LVHD News and Press, Legg Mason Low Volatility High Dividend ETF From 07/19/23

2023-07-19 20:55:00 ET Summary Modern Portfolio Theory focuses on assembling the optimal group of assets to achieve the best return per unit of risk. Diversification works well because it blends short and long duration instruments thereby reducing the overall average duration. ...

2023-07-10 23:45:00 ET Summary Factor investing can help drill through broad sector labels to help investors better understand past performance and expected returns. Investors taking factor views may be better able to capture the underlying exposure they seek and obtain complement...

2023-06-28 04:52:00 ET Summary Higher for longer interest rates support allocations to high quality fixed income. Equity markets are priced for an optimistic outcome; investors may want to consider steering towards a defensive stance. Trends such as demographics and artificial...

2023-05-25 23:30:00 ET Summary Sector tilts can skew risk and reward when selecting value stocks. Unintended sector bets can be a trap for value investors and the bane of high Sharpe ratios. By keeping a watchful eye on sector tilts and potential overconcentration, we believe ...

2023-05-17 23:33:07 ET Summary LVHD selects profitable U.S. securities expected to pay relatively high and sustainable dividends. Companies are further screened based on the attractiveness of their price and earnings volatility. The result is high concentration in defensive sector...

2023-05-15 09:00:00 ET Summary The Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility ETF invests based on the S&P 500 Low Volatility High Dividend Index. The Franklin U.S. Low Volatility High Dividend Index ETF invests based on the QS Low Volatility High Dividend Index. Bot...

2023-05-15 02:00:00 ET Summary As the economy begins to accelerate, value companies begin to outperform. The market continued to favor many of the more value-oriented or economically sensitive sectors of the market. The financial sector fell to the bottom of returns as balance...

2023-05-06 21:19:00 ET Summary The Federal Reserve hiked interest rates 25 basis points at its May policy meeting, taking the upper end of its target to 5.25%. Our view is that there is a high probability that US growth will continue to weaken and enter recession later this year. ...

2023-04-24 05:32:12 ET Summary This article provides an overview of the SCHD's historical performance vs. a peer group of 78, including popular ETFs like VTV, VYM, VIG, DGRO, and SDY. A solid long-term track record suggests SCHD's strategy has merit. Although it's not the most con...

2023-04-20 13:09:00 ET Summary We see that the 10s/2s has been inverted since roughly July 2022, while the 10s/3mo (historically the more accurate indicator of recessions) inverted in October. The consensus is that 2023 will witness a decline in corporate earnings as economic acti...