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COVID-19 Coronavirus Forces Investors To Look For Yield, Safety
Sunday, March 22, 2020 - 7:27pm | 558With volatility at historically high levels and the COVID-19 coronavirus testing the limits of the entire global financial system, investors have been sent on a hunt for yield and safety. Since the late February highs in broad market indices, drawdowns in some passive funds have reached levels as...
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KraneShares Joins Forces With Dorsey Wright For ETF Rotation Model
Monday, October 28, 2019 - 8:40am | 483KraneShares, the exchange traded funds issuer behind a line of popular China ETFs, including the KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF (NYSE: KWEB), is joining forces with Dorsey Wright, the proprietor of relative strength-based indexes, for an ETF rotation model based on KraneShares funds. “The...
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First Trust Launches Another Dorsey Wright ETF
Wednesday, May 16, 2018 - 8:16am | 605First Trust is adding to its already expansive lineup of exchange-traded funds tracking Dorsey Wright index and methodologies with the debut of the First Trust Dorsey Wright DALI 1 ETF (NASDAQ: DALI). The new ETF tracks the Nasdaq Dorsey Wright DALI 1 Index, which was launched just a few weeks ago...
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Popular ETF Of ETFs Gets Defensive After Market Slide
Monday, February 8, 2016 - 2:32pm | 527The First Trust Dorsey Wright Focus 5 ETF (First Trust Exchange Traded Fund VI (NASDAQ: FV)) is reportedly dumping some of its riskier holdings in favor of more conservative fare as the S&P 500 has tumbled 8 percent year to date. FV Is An ETF Of ETFs Since coming to market in March 2014, FV...
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Momentum Is Working At The Sector Level
Monday, October 26, 2015 - 1:30pm | 542Throughout 2015, investors have heard plenty about the momentum factor outperforming its value counterpart. Exchange-traded funds easily prove as much. For example, the $947.7 million iShares MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETF (iShares Trust (NYSE: MTUM)) is up nearly 6 percent, while the S&P 500 is...
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The Final Four: New ETF Focuses On Four Momentum Funds
Friday, October 9, 2015 - 2:16pm | 601The momentum factor has delivered surprising out-performance of its value rival this year, and there is no shortage of momentum-based exchange-traded funds investors can use to exploit that trend. Also, there is a new kid on the block worth considering. New ETF The PowerShares DWA Tactical...
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Slow to Grow New Small-Cap ETFs Performing Well
Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 7:36am | 972Among the flurry of new exchange-traded products to come to market in 2012 (approximately 150) a fair amount of ETFs offering exposure to small-cap equities have debuted. Some offer fresh ways to play stocks with small market values while others are new versions of funds that previously failed....
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Twelve ETFs Trading Near 52-Week Highs
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - 6:56am | 874First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX (NYSE: FXG) is up more than 20% year to date. The investment seeks results that correspond generally to the price and yield of an equity index called the StrataQuant Consumer Staples Index. Top holdings include Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NASDAQ: GMCR),...