Whether markets are up or down, investors are always looking for ways to beat the odds. Everyone wants to feel like their investing strategy is as solid as it possibly can be, regardless of the market ...

A smart beta exchange traded fund, the WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth ETF (DGRS) debuted on 07/25/2013, and offers broad exposure to the Style Box - Small Cap Blend category of the ...

Though smart beta products have swelled in popularity, they aren’t new. In fact, Lukas Smart has been managing smart beta-style portfolios for more than eight years, and his firm, the Austin, ...

Launched on 04/19/2006, the First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector ETF (QTEC) is a smart beta exchange traded fund offering broad exposure to the Technology ETFs category of the market. What Are ...

Global smart beta adoption rates among institutional investors hit a record 58% in 2019, up 10% from the previous year, according to FTSE Russell's annual global institutional asset owner smart beta ...

Smart beta exchange-traded funds have become popular among investors disappointed by the performance of higher cost, actively managed mutual funds, according to researchers from the ESSEC Business ...

It’s every quant’s nightmare: Trades that look good on paper break down in the real world. And in the $1 trillion business of smart-beta investing, it’s happening on an industrial scale. According to ...

In recent years, the value that financial advisors have brought to clients in the area of money management has shifted from active stock or fund selection to macro asset allocation. Consequently, ...

It’s no surprise that exchange traded fund (ETF) investors are looking beyond plain vanilla offerings that mimic major U.S. stock indices. What may be surprising is the rapid adoption of “smart beta” ...

Tim Smith has 20+ years of experience in the financial services industry, both as a writer and as a trader. Somer G. Anderson is CPA, doctor of accounting, and an accounting and finance professor who ...