USA Min Volatility MSCI Ishares (USMV) 41.48 $USMV
ETF Allocation When Stocks Are Stuck In A Moment
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 11, 2:23PM CST
The cyclically-adjusted price-to-earnings ratio (a.k.a CAPE, P/E10, Shiller's P/E) evaluates the average inflation-adjusted earnings for the S&P 500 over the previous 10 years. The long-term CAPE average is 16.5. Today's CAPE is north of 27. And...
SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), MUA: 13.72 (-0.09), MUB: 109.95 (-0.13), EDV: 126.88 (-1.85), VYM: 70.01 (+0.21), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33), USMV: 41.48 (+0.03), HEWG: 26.41 (+0.01), XLV: 70.72 (+0.28)
A More Tempered Global Equity Fund
Morningstar - Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 08, 1:12AM CST
By Patricia Oey Low-volatility strategies, such as the iShares minimum volatility family of exchange-traded funds, can be attractive options for long-term investors. This is because these ETFs' underlying MSCI indexes generally exhibit...
VT: 62.05 (+0.39), AXJV: 52.33 (+0.33), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), EFAV: 65.24 (+0.07), ACWV: 71.30 (+0.13), EEMV: 59.10 (+0.55), EUMV: 23.86 (unch), USMV: 41.48 (+0.03)
3 ETF Investing Themes For A Wobbly U.S. Bull
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 29, 12:12PM CST
Presumably, the Great Recession ended in June of 2009. Three months earlier on March 9, the stock market anticipated the modest recovery that is still intact. In essence, stocks began to rally well in advance of the actual turnaround in the U.S....
TLH: 136.86 (-0.66), NIO: 14.36 (-0.12), EPI: 23.89 (+0.22), VYM: 70.01 (+0.21), BLV: 95.24 (-0.66), USMV: 41.48 (+0.03), XLV: 70.72 (+0.28), HEWG: 26.41 (+0.01)
State Of Disunion: Safer Haven Investments Diverge From Stocks
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 21, 11:12AM CST
The S&P 500 soared 29.6% and 11.4% in 2013 and 2014 respectively, pushing the broad market benchmark to unimaginable heights. Net inflows into U.S. stock funds, including ETFs, also set records. Unfortunately, that is not always a positive sign...
ZROZ: 123.35 (-1.57), OEF: 92.66 (+0.37), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), EDV: 126.88 (-1.85), BLV: 95.24 (-0.66), USMV: 41.48 (+0.03), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33)
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)
What To Find Before Seeking Alpha: Minimum Volatility Domestic Equity Allocation
Mark James Thompson - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 13, 7:58AM CST
VTI: 108.47 (+0.51), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), SLY: 106.23 (+0.36), MDY: 273.50 (+1.76), USMV: 41.48 (+0.03)
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)
iShares MSCI USA Minimum Volatility ETF Experiences Big Inflow
ETFChannel.com - Fri Jan 09, 9:54AM CST
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares MSCI USA Minimum Volatility ETF where we have detected an approximate $57.6 million dollar inflow -- that's a...
USMV: 41.48 (+0.03)
Bears Growl At Bonds And Energy, So Buy Both
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 08, 2:08PM CST
Over the previous six years, the stock market is not the only thing that has gone up. Total U.S. debt has catapulted from roughly $10.5 trillion - give or take $100 billion - to $18.0 trillion. That's a 70% increase in the country's outstanding...
ZROZ: 123.35 (-1.57), TLH: 136.86 (-0.66), EDV: 126.88 (-1.85), VGLT: 78.92 (-0.70), USMV: 41.48 (+0.03), PSCE: 30.18 (+1.12)
Minimum Volatility Stocks: Out-Of-Sample Performance Of USMV Buy & Hold Models
Georg Vrba - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 6:39AM CST
Originally published on Dec. 16, 2014 The backtest reported in this article showed that ranking the holdings of USMV , the iShares MSCI USA Minimum Volatility ETF, and selecting a portfolio of the 12 top ranked stocks, provided higher returns...
