AVDV News and Press, Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF From 07/26/22

With a 7% dividend yield, IDV is among the highest yielding long-only dividend ETFs on the market. IDV has excellent empirical risk factor exposure, which gives it good odds of outperforming the broad ex-U.S. market in the long run. Investors may consider investing into IDV to spr...

The global economy and financial markets have suffered a dreadful H1 2022, ravaged by a severe commodity shock, strict COVID-19 lockdowns in the world’s second-largest economy, and one of the most aggressive Fed tightening cycles in recent history. H2 looks equally tough. In it...

DVYE is an emerging market ETF with an attractive 7.88% yield. Valuation also look attractive, but there are two red flags. China is the top country in its portfolio. The share price has been cut in half since inception. This dividend exchange-traded fund ("ETF") rev...

AVDV is a small-cap ex-US value fund, and it is also a dividend ETF. Japan is the heaviest country in the portfolio. China and Russia are not part of it. The top 3 sectors are industrials, materials, and financials. The fund’s history is short but promising relative to ...

Factor investing can boost your returns by a staggering margin, but it is not without tremendous risk. AVUV offers superior factor exposure compared to its ETF counterparts. You may need to tilt your portfolio with AVUV significantly in order to see meaningful differences in your ...

According to a recent report released by the OECD, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, if prolonged, could knock 1.1 percentage points off the global GDP for 2021, while increasing global inflation by 2.5 percentage points over an already lofty inflation level. The damage won’t be...

US valuations remain very high despite a recent selloff across the market cap spectrum. Developed foreign markets retreated to reasonable PE10 levels. Emerging market valuations have not budged much even with a more than 20% drop since February 2021. For further details see:...

We see the Ukraine war reducing global growth, increasing inflation and putting central banks in a bind. We prefer developed stocks in the inflationary backdrop. Stocks led by European equities bounced from 2022 lows last week, as oil prices came off highs. The European Central Bank a...

Putin’s gamble, and the West’s response, has brought into view one of the few existential tail risks that isn’t a Black Swan: the risk of an escalation into war between Russia and NATO, and the exchange of nuclear weaponry. We also know that the war between Ukrain...

The most recent sanctions are wreaking havoc on global financial markets. The Russian ruble is also plunging, and the Russian economy is being squeezed. Most global equities are also down since the start of the war, and with investors on edge, volatility is spiking. The effects of thi...