Where are the ETF investment opportunities? The chart illustrates the effect of current valuation on expected return over the next five years. Buying undervalued assets results in positive valuation returns. Buying overvalued assets results in negative valuation returns. Federal Reser

After doing your research on Smart Beta strategies, you now have six better ways to build a large /intermediate cap US equity portfolio than using a cap-weighted index: Equal-weighted, Minimum Volatility, Quality, Value, Momentum and High Dividend Yield. How do you put them together i

Have the Smart Betas become crowded trades?  How can we tell? With the outlook for growth slowing, new smart beta investors in Quality are paying a significant premium today for the strategy. This premium is so high that their entire expected return advantage is reversed into a major

Where are the ETF investment opportunities? The chart illustrates the effect of current valuation on expected return over the next five years. Buying undervalued assets results in positive valuation returns. Buying overvalued assets results in negative valuation returns.

Have the Smart Betas become crowded trades?  How can we tell? As may be expected in volatile market conditions, new smart beta investors in Quality and Minimum Volatility are significantly overpaying today for the strategies. They are overpaying by so much, actually, that their entire

Where are the ETF investment opportunities? The chart illustrates the effect of current valuation on expected return over the next five years. Buying undervalued assets results in positive valuation returns. Buying overvalued assets results in negative valuation returns. Equity market

Have the Smart Betas become crowded trades?  How can we tell? New smart beta investors in Quality, Minimum Volatility, Momentum and Equal-Weighted are overpaying for the strategies. They are overpaying by so much, actually, that their entire long term return advantage could be wiped o

Where are the ETF investment opportunities? The chart illustrates the effect of current valuation on expected return over the next five years. Buying undervalued assets results in positive valuation returns. Buying overvalued assets results in negative valuation returns.

Have the Smart Betas become crowded trades?  How can we tell? New smart beta investors in Momentum, Equal-Weighted and Quality are overpaying for the strategies. They are overpaying by so much, actually, that their entire long term return advantage could be wiped out over the next fiv

Where are the ETF investment opportunities? The chart illustrates the effect of current valuation on expected return over the next five years. Buying undervalued assets results in positive valuation returns. Buying overvalued assets results in negative valuation returns. Negotiations