in on Election Day, it’s worth a quick look back at how markets have typically performed during these periods. One [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
By Eric Legunn, CFA, DWS Previously, I wrote a blog to help investors better understand the quality factor. As shown below, year-to-date the Russell 1000 Quality Factor Total Return Index has outperformed not only the Russell 1000 Total Return Index, but also the Russell 1000 Value, Size, Volatility and Momentum Factor Total Return Indexes. This is [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
By Seema Shah, Chief Strategist, Principal Global Investors This year, the hits have come hard and fast, with the global pandemic wreaking economic devastation and seemingly changing life as we know it. Fear and anxiety have become a permanent companion to many of us as we try to navigate our daily lives under the threat of [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.