USMV News and Press, iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF From 07/23/21

A growing concern that rising cases of COVID-19 globally could slow economic growth caused U.S. stocks to tumble earlier this week. Increasing hedging activity in the options market against a significant market decline, and a fall in Treasury yields, indicate that investors are fearful. So, a...

Thursday's stock market action reflected the tug of war going on right now between bulls and bears about the likely future course of the global economy. The rebound over the past several months has stemmed from rising optimism about getting past the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, but with the c...

The stock market took a big hit on Monday, as the Dow Jones Industrials (DJINDICES: ^DJI) suffered losses of more than 1,000 points in a single day. Fears about the outbreak of COVID-19 around the world spurred the big declines, leaving investors wondering what they need to do to protect the...

By Jonathan Liss When it comes to ETFs, Gary Gordon has been an "early adopter" in every sense of the term. He began using ETFs in the mid-1990s, well before founding his own ETF-focused RIA, Pacific Park Financial in 2002 (the firm currently manages upwards of $140M for its c...

The academic paper published in the past few years that most impacted my investment philosophy was Henrick Bessembinder's " Do Stocks Outperform Treasury Bills? " We know that the simple answer to the titular question is a resounding "yes." Over long-time intervals, the equity market has, on a...

I have recently published extensive work on Seeking Alpha regarding the long-term outperformance generated by factor tilts - Size , Value , Low Volatility , Dividend Growth , Equal-Weighting , Momentum , and Quality . While some may discount these strategies as backcasting or data minin...

The U.S. Economy GDP growth has now expanded for 20 consecutive quarters and last quarter's 3.1% was a positive surprise in many respects. In fact, looking at just GDP data would likely lead someone to conclude that the Fed would not be cutting rates. As we will show later, however, there ar...

In my most recent two-article series for Seeking Alpha, I featured 5 U.S. stock ETFs that pay dividends each and every month . I evaluated them all using the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF ( DIA ), which also pays monthly dividends, as a reference point. In the first of the two arti...

Whether it was a purposeful Machiavellian-like maneuver or a completely unintended consequence, President Trump finally got the rate cuts he’s been demanding for years after ratcheting up tariffs several weeks ago which effectively scared everyone from Wall Street to corporate firms to ...

The iShares Edge MSCI Minimum Volatility USA ETF ( USMV ) is often touted as a great way for risk averse investors to maintain a long equity position. While this has been true historically over this bull market, the ETF has not been truly tested in a downturn, and when it comes, they may be in...