quality

The U.S. Hemp Authority (USHA) certification program aims to become a cornerstone of hemp industry standards, providing self-regulatory practices to an industry that has been at the center of a multidimensional debate. The program focuses on safety, labeling and quality control – all aspects...

Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo, the Boston-based investment giant with assets worth $59 billion, is making its debut in the booming $7.4 -trillion ETF sector. The firm, co-established by Jeremy Grantham, submitted an application Monday to U.S. authorities for its inaugural ETF, named the GMO U.S....

ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the American National Standards Institute, has announced the formal launch of its new Cannabis Certificate Accreditation Program (C-CAP). As part of the new program, ANAB will assess and accredit certificate programs as...

Stocks have a less-than-stellar reputation in the month of June, as the S&P 500 often notches slightly negative returns in the sixth month of the year. That does not mean investors need to eschew equities altogether, but June gloom could mean emphasizing factors such as quality could prove...

There is often an intersection of the quality factor and dividend stocks, a theme that can be tapped with exchange-traded funds such as the FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund (NYSE: QDF). Quality And Dividends In QDF QDF tracks the Northern Trust Quality Dividend Index, which goes beyond cap-...

Low volatility, for myriad reasons, is the investment factor stealing most of the limelight this year, but the quality factor is not too far behind. The iShares Edge MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (NYSE: QUAL) is clearly one of the exchange-traded funds benefiting from the flight to quality. While...

In addition to low volatility, the quality factor is the investment factor garnering the most headlines this year, as investors continuing displaying a preference for consistency and dependability over higher beta fare. While different issuers of exchange-traded funds may have varying definitions...

Approximately 200 exchange-traded products came to market in the United States in 2015. Many are still trying to catch investors' eyes and assets. A far smaller amount is thriving, making residents of that category particularly notable. That category includes the O’Shares FTSE U.S....

The marriage of the widely followed quality and emerging markets equities is working this year. The overlooked though it probably should not be SPDR MSCI Emerging Markets Quality Mix ETF (SPDR Index Shares Fund (NYSE: QEMM)) is starting to prove as much. One of the disadvantages of embracing the...

Stocks with the quality designation are, broadly speaking, less volatile than their lower quality peers, dividend payers and raisers and prolific cash generators. Usually, quality stocks are less bad during volatile markets and that trait explains why the iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (...

The primary draw to international dividend stocks and exchange-traded funds is that these securities usually sport higher dividend yields than their the U.S. counterparts. That is true of the iShares Dow Jones EPAC Sel Div Ind (ETF) (NYSE: IDV). IDV, which debuted nearly nine years ago, has a...

Amid a turbulent start to the year for global equity markets, advisors and investors should be looking for the investment factors that, at the very least, are performing less bad. The low volatility and quality factors come to mind. Hallmarks of the quality factor, one of the most venerable...

Advisors and investors have heard plenty this year about the quality factor's laggard status relative to its momentum counterpart. In fact, quality has been on a drag on some of the most popular U.S. dividend exchange-traded funds. For investors looking for international income, the good news...

The quality factor is a favorite among advisors and investors, but it has been a disappointment this year, lagging its momentum rival. Quality's laggard status has also plagued some dividend exchange-traded funds, a scenario that has put some income investors in a bind. Adding to the conundrum...

Hallmarks of the quality factor, one of the most venerable investment factors, include identifying companies that grow earnings at impressive clips, pay and raise dividends and generated prodigious amounts of free cash. Companies that fit the high quality label also sport stellar return on equity...