PowerShares ETFs

Investors have heard quite a bit of this lately: The energy sector is the worst-performing group in the S&P 500. However, the struggles of the S&P 500's seventh-largest sector weight are not uniform — certainly not among the exchange-traded funds tracking group. While ETFs that...

An increasingly popular niche within the expansive universe of smart beta exchange-traded funds is the low volatility/high dividend concept. SPHD And 2 New ETFs The PowerShares S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility Portfolio (PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II (NYSE: SPHD)) pioneered the...

Not that they were on the fringe in the past, but the status of low-volatility exchange-traded funds as mainstream, core holdings has been validated this year as investors pour billions of dollars into these funds that eschew volatile stocks. The PowerShares S&P 500 Low Volatility Portfolio (...