LVHD News and Press, Legg Mason Low Volatility High Dividend ETF From 03/03/23

Summary The beginning of the year always offers a chance to catch up with a broad range of clients who are in the mode of thinking about the big picture outlook: pension funds, insurers, consultants and sovereign wealth funds across Australia, Asia, Europe and North America. This note r...

Summary Classic inflation hedges still play vital roles in inflation-protection strategies. Investing in future-resources equities requires balancing forward-looking optimism with pragmatism. Style-balanced construction would require more trading and rebalancing than a simple cap-we...

Summary We think value stocks can outperform as interest rates head higher. Regions and sectors help us find quality within value and growth at a reasonable price. Stocks slid after the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge showed persistently high inflation, reinforcing wh...

Summary SPHD tracks the S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility Index. It has a 0.30% expense ratio, $4 billion in assets, and reconstitutes twice annually to ensure key objectives are achieved. The last reconstitution deleted 14 companies primarily due to recent strong performance, dr...

Summary Franklin U.S. Low Volatility High Dividend Index ETF has a 3% yield and a strategy to limit risks. Almost 45% of its asset value is in utilities and consumer staples. Valuation and quality metrics are better than the benchmark. Return since 2016 is underwhelming, but the...

Summary 2022 was a year where, suddenly, the value style of investing dramatically outperformed the growth style. Sector exposure is a detail useful to help in characterizing different index exposures. The S&P 500 Growth Index added Energy sector exposure due to strong price mom...

Summary Expert recommendations for choosing among the myriad of Vanguard ETFs may prove to be a valuable resource to investors, even if not all of them will prove right. I present such recommendations made by highly knowledgeable sources, along with my own recommendations and the reason...

Summary DURA tracks the Morningstar US Dividend Valuation Index, selecting high-quality, high-yielding companies with attractive valuations. DURA's expense ratio is 0.29% and has $97 million in AUM. An unadvertised feature is DURA's low 0.77 five-year beta. Combined with an expected 3.3...

Summary Not all value strategies are created equal, and some stocks are cheap for a reason. Over the last 25 years, from 1997 to 2022, the MSCI USA Quality Index delivered an 8.6% annual return. In our view, falling earnings estimates, slowing GDP growth and tighter monetary policy ...

Summary 2023 may be an inflection point for the equity markets. When we look at the valuations around the globe at the region or country level, everything looks really cheap. We believe the markets will stay volatile in 2023. By Melda Mergen, CFA, CAIA, Global Head of Eq...