Smart beta strategy blends passive and active investing, focusing on volatility, quality, and value factors. Learn how it ...
FTXL offers exposure to 34 semiconductor stocks, emphasizing gross income, ROA, cash flow, and momentum. Learn more about ...
The Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares (VIGI) made its debut on 03/03/2016, and is a smart beta exchange traded fund that provides broad exposure t ...
The State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF (SPYD) was launched on 10/21/2015, and is a smart beta exchange traded fund designed to offer broad exposure to the Style Box - Large Cap ...
March was a rough month for smart beta exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as assets under management for alternatively weighted ETFs declined 0.96% on a global basis, but smart beta funds still represent a ...
Beware of the backtests, especially in smart beta indexes. In recently reported analysis, Newport Beach, Calif.-based Research Affiliates found that smart beta index backtesting tends to find superior ...
San Antonio, TX, Dec. 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- U.S. Global Investors, Inc. (GROW) (NASDAQ: GROW) (the "Company"), a registered investment advisory firm with longstanding experience in global ...
While smart beta is the hottest thing in the exchange-traded fund world, bond portfolios have yet to catch on. But BlackRock Inc. doesn’t mind being early to that party. The world’s biggest money ...
According to EDHEC Business School, 25 per cent of asset managers already use some form of smart beta strategies, with a further 40 per cent considering them in the near future. Cost and efficiency ...
Roundtable: KPMG's Simeon Willis, Towers Watson's Stephen Miles, State Street Global Advisors' Richard J Hannam, Cambridge Associates' Alex Koriath and Indexx Markets' Ronan Kearney, debate the ...
Every equity investor, active or passive, loves high returns. Traditional passive investors are stuck with the market’s average returns. Elsewhere lie numerous active funds. A good and popular ...
Rob Arnott used to argue that the popularity of “smart beta” investing strategies often made the stocks they favored too expensive to actually buy. Now, his firm says the time is right. Analysts with ...