LVHD News and Press, Legg Mason Low Volatility High Dividend ETF From 03/07/22

Almost every commodity rose in prices last week, as did the dollar. Those two factors - rising dollar and rising commodity prices - mean the likelihood of recession in the coming year has risen significantly in just the last week. There was considerable volatility in stocks last week,...

Emerging Markets are outperforming the rest of the world, due in large part to windfall profits in the commodities-exporting countries of South America and the Middle East. If you want to follow the money, this is a good place to start. Money has been flowing out of tech, consumer dis...

Economic growth is being treated as much less important to stocks than the path to be taken by the Federal Reserve. Value stuff has managed to hold up, despite the ugly tape. The market is treating value stocks as a relative haven. For further details see: A Sense Of Mal...

Each month, I give an overview of 90 dividend, income, and risk-management-focused ETFs, selecting them from my database of 800+ funds. This article highlights each ETF's yield, dividend growth, volatility, concentration, and performances for one-month, six-month, one-year, three year...

Since November, the bears have been coming after stocks with distant cash flows whenever rates have headed higher, owing to the math behind discounting future values to the present. We had a few years prior to Covid when, for the first time in generations, there were more job openings...

Russia supplies natural gas to Europe, and in the event of US sanctions, this could impact Europe. But there are so many LNG ships in the Atlantic right now that lease rates have collapsed, so Russian threats to cut off Europe’s gas may not be much of a threat. The other big th...

Mounting inflation and rising interest rates are creating conditions for broader value recovery, particularly for companies that have solid business fundamentals. Despite the recent outperformance, value stocks still trade at a near-record discount to growth peers. In any sector, ...

Non-U.S. markets, including EM, DM, and Asia, are outperforming the U.S. markets after underperforming last year. After slightly underperforming growth last year, value is where the money is flowing. With the economy still in growth mode, cyclical stocks should do better than defe...

CDC is a high dividend, low volatility fund that strategically exits equities in favor of U.S. treasuries during signs of market weakness. The ETF lost just 1% in March 2020. Unlike other low volatility ETFs, CDC also performs well in rising markets. The ETF has matched the S&P 50...

The price of government bonds, particularly those with shorter maturities have declined considerably over the past seven months. Growth rates and future earnings are inextricably connected. Value companies often command much lower price to earnings ratios. For further detail...