MMM: 165.94 (+0.03), CAH: 86.08 (+0.04), PCP: 205.54 (+1.37), LUV: 43.30 (-0.20), ESRX: 84.90 (+0.40), DLTR: 76.82 (+0.97), AZO: 618.50 (+0.99), EBAY: 56.47 (+1.73), PRE: 119.71 (-0.07), DG: 68.82 (+1.23), SNPS: 44.90 (+0.03), Y: 475.43 (-0.18), USMV: 41.48 (+0.03)
What To Find Before Seeking Alpha: Domestic Equity Allocation
Mark James Thompson - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 12:51PM CST
MMTM: 88.54 (+0.08), VDE: 115.76 (+2.32), VFH: 49.54 (-0.04), VDC: 127.48 (-0.41), RSP: 81.91 (+0.32), EWRS: 45.53 (+0.32), DLN: 75.28 (+0.27), VIS: 107.96 (+0.65), VTI: 108.47 (+0.51), VCR: 120.89 (+0.81), IWD: 105.39 (+0.32), DON: 86.55 (+0.28), DES: 71.39 (+0.37), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), IJH: 149.97 (+0.87), VOX: 89.20 (+0.09), SPHB: 34.82 (+0.30), VPU: 98.07 (-1.43), IWM: 121.53 (+0.72), EWRM: 52.21 (+0.31), VNQ: 85.06 (-0.57), VGT: 108.04 (+0.87), USMV: 41.48 (+0.03), VHT: 130.56 (+0.66), VAW: 112.81 (+1.05)
ETFs For The Unquestioned 'Wall Of Worry'
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 3:59AM CST
The crises of yesteryear almost seem quaint. Did investors really need to fret the possibility of the world's 44th economy (Greece) exiting the euro-zone back in 2011? The stock market ultimately prevailed. Why did the fiscal cliff, sequestration and...
TLH: 136.86 (-0.66), EDV: 126.88 (-1.85), MLPI: 39.67 (+0.32), VGLT: 78.92 (-0.70), 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)
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)
Best ETF Strategies for 2015 - ETF News And Commentary
Neena Mishra - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Dec 30, 10:56AM CST
Now may be a good time to take a look at your investment portfolio and re-position it for the investment landscape in 2015.
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)
Are Rate-Sensitive ETFs Suggesting Economic Weakness Ahead?
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 29, 12:00PM CST
Lost in the bull market euphoria is the reality that economists have been dead wrong about the direction of asset prices, particularly bond prices. Last December, when 55 of the most prestigious economists across a wide range of institutions had been...
TLH: 136.86 (-0.66), IYY: 105.75 (+0.46), IDU: 113.30 (-1.71), RWR: 95.23 (-0.83), VPU: 98.07 (-1.43), VNQ: 85.06 (-0.57), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), USMV: 41.48 (+0.03), ICF: 102.12 (-0.98)
ETF Allocation When Stocks Are Stuck In A Moment
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 11, 2:23PM CST
The cyclically-adjusted price-to-earnings ratio (a.k.a CAPE, P/E10, Shiller's P/E) evaluates the average inflation-adjusted earnings for the S&P 500 over the previous 10 years. The long-term CAPE average is 16.5. Today's CAPE is north of 27. And...
SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), MUA: 13.72 (-0.09), MUB: 109.95 (-0.13), EDV: 126.88 (-1.85), VYM: 70.01 (+0.21), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33), USMV: 41.48 (+0.03), HEWG: 26.41 (+0.01), XLV: 70.72 (+0.28)
A More Tempered Global Equity Fund
Morningstar - Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 08, 1:12AM CST
By Patricia Oey Low-volatility strategies, such as the iShares minimum volatility family of exchange-traded funds, can be attractive options for long-term investors. This is because these ETFs' underlying MSCI indexes generally exhibit...
VT: 62.05 (+0.39), AXJV: 52.33 (+0.33), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), EFAV: 65.24 (+0.07), ACWV: 71.30 (+0.13), EEMV: 59.10 (+0.55), EUMV: 23.86 (unch), USMV: 41.48 (+0.03)
3 ETF Investing Themes For A Wobbly U.S. Bull
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 29, 12:12PM CST
Presumably, the Great Recession ended in June of 2009. Three months earlier on March 9, the stock market anticipated the modest recovery that is still intact. In essence, stocks began to rally well in advance of the actual turnaround in the U.S....
TLH: 136.86 (-0.66), NIO: 14.36 (-0.12), EPI: 23.89 (+0.22), VYM: 70.01 (+0.21), BLV: 95.24 (-0.66), USMV: 41.48 (+0.03), XLV: 70.72 (+0.28), HEWG: 26.41 (+0.01)
State Of Disunion: Safer Haven Investments Diverge From Stocks
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 21, 11:12AM CST
The S&P 500 soared 29.6% and 11.4% in 2013 and 2014 respectively, pushing the broad market benchmark to unimaginable heights. Net inflows into U.S. stock funds, including ETFs, also set records. Unfortunately, that is not always a positive sign...
ZROZ: 123.35 (-1.57), OEF: 92.66 (+0.37), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), EDV: 126.88 (-1.85), BLV: 95.24 (-0.66), USMV: 41.48 (+0.03), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33)
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)
What To Find Before Seeking Alpha: Minimum Volatility Domestic Equity Allocation
Mark James Thompson - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 13, 7:58AM CST
VTI: 108.47 (+0.51), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), SLY: 106.23 (+0.36), MDY: 273.50 (+1.76), USMV: 41.48 (+0.03)
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)
iShares MSCI USA Minimum Volatility ETF Experiences Big Inflow
ETFChannel.com - Fri Jan 09, 9:54AM CST
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares MSCI USA Minimum Volatility ETF where we have detected an approximate $57.6 million dollar inflow -- that's a...
USMV: 41.48 (+0.03)
Bears Growl At Bonds And Energy, So Buy Both
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 08, 2:08PM CST
Over the previous six years, the stock market is not the only thing that has gone up. Total U.S. debt has catapulted from roughly $10.5 trillion - give or take $100 billion - to $18.0 trillion. That's a 70% increase in the country's outstanding...
ZROZ: 123.35 (-1.57), TLH: 136.86 (-0.66), EDV: 126.88 (-1.85), VGLT: 78.92 (-0.70), USMV: 41.48 (+0.03), PSCE: 30.18 (+1.12)
Minimum Volatility Stocks: Out-Of-Sample Performance Of USMV Buy & Hold Models
Georg Vrba - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 6:39AM CST
Originally published on Dec. 16, 2014 The backtest reported in this article showed that ranking the holdings of USMV , the iShares MSCI USA Minimum Volatility ETF, and selecting a portfolio of the 12 top ranked stocks, provided higher returns...
MMM: 165.94 (+0.03), CAH: 86.08 (+0.04), PCP: 205.54 (+1.37), LUV: 43.30 (-0.20), ESRX: 84.90 (+0.40), DLTR: 76.82 (+0.97), AZO: 618.50 (+0.99), EBAY: 56.47 (+1.73), PRE: 119.71 (-0.07), DG: 68.82 (+1.23), SNPS: 44.90 (+0.03), Y: 475.43 (-0.18), USMV: 41.48 (+0.03)
What To Find Before Seeking Alpha: Domestic Equity Allocation
Mark James Thompson - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 12:51PM CST
MMTM: 88.54 (+0.08), VDE: 115.76 (+2.32), VFH: 49.54 (-0.04), VDC: 127.48 (-0.41), RSP: 81.91 (+0.32), EWRS: 45.53 (+0.32), DLN: 75.28 (+0.27), VIS: 107.96 (+0.65), VTI: 108.47 (+0.51), VCR: 120.89 (+0.81), IWD: 105.39 (+0.32), DON: 86.55 (+0.28), DES: 71.39 (+0.37), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), IJH: 149.97 (+0.87), VOX: 89.20 (+0.09), SPHB: 34.82 (+0.30), VPU: 98.07 (-1.43), IWM: 121.53 (+0.72), EWRM: 52.21 (+0.31), VNQ: 85.06 (-0.57), VGT: 108.04 (+0.87), USMV: 41.48 (+0.03), VHT: 130.56 (+0.66), VAW: 112.81 (+1.05)
ETFs For The Unquestioned 'Wall Of Worry'
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 3:59AM CST
The crises of yesteryear almost seem quaint. Did investors really need to fret the possibility of the world's 44th economy (Greece) exiting the euro-zone back in 2011? The stock market ultimately prevailed. Why did the fiscal cliff, sequestration and...
TLH: 136.86 (-0.66), EDV: 126.88 (-1.85), MLPI: 39.67 (+0.32), VGLT: 78.92 (-0.70), 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)
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)
Best ETF Strategies for 2015 - ETF News And Commentary
Neena Mishra - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Dec 30, 10:56AM CST
Now may be a good time to take a look at your investment portfolio and re-position it for the investment landscape in 2015.
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)
Are Rate-Sensitive ETFs Suggesting Economic Weakness Ahead?
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 29, 12:00PM CST
Lost in the bull market euphoria is the reality that economists have been dead wrong about the direction of asset prices, particularly bond prices. Last December, when 55 of the most prestigious economists across a wide range of institutions had been...
TLH: 136.86 (-0.66), IYY: 105.75 (+0.46), IDU: 113.30 (-1.71), RWR: 95.23 (-0.83), VPU: 98.07 (-1.43), VNQ: 85.06 (-0.57), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), USMV: 41.48 (+0.03), ICF: 102.12 (-0.98)
