CFRA Reserach

When fixed income investors typically think about geography, they usually focus on U.S. bonds, whether it be Treasuries or corporate debt issued by US-based firms. Flows to exchange-traded funds confirm as much as many of the largest bond ETFs are domestically focused. While investors clearly...

When the value factor and the related exchange-traded funds rebounded last year, investors were reminded that value stocks had been on a surprisingly long streak of lagging growth equivalents. Actually, the value factor has lagged the broader market over the past several years. Value ETFs' Appeal...

Although U.S. interest rates are still low, the specter of more rate hikes by the Federal Reserve this year has dividend stocks and exchange-traded funds facing scrutiny. Typically, high dividend strategies thrive in sanguine interest rate environments, while languishing when Treasury yields climb...