Over the past few years, asset managers have tried to make “smart beta” even smarter by combining known investment factors into a single approach. Here is how they have fared.
We’re in the most hated secular bull market in Raymond James Chief Investment Strategist Jeff Saut’s lifetime. But, we’re still in a bull market, he says.
Short interest is rising faster among individual stocks than ETFs, with the fewest shorts in the tech and financial sectors.
Pippa Malmgren, the woman who called Brexit and President Donald Trump’s victory, says the U.S. is the part of the world that will perform the best. Here are her reasons why.
The company has been able to remain the top seller of U.S. ETFs while fending off Vanguard and shielding much of its business from the punishing effects of price competition.
Two years after a populist enters office, bond yields fell a median of 12.7 percent, while five years later, stocks gained a median of 45 percent.
Even with tech giants like Apple and Google dominating gains, valuations are still far from extremes seen at 2000 peak.
‘Going narrow’ is best ETF strategy to capitalize on earnings.