LVHD News and Press, Legg Mason Low Volatility High Dividend ETF From 12/17/23

2023-12-17 14:50:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method.  This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...

2023-12-15 05:00:00 ET Summary The article discusses the performance of different equity factors in various inflation regimes over the past 20 years. Value underperformed during disinflationary shocks, while Quality, Momentum, and Low Volatility outperformed. Size and Value pe...

2023-12-08 23:00:00 ET Summary Although value stocks have lagged their growth counterparts over much of 2023, we believe the set up for 2024 and beyond looks promising. Currently, the MSCI World Value Index’s price-earnings (P/E) multiple is trading at a discount to its his...

2023-12-06 02:10:00 ET Summary Despite a strong start in 2023, the CCC ratings bucket has recently lost its momentum. he category has underperformed higher-quality rating cohorts since mid-September within both the high yield and leveraged loan indices by 315 and 138 basis points,...

2023-11-16 01:50:00 ET Summary Inflation has dropped down significantly which means that the Fed, in my opinion, will stop raising rates now, and maybe even lower them, at some point next year. The heat is not off yet, but it is coming off and it is a marked change for the both th...

2023-11-10 07:30:00 ET Summary Value went through the longest and deepest dry spell in history from 2007 to summer of 2020. Depends how you define value. As a value investor, obviously that puts our company through a ringer and it has us challenging and testing our own assumptions...

2023-11-09 19:35:00 ET Summary The economy is still digesting the excesses of the Covid boom, and that process is not over yet. It could last several more years. Environments like this are characterized by unusually high risks, primarily because you’re coming off a period o...

2023-11-08 20:00:45 ET Summary The iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF seeks to track an index of U.S. equities with lower volatility characteristics than the broad market. USMV has a low management fee and has delivered very strong historical risk adjusted performance. USMV's...

2023-10-27 23:25:00 ET Summary After two quarters of strong equity performance, markets paused and reversed in the third quarter of the year. U.S. equities lost -3.2% and European equities lost -2.1%. Clearly, the change of tone at the U.S. Federal Reserve (“Fed”) pl...

2023-10-27 16:52:36 ET Summary Since my cautionary review in February, SPHD has underperformed the broader market by 14%. Investors continue to collect generous monthly dividends, but at the expense of capital appreciation. The reason is SPHD's poor methodology which selects only ...