David Maza

Among the various, widely followed factors — size, value, high yield, low volatility, quality and momentum — there is no doubt that low volatility is this year's king. Flows data support that assertion as U.S. equity low volatility strategies, such as the iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol...

Last year's top-performing sector, consumer discretionary, is off to a rocky start in 2016 as highlighted by the 6.7 percent slide for the Consumer Discretionary SPDR (ETF) (NYSE: XLY). Homebuilders stocks and exchange-traded funds have come under even more duress as the 13.4 percent year-to-...