Smart beta strategy blends passive and active investing, focusing on volatility, quality, and value factors. Learn how it ...

The WisdomTree International Hedged Quality Dividend Growth ETF (IHDG) was launched on 05/07/2014, and is a smart beta exchange traded fund designed to offer broad exposure to the Broