S&P 500 Low Volatility Powershares (SPLV) 38.18 $SPLV
Betting With Buffett: 7 Lean Years Later
CFA Institute Contributors - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 7:45AM CST
By Ted Seides, CFA Just as stock picks sometimes head in the wrong direction upon purchase and call into question whether a thesis is early or wrong, so too has hedge fund underperformance over the last seven years raised the question of whether...
SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), VSPY: 59.66 (+0.09), RALS: 41.27 (+0.06), SPUU: 145.43 (+1.18), SDOW: 19.35 (-0.16), SPLX: 32.00 (+0.46), TRSK: 28.60 (-0.02), CFO: 37.30 (+0.13), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), EEH: 15.49 (+0.25), SQQQ: 26.30 (-0.71), LGLV: 74.96 (-0.23), RWL: 41.80 (+0.18), CSLS: 25.87 (+0.02), SYE: 57.90 (+0.10), LALT: 23.33 (-0.01), QQEW: 44.03 (+0.43), IVV: 211.28 (+0.95), IWB: 117.32 (+0.53), MGC: 71.68 (+0.34), IBLN: 26.25 (+0.22), IWL: 47.61 (+0.22), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), ZLRG: 25.94 (unch), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), ALTS: 40.78 (+0.21), QMN: 25.49 (unch), TQQQ: 106.86 (+2.63), UPRO: 139.44 (+1.78), FMK: 27.21 (+0.19), VQTS: 24.20 (+0.06), OEF: 92.66 (+0.37), MULT: 23.53 (-0.02), MCRO: 25.53 (+0.04), BARL: 19.19 (unch), QEH: 28.59 (+0.18), SIZ: 24.55 (-0.08), XLG: 144.77 (+0.65), SFLA: 180.57 (+2.20), CFA: 37.27 (+0.14), SSO: 132.99 (+1.08), VIXH: 26.30 (+0.10), GURU: 26.42 (+0.26), GURX: 13.44 (unch), QLD: 145.98 (+2.45), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), PXLC: 40.65 (+0.03), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), FWDD: 43.17 (unch), VV: 96.51 (+0.44), UDOW: 145.75 (+1.23), GURI: 14.89 (+0.10), FEX: 46.98 (+0.22), DIVA: 25.32 (+0.16), SPXH: 30.21 (+0.09), SPHQ: 23.60 (+0.13), EQAL: 25.74 (+0.17), DOG: 22.89 (-0.06), SPXU: 35.12 (-0.46), SPGH: 56.73 (+0.50), SPXS: 19.00 (-0.28), PRF: 92.84 (+0.37), ERW: 52.50 (+0.63), DXD: 20.97 (-0.11), ALFA: 43.71 (+0.19), QQXT: 41.19 (+0.33), AGLS: 20.00 (unch), CSM: 102.86 (+0.55), HDG: 42.90 (+0.17), SPXL: 92.33 (+1.23), CHEP: 26.08 (-0.47), PHDG: 28.17 (+0.08), TNDQ: 39.47 (+0.14), SCHX: 50.21 (+0.25), RSP: 81.91 (+0.32), FTLS: 32.08 (+0.33), VALX: 25.83 (+0.27), VONE: 96.82 (+0.41), BTAL: 20.50 (unch), QQQE: 65.50 (+0.61), DDM: 137.98 (+0.75), SDS: 20.96 (-0.18), SPHB: 34.82 (+0.30), VQT: 155.32 (+0.40), PSQ: 57.18 (-0.50), TCHI: 27.40 (+0.17), SBUS: 24.86 (unch), EPS: 72.96 (+0.21), QAI: 29.89 (+0.12), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), QID: 36.38 (-0.66), SH: 21.27 (-0.10), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), TRND: 40.30 (+0.12), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), ONEK: 98.76 (+0.37), TRNM: 35.67 (+0.03), EQL: 57.76 (+0.20), CSMN: 18.57 (-0.12), JKD: 123.43 (+0.31), EWRI: 52.23 (+0.25)
Protect Your Nest Egg: Use Low Volatility Strategies In Your Retirement Portfolio
Portfolio Management 101 - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 09, 10:53AM CST
SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86)
Here We Go Again: The Robo Machines Are Raging
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 11:41AM CST
Here we go again. The robo machines have been raging for the past two days, and by mid-afternoon we were hovering around 2045 on the S&P 500. Since that’s only 2.3% below the all-time high reached at the end of December,...
FEX: 46.98 (+0.22), SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), SPUU: 145.43 (+1.18), SPHQ: 23.60 (+0.13), SDOW: 19.35 (-0.16), SPLX: 32.00 (+0.46), EQAL: 25.74 (+0.17), DOG: 22.89 (-0.06), SPXU: 35.12 (-0.46), CFO: 37.30 (+0.13), SPXS: 19.00 (-0.28), PRF: 92.84 (+0.37), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), EEH: 15.49 (+0.25), ERW: 52.50 (+0.63), DXD: 20.97 (-0.11), SQQQ: 26.30 (-0.71), QQXT: 41.19 (+0.33), SPXL: 92.33 (+1.23), LGLV: 74.96 (-0.23), RWL: 41.80 (+0.18), RSP: 81.91 (+0.32), SCHX: 50.21 (+0.25), SYE: 57.90 (+0.10), QQEW: 44.03 (+0.43), IVV: 211.28 (+0.95), VONE: 96.82 (+0.41), DDM: 137.98 (+0.75), QQQE: 65.50 (+0.61), IWB: 117.32 (+0.53), SDS: 20.96 (-0.18), MGC: 71.68 (+0.34), SPHB: 34.82 (+0.30), IWL: 47.61 (+0.22), PSQ: 57.18 (-0.50), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), ZLRG: 25.94 (unch), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), TQQQ: 106.86 (+2.63), SBUS: 24.86 (unch), UPRO: 139.44 (+1.78), FMK: 27.21 (+0.19), EPS: 72.96 (+0.21), OEF: 92.66 (+0.37), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), XLG: 144.77 (+0.65), QID: 36.38 (-0.66), SFLA: 180.57 (+2.20), CFA: 37.27 (+0.14), SH: 21.27 (-0.10), SSO: 132.99 (+1.08), QLD: 145.98 (+2.45), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), PXLC: 40.65 (+0.03), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), ONEK: 98.76 (+0.37), FWDD: 43.17 (unch), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VV: 96.51 (+0.44), EQL: 57.76 (+0.20), UDOW: 145.75 (+1.23), EWRI: 52.23 (+0.25), JKD: 123.43 (+0.31)
January's Market Volatility: Blip Or Omen?
Mohamed El-Erian - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 11:16AM CST
This story originally appeared on Bloomberg View. January was an unusual and exciting month for financial markets. Volatility returned to the equity markets . To use a rather unsophisticated measure, almost three-quarters of the trading days...
FEX: 46.98 (+0.22), SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), SPUU: 145.43 (+1.18), SPHQ: 23.60 (+0.13), SDOW: 19.35 (-0.16), SPLX: 32.00 (+0.46), EQAL: 25.74 (+0.17), DOG: 22.89 (-0.06), SPXU: 35.12 (-0.46), CFO: 37.30 (+0.13), SPXS: 19.00 (-0.28), PRF: 92.84 (+0.37), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), EEH: 15.49 (+0.25), ERW: 52.50 (+0.63), DXD: 20.97 (-0.11), SQQQ: 26.30 (-0.71), QQXT: 41.19 (+0.33), SPXL: 92.33 (+1.23), LGLV: 74.96 (-0.23), RWL: 41.80 (+0.18), RSP: 81.91 (+0.32), SCHX: 50.21 (+0.25), SYE: 57.90 (+0.10), QQEW: 44.03 (+0.43), IVV: 211.28 (+0.95), VONE: 96.82 (+0.41), DDM: 137.98 (+0.75), QQQE: 65.50 (+0.61), IWB: 117.32 (+0.53), SDS: 20.96 (-0.18), MGC: 71.68 (+0.34), SPHB: 34.82 (+0.30), IWL: 47.61 (+0.22), PSQ: 57.18 (-0.50), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), ZLRG: 25.94 (unch), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), TQQQ: 106.86 (+2.63), SBUS: 24.86 (unch), UPRO: 139.44 (+1.78), FMK: 27.21 (+0.19), EPS: 72.96 (+0.21), OEF: 92.66 (+0.37), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), XLG: 144.77 (+0.65), QID: 36.38 (-0.66), SFLA: 180.57 (+2.20), CFA: 37.27 (+0.14), SH: 21.27 (-0.10), SSO: 132.99 (+1.08), QLD: 145.98 (+2.45), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), PXLC: 40.65 (+0.03), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), ONEK: 98.76 (+0.37), FWDD: 43.17 (unch), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VV: 96.51 (+0.44), EQL: 57.76 (+0.20), UDOW: 145.75 (+1.23), EWRI: 52.23 (+0.25), JKD: 123.43 (+0.31)
The ETF Retirement Portfolio Revisited
Joseph P. Porter - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 28, 3:34PM CST
SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), IYLD: 26.05 (-0.01), MDIV: 21.48 (+0.04), AOM: 35.36 (+0.04), REM: 11.74 (+0.04), INKM: 32.86 (+0.07), PCEF: 23.82 (-0.16)
Today's 'Dip' Is A Warning---Get Out Of The Casino!
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 28, 1:28PM CST
Shortly after today’s open, the S&P 500 was down nearly 2% and off its recent all-time high by 3.5%. But soon the robo-machines and day traders were buying the “dip” having apparently once again gotten the...
FEX: 46.98 (+0.22), SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), SPUU: 145.43 (+1.18), SPHQ: 23.60 (+0.13), SDOW: 19.35 (-0.16), SPLX: 32.00 (+0.46), EQAL: 25.74 (+0.17), DOG: 22.89 (-0.06), SPXU: 35.12 (-0.46), CFO: 37.30 (+0.13), SPXS: 19.00 (-0.28), PRF: 92.84 (+0.37), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), EEH: 15.49 (+0.25), ERW: 52.50 (+0.63), DXD: 20.97 (-0.11), SQQQ: 26.30 (-0.71), QQXT: 41.19 (+0.33), SPXL: 92.33 (+1.23), LGLV: 74.96 (-0.23), RWL: 41.80 (+0.18), RSP: 81.91 (+0.32), SCHX: 50.21 (+0.25), SYE: 57.90 (+0.10), QQEW: 44.03 (+0.43), IVV: 211.28 (+0.95), VONE: 96.82 (+0.41), DDM: 137.98 (+0.75), QQQE: 65.50 (+0.61), IWB: 117.32 (+0.53), SDS: 20.96 (-0.18), MGC: 71.68 (+0.34), SPHB: 34.82 (+0.30), IWL: 47.61 (+0.22), PSQ: 57.18 (-0.50), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), TQQQ: 106.86 (+2.63), UPRO: 139.44 (+1.78), FMK: 27.21 (+0.19), EPS: 72.96 (+0.21), OEF: 92.66 (+0.37), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), XLG: 144.77 (+0.65), QID: 36.38 (-0.66), SFLA: 180.57 (+2.20), CFA: 37.27 (+0.14), SH: 21.27 (-0.10), SSO: 132.99 (+1.08), QLD: 145.98 (+2.45), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), PXLC: 40.65 (+0.03), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), ONEK: 98.76 (+0.37), FWDD: 43.17 (unch), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VV: 96.51 (+0.44), EQL: 57.76 (+0.20), UDOW: 145.75 (+1.23), EWRI: 52.23 (+0.25), JKD: 123.43 (+0.31)
Buffett's Alpha Revisited
Ploutos - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 27, 7:29AM CST
SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), BRK.A: 222,555.00 (-1,905.00)
Fire Your Investment Manager: Ideas For An Ultra-Low Volatility Index Part V
Harry Long - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 26, 11:21AM CST
SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), TMF: 90.04 (-2.88)
Best ETFs 2015: Dividend, Low Volatility ETFs Rise
at Investor's Business Daily - Tue Jan 20, 5:38PM CST
A choppy start to the stock market in January may hold a taste of what lies ahead for ETF investors in 2015. In a word, volatility. Analysts debated the causes: Was it tumbling oil prices? Or the poor outlook in Russia and Greece? Or the expectations...
SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), EDV: 126.88 (-1.85), WMT: 85.81 (-0.08), RWO: 50.49 (-0.05), HEDJ: 61.99 (+0.12), T: 34.66 (+0.05), FVD: 24.33 (-0.01), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), RWX: 44.34 (+0.30), SPHD: 33.19 (-0.15), DIV: 28.91 (-0.11), MCD: 95.65 (+0.56), PG: 85.90 (-0.13), CVX: 112.78 (+1.92), HEZU: 27.28 (+0.10), USMV: 41.48 (+0.03)
Getting The Defense On The Field
Left Banker - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 16, 8:47AM CST
PDI: 29.51 (unch), SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), ETG: 16.61 (+0.10), VFC: 75.26 (+4.26), VIG: 82.39 (+0.48), WFC: 55.33 (+0.47), JTD: 16.17 (+0.02), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33), T: 34.66 (+0.05), JRI: 19.24 (+0.12), ETV: 14.67 (-0.01), FFC: 20.73 (+0.06), UTG: 31.01 (-0.73), OXLC: 15.22 (-0.12), ETY: 11.52 (+0.05), HQH: 34.20 (+0.06), STK: 18.72 (+0.07), USMV: 41.48 (+0.03), AFL: 62.13 (+0.33), RQI: 12.36 (-0.10), SDY: 79.16 (+0.32)
It's Earnings Season---So Here Come The Crooks, Led By Alcoa
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 14, 9:00AM CST
Once upon a time Alcoa (NYSE: AA ) was a great industrial powerhouse and innovator. Now it is a stumbling, pitiful giant that is a veritable wealth destroyer. And its dismal plight, which is thoroughly obfuscated by a Wall Street pleasing earnings...
FEX: 46.98 (+0.22), SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), SPUU: 145.43 (+1.18), SPHQ: 23.60 (+0.13), SDOW: 19.35 (-0.16), SPLX: 32.00 (+0.46), EQAL: 25.74 (+0.17), DOG: 22.89 (-0.06), SPXU: 35.12 (-0.46), CFO: 37.30 (+0.13), SPXS: 19.00 (-0.28), PRF: 92.84 (+0.37), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), EEH: 15.49 (+0.25), ERW: 52.50 (+0.63), DXD: 20.97 (-0.11), SQQQ: 26.30 (-0.71), QQXT: 41.19 (+0.33), SPXL: 92.33 (+1.23), LGLV: 74.96 (-0.23), RWL: 41.80 (+0.18), RSP: 81.91 (+0.32), SCHX: 50.21 (+0.25), SYE: 57.90 (+0.10), QQEW: 44.03 (+0.43), IVV: 211.28 (+0.95), VONE: 96.82 (+0.41), DDM: 137.98 (+0.75), QQQE: 65.50 (+0.61), IWB: 117.32 (+0.53), AA: 15.81 (+0.16), SDS: 20.96 (-0.18), MGC: 71.68 (+0.34), SPHB: 34.82 (+0.30), IWL: 47.61 (+0.22), PSQ: 57.18 (-0.50), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), TQQQ: 106.86 (+2.63), UPRO: 139.44 (+1.78), FMK: 27.21 (+0.19), EPS: 72.96 (+0.21), OEF: 92.66 (+0.37), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), XLG: 144.77 (+0.65), QID: 36.38 (-0.66), SFLA: 180.57 (+2.20), CFA: 37.27 (+0.14), SH: 21.27 (-0.10), SSO: 132.99 (+1.08), QLD: 145.98 (+2.45), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), PXLC: 40.65 (+0.03), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), ONEK: 98.76 (+0.37), FWDD: 43.17 (unch), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VV: 96.51 (+0.44), EQL: 57.76 (+0.20), UDOW: 145.75 (+1.23), EWRI: 52.23 (+0.25), JKD: 123.43 (+0.31)
Direxion Plans a New Equity ETF to Fight Market Volatility - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Jan 13, 7:07AM CST
Investors may soon have a new equity selection to use in volatile markets.
SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), USMV: 41.48 (+0.03)
Five Best ETF Themes For Investors In 2015
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Jan 02, 5:58PM CST
ETFs proved a winner in 2014, with assets in U.S. funds topping $2 trillion on Dec. 22. That confirmed the popularity of exchange traded funds, as well as a successful year for the stock market. The start to 2014 was rocky, with a stock market...
KBE: 33.26 (+0.10), SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), EMCR: 21.13 (+0.35), SJNK: 29.25 (+0.04), XLY: 74.89 (+0.45), XRT: 98.02 (+0.58), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), CWB: 47.69 (+0.32), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), XLK: 42.65 (+0.27), VWO: 41.78 (+0.42), EFA: 63.82 (+0.42), USMV: 41.48 (+0.03)
I Like The Risk Level On SPLV, But I'm Not Entirely Sold
ColoradoWealthManagementFund - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 01, 1:32PM CST
SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86)
XLG Doesn't Belong On The Efficient Frontier, I Can Name 3 Superior ETFs
ColoradoWealthManagementFund - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 30, 11:37PM CST
SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), XLG: 144.77 (+0.65), SCHD: 40.69 (+0.15), SCHV: 44.39 (+0.19)
Best ETF Strategies For 2015
Zacks Funds - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 30, 4:14PM CST
Stocks are on their way to close this year on a strong note--with the S&P 500 index up 15% year to date-the third consecutive year of double-digit growth for the index. With the economy growing at the fastest clip in more than a decade, stocks...
SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), EPI: 23.89 (+0.22), XLF: 24.43 (-0.02), USMV: 41.48 (+0.03), VGT: 108.04 (+0.87), XRT: 98.02 (+0.58)
I Like The Risk Level On The PowerShares S&P 500 Low Volatility Portfolio ETF SPLV, But The Expense Ratio Is Only Mediocre
ColoradoWealthManagementFund - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 29, 8:59AM CST
SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86)
Low Risk ETFs Beating SPY In 2014 - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Funds - Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 25, 3:37AM CST
The U.S. economy had a shaky start to this year with a cold snap taking away all the warmth from Q1. To add to this, overvaluation concerns, worries over the withdrawal of QE support in the U.S. and stress between Russia and the West on the Ukrainian...
SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), XMLV: 33.65 (-0.15)
Betting With Buffett: 7 Lean Years Later
CFA Institute Contributors - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 7:45AM CST
By Ted Seides, CFA Just as stock picks sometimes head in the wrong direction upon purchase and call into question whether a thesis is early or wrong, so too has hedge fund underperformance over the last seven years raised the question of whether...
SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), VSPY: 59.66 (+0.09), RALS: 41.27 (+0.06), SPUU: 145.43 (+1.18), SDOW: 19.35 (-0.16), SPLX: 32.00 (+0.46), TRSK: 28.60 (-0.02), CFO: 37.30 (+0.13), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), EEH: 15.49 (+0.25), SQQQ: 26.30 (-0.71), LGLV: 74.96 (-0.23), RWL: 41.80 (+0.18), CSLS: 25.87 (+0.02), SYE: 57.90 (+0.10), LALT: 23.33 (-0.01), QQEW: 44.03 (+0.43), IVV: 211.28 (+0.95), IWB: 117.32 (+0.53), MGC: 71.68 (+0.34), IBLN: 26.25 (+0.22), IWL: 47.61 (+0.22), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), ZLRG: 25.94 (unch), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), ALTS: 40.78 (+0.21), QMN: 25.49 (unch), TQQQ: 106.86 (+2.63), UPRO: 139.44 (+1.78), FMK: 27.21 (+0.19), VQTS: 24.20 (+0.06), OEF: 92.66 (+0.37), MULT: 23.53 (-0.02), MCRO: 25.53 (+0.04), BARL: 19.19 (unch), QEH: 28.59 (+0.18), SIZ: 24.55 (-0.08), XLG: 144.77 (+0.65), SFLA: 180.57 (+2.20), CFA: 37.27 (+0.14), SSO: 132.99 (+1.08), VIXH: 26.30 (+0.10), GURU: 26.42 (+0.26), GURX: 13.44 (unch), QLD: 145.98 (+2.45), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), PXLC: 40.65 (+0.03), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), FWDD: 43.17 (unch), VV: 96.51 (+0.44), UDOW: 145.75 (+1.23), GURI: 14.89 (+0.10), FEX: 46.98 (+0.22), DIVA: 25.32 (+0.16), SPXH: 30.21 (+0.09), SPHQ: 23.60 (+0.13), EQAL: 25.74 (+0.17), DOG: 22.89 (-0.06), SPXU: 35.12 (-0.46), SPGH: 56.73 (+0.50), SPXS: 19.00 (-0.28), PRF: 92.84 (+0.37), ERW: 52.50 (+0.63), DXD: 20.97 (-0.11), ALFA: 43.71 (+0.19), QQXT: 41.19 (+0.33), AGLS: 20.00 (unch), CSM: 102.86 (+0.55), HDG: 42.90 (+0.17), SPXL: 92.33 (+1.23), CHEP: 26.08 (-0.47), PHDG: 28.17 (+0.08), TNDQ: 39.47 (+0.14), SCHX: 50.21 (+0.25), RSP: 81.91 (+0.32), FTLS: 32.08 (+0.33), VALX: 25.83 (+0.27), VONE: 96.82 (+0.41), BTAL: 20.50 (unch), QQQE: 65.50 (+0.61), DDM: 137.98 (+0.75), SDS: 20.96 (-0.18), SPHB: 34.82 (+0.30), VQT: 155.32 (+0.40), PSQ: 57.18 (-0.50), TCHI: 27.40 (+0.17), SBUS: 24.86 (unch), EPS: 72.96 (+0.21), QAI: 29.89 (+0.12), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), QID: 36.38 (-0.66), SH: 21.27 (-0.10), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), TRND: 40.30 (+0.12), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), ONEK: 98.76 (+0.37), TRNM: 35.67 (+0.03), EQL: 57.76 (+0.20), CSMN: 18.57 (-0.12), JKD: 123.43 (+0.31), EWRI: 52.23 (+0.25)
Protect Your Nest Egg: Use Low Volatility Strategies In Your Retirement Portfolio
Portfolio Management 101 - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 09, 10:53AM CST
SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86)
Here We Go Again: The Robo Machines Are Raging
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 11:41AM CST
Here we go again. The robo machines have been raging for the past two days, and by mid-afternoon we were hovering around 2045 on the S&P 500. Since that’s only 2.3% below the all-time high reached at the end of December,...
FEX: 46.98 (+0.22), SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), SPUU: 145.43 (+1.18), SPHQ: 23.60 (+0.13), SDOW: 19.35 (-0.16), SPLX: 32.00 (+0.46), EQAL: 25.74 (+0.17), DOG: 22.89 (-0.06), SPXU: 35.12 (-0.46), CFO: 37.30 (+0.13), SPXS: 19.00 (-0.28), PRF: 92.84 (+0.37), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), EEH: 15.49 (+0.25), ERW: 52.50 (+0.63), DXD: 20.97 (-0.11), SQQQ: 26.30 (-0.71), QQXT: 41.19 (+0.33), SPXL: 92.33 (+1.23), LGLV: 74.96 (-0.23), RWL: 41.80 (+0.18), RSP: 81.91 (+0.32), SCHX: 50.21 (+0.25), SYE: 57.90 (+0.10), QQEW: 44.03 (+0.43), IVV: 211.28 (+0.95), VONE: 96.82 (+0.41), DDM: 137.98 (+0.75), QQQE: 65.50 (+0.61), IWB: 117.32 (+0.53), SDS: 20.96 (-0.18), MGC: 71.68 (+0.34), SPHB: 34.82 (+0.30), IWL: 47.61 (+0.22), PSQ: 57.18 (-0.50), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), ZLRG: 25.94 (unch), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), TQQQ: 106.86 (+2.63), SBUS: 24.86 (unch), UPRO: 139.44 (+1.78), FMK: 27.21 (+0.19), EPS: 72.96 (+0.21), OEF: 92.66 (+0.37), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), XLG: 144.77 (+0.65), QID: 36.38 (-0.66), SFLA: 180.57 (+2.20), CFA: 37.27 (+0.14), SH: 21.27 (-0.10), SSO: 132.99 (+1.08), QLD: 145.98 (+2.45), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), PXLC: 40.65 (+0.03), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), ONEK: 98.76 (+0.37), FWDD: 43.17 (unch), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VV: 96.51 (+0.44), EQL: 57.76 (+0.20), UDOW: 145.75 (+1.23), EWRI: 52.23 (+0.25), JKD: 123.43 (+0.31)
January's Market Volatility: Blip Or Omen?
Mohamed El-Erian - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 11:16AM CST
This story originally appeared on Bloomberg View. January was an unusual and exciting month for financial markets. Volatility returned to the equity markets . To use a rather unsophisticated measure, almost three-quarters of the trading days...
FEX: 46.98 (+0.22), SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), SPUU: 145.43 (+1.18), SPHQ: 23.60 (+0.13), SDOW: 19.35 (-0.16), SPLX: 32.00 (+0.46), EQAL: 25.74 (+0.17), DOG: 22.89 (-0.06), SPXU: 35.12 (-0.46), CFO: 37.30 (+0.13), SPXS: 19.00 (-0.28), PRF: 92.84 (+0.37), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), EEH: 15.49 (+0.25), ERW: 52.50 (+0.63), DXD: 20.97 (-0.11), SQQQ: 26.30 (-0.71), QQXT: 41.19 (+0.33), SPXL: 92.33 (+1.23), LGLV: 74.96 (-0.23), RWL: 41.80 (+0.18), RSP: 81.91 (+0.32), SCHX: 50.21 (+0.25), SYE: 57.90 (+0.10), QQEW: 44.03 (+0.43), IVV: 211.28 (+0.95), VONE: 96.82 (+0.41), DDM: 137.98 (+0.75), QQQE: 65.50 (+0.61), IWB: 117.32 (+0.53), SDS: 20.96 (-0.18), MGC: 71.68 (+0.34), SPHB: 34.82 (+0.30), IWL: 47.61 (+0.22), PSQ: 57.18 (-0.50), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), ZLRG: 25.94 (unch), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), TQQQ: 106.86 (+2.63), SBUS: 24.86 (unch), UPRO: 139.44 (+1.78), FMK: 27.21 (+0.19), EPS: 72.96 (+0.21), OEF: 92.66 (+0.37), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), XLG: 144.77 (+0.65), QID: 36.38 (-0.66), SFLA: 180.57 (+2.20), CFA: 37.27 (+0.14), SH: 21.27 (-0.10), SSO: 132.99 (+1.08), QLD: 145.98 (+2.45), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), PXLC: 40.65 (+0.03), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), ONEK: 98.76 (+0.37), FWDD: 43.17 (unch), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VV: 96.51 (+0.44), EQL: 57.76 (+0.20), UDOW: 145.75 (+1.23), EWRI: 52.23 (+0.25), JKD: 123.43 (+0.31)
The ETF Retirement Portfolio Revisited
Joseph P. Porter - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 28, 3:34PM CST
SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), IYLD: 26.05 (-0.01), MDIV: 21.48 (+0.04), AOM: 35.36 (+0.04), REM: 11.74 (+0.04), INKM: 32.86 (+0.07), PCEF: 23.82 (-0.16)
Today's 'Dip' Is A Warning---Get Out Of The Casino!
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 28, 1:28PM CST
Shortly after today’s open, the S&P 500 was down nearly 2% and off its recent all-time high by 3.5%. But soon the robo-machines and day traders were buying the “dip” having apparently once again gotten the...
FEX: 46.98 (+0.22), SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), SPUU: 145.43 (+1.18), SPHQ: 23.60 (+0.13), SDOW: 19.35 (-0.16), SPLX: 32.00 (+0.46), EQAL: 25.74 (+0.17), DOG: 22.89 (-0.06), SPXU: 35.12 (-0.46), CFO: 37.30 (+0.13), SPXS: 19.00 (-0.28), PRF: 92.84 (+0.37), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), EEH: 15.49 (+0.25), ERW: 52.50 (+0.63), DXD: 20.97 (-0.11), SQQQ: 26.30 (-0.71), QQXT: 41.19 (+0.33), SPXL: 92.33 (+1.23), LGLV: 74.96 (-0.23), RWL: 41.80 (+0.18), RSP: 81.91 (+0.32), SCHX: 50.21 (+0.25), SYE: 57.90 (+0.10), QQEW: 44.03 (+0.43), IVV: 211.28 (+0.95), VONE: 96.82 (+0.41), DDM: 137.98 (+0.75), QQQE: 65.50 (+0.61), IWB: 117.32 (+0.53), SDS: 20.96 (-0.18), MGC: 71.68 (+0.34), SPHB: 34.82 (+0.30), IWL: 47.61 (+0.22), PSQ: 57.18 (-0.50), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), TQQQ: 106.86 (+2.63), UPRO: 139.44 (+1.78), FMK: 27.21 (+0.19), EPS: 72.96 (+0.21), OEF: 92.66 (+0.37), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), XLG: 144.77 (+0.65), QID: 36.38 (-0.66), SFLA: 180.57 (+2.20), CFA: 37.27 (+0.14), SH: 21.27 (-0.10), SSO: 132.99 (+1.08), QLD: 145.98 (+2.45), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), PXLC: 40.65 (+0.03), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), ONEK: 98.76 (+0.37), FWDD: 43.17 (unch), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VV: 96.51 (+0.44), EQL: 57.76 (+0.20), UDOW: 145.75 (+1.23), EWRI: 52.23 (+0.25), JKD: 123.43 (+0.31)
Buffett's Alpha Revisited
Ploutos - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 27, 7:29AM CST
SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), BRK.A: 222,555.00 (-1,905.00)
Fire Your Investment Manager: Ideas For An Ultra-Low Volatility Index Part V
Harry Long - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 26, 11:21AM CST
SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), TMF: 90.04 (-2.88)
Best ETFs 2015: Dividend, Low Volatility ETFs Rise
at Investor's Business Daily - Tue Jan 20, 5:38PM CST
A choppy start to the stock market in January may hold a taste of what lies ahead for ETF investors in 2015. In a word, volatility. Analysts debated the causes: Was it tumbling oil prices? Or the poor outlook in Russia and Greece? Or the expectations...
SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), EDV: 126.88 (-1.85), WMT: 85.81 (-0.08), RWO: 50.49 (-0.05), HEDJ: 61.99 (+0.12), T: 34.66 (+0.05), FVD: 24.33 (-0.01), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), RWX: 44.34 (+0.30), SPHD: 33.19 (-0.15), DIV: 28.91 (-0.11), MCD: 95.65 (+0.56), PG: 85.90 (-0.13), CVX: 112.78 (+1.92), HEZU: 27.28 (+0.10), USMV: 41.48 (+0.03)
Getting The Defense On The Field
Left Banker - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 16, 8:47AM CST
PDI: 29.51 (unch), SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), ETG: 16.61 (+0.10), VFC: 75.26 (+4.26), VIG: 82.39 (+0.48), WFC: 55.33 (+0.47), JTD: 16.17 (+0.02), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33), T: 34.66 (+0.05), JRI: 19.24 (+0.12), ETV: 14.67 (-0.01), FFC: 20.73 (+0.06), UTG: 31.01 (-0.73), OXLC: 15.22 (-0.12), ETY: 11.52 (+0.05), HQH: 34.20 (+0.06), STK: 18.72 (+0.07), USMV: 41.48 (+0.03), AFL: 62.13 (+0.33), RQI: 12.36 (-0.10), SDY: 79.16 (+0.32)
It's Earnings Season---So Here Come The Crooks, Led By Alcoa
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 14, 9:00AM CST
Once upon a time Alcoa (NYSE: AA ) was a great industrial powerhouse and innovator. Now it is a stumbling, pitiful giant that is a veritable wealth destroyer. And its dismal plight, which is thoroughly obfuscated by a Wall Street pleasing earnings...
FEX: 46.98 (+0.22), SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), SPUU: 145.43 (+1.18), SPHQ: 23.60 (+0.13), SDOW: 19.35 (-0.16), SPLX: 32.00 (+0.46), EQAL: 25.74 (+0.17), DOG: 22.89 (-0.06), SPXU: 35.12 (-0.46), CFO: 37.30 (+0.13), SPXS: 19.00 (-0.28), PRF: 92.84 (+0.37), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), EEH: 15.49 (+0.25), ERW: 52.50 (+0.63), DXD: 20.97 (-0.11), SQQQ: 26.30 (-0.71), QQXT: 41.19 (+0.33), SPXL: 92.33 (+1.23), LGLV: 74.96 (-0.23), RWL: 41.80 (+0.18), RSP: 81.91 (+0.32), SCHX: 50.21 (+0.25), SYE: 57.90 (+0.10), QQEW: 44.03 (+0.43), IVV: 211.28 (+0.95), VONE: 96.82 (+0.41), DDM: 137.98 (+0.75), QQQE: 65.50 (+0.61), IWB: 117.32 (+0.53), AA: 15.81 (+0.16), SDS: 20.96 (-0.18), MGC: 71.68 (+0.34), SPHB: 34.82 (+0.30), IWL: 47.61 (+0.22), PSQ: 57.18 (-0.50), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), TQQQ: 106.86 (+2.63), UPRO: 139.44 (+1.78), FMK: 27.21 (+0.19), EPS: 72.96 (+0.21), OEF: 92.66 (+0.37), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), XLG: 144.77 (+0.65), QID: 36.38 (-0.66), SFLA: 180.57 (+2.20), CFA: 37.27 (+0.14), SH: 21.27 (-0.10), SSO: 132.99 (+1.08), QLD: 145.98 (+2.45), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), PXLC: 40.65 (+0.03), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), ONEK: 98.76 (+0.37), FWDD: 43.17 (unch), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VV: 96.51 (+0.44), EQL: 57.76 (+0.20), UDOW: 145.75 (+1.23), EWRI: 52.23 (+0.25), JKD: 123.43 (+0.31)
Direxion Plans a New Equity ETF to Fight Market Volatility - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Jan 13, 7:07AM CST
Investors may soon have a new equity selection to use in volatile markets.
SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), USMV: 41.48 (+0.03)
Five Best ETF Themes For Investors In 2015
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Jan 02, 5:58PM CST
ETFs proved a winner in 2014, with assets in U.S. funds topping $2 trillion on Dec. 22. That confirmed the popularity of exchange traded funds, as well as a successful year for the stock market. The start to 2014 was rocky, with a stock market...
KBE: 33.26 (+0.10), SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), EMCR: 21.13 (+0.35), SJNK: 29.25 (+0.04), XLY: 74.89 (+0.45), XRT: 98.02 (+0.58), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), CWB: 47.69 (+0.32), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), XLK: 42.65 (+0.27), VWO: 41.78 (+0.42), EFA: 63.82 (+0.42), USMV: 41.48 (+0.03)
I Like The Risk Level On SPLV, But I'm Not Entirely Sold
ColoradoWealthManagementFund - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 01, 1:32PM CST
SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86)
XLG Doesn't Belong On The Efficient Frontier, I Can Name 3 Superior ETFs
ColoradoWealthManagementFund - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 30, 11:37PM CST
SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), XLG: 144.77 (+0.65), SCHD: 40.69 (+0.15), SCHV: 44.39 (+0.19)
Best ETF Strategies For 2015
Zacks Funds - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 30, 4:14PM CST
Stocks are on their way to close this year on a strong note--with the S&P 500 index up 15% year to date-the third consecutive year of double-digit growth for the index. With the economy growing at the fastest clip in more than a decade, stocks...
SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), EPI: 23.89 (+0.22), XLF: 24.43 (-0.02), USMV: 41.48 (+0.03), VGT: 108.04 (+0.87), XRT: 98.02 (+0.58)
I Like The Risk Level On The PowerShares S&P 500 Low Volatility Portfolio ETF SPLV, But The Expense Ratio Is Only Mediocre
ColoradoWealthManagementFund - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 29, 8:59AM CST
SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86)
Low Risk ETFs Beating SPY In 2014 - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Funds - Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 25, 3:37AM CST
The U.S. economy had a shaky start to this year with a cold snap taking away all the warmth from Q1. To add to this, overvaluation concerns, worries over the withdrawal of QE support in the U.S. and stress between Russia and the West on the Ukrainian...
SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), XMLV: 33.65 (-0.15)
