USMV News and Press, iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF From 05/27/19

Long-term strategic investing is usually baselined against naïve mixes of the S&P 500, as a proxy for a broad mix of large-cap U.S. stocks, and iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF ( AGG ), as a proxy for broad core bonds including U.S. government and investment grade corporate bonds....

Much of the asset management industry is currently focused on delivering "smart beta" with low fees. The main approach currently in use is to find factors that have historically outperformed the broader market and tilt portfolios towards them. The underlying premise is sound, but the implement...

Financial professionals frequently opine that asset prices are a function of economic conditions. Assets like stocks, bonds and real estate rise in value when the economy is expanding. They fall in value when the economy contracts. The problem with those statements is that they represent a f...

The first article on the systemic risk indicator MTS10 was published here on 5/21/2015 , almost 4 years ago. From Market Timing to Systemic Risk Market timing based on binary indicators is dangerous. Even if you find an indicator “predicting” the 8 recessions in the Unit...

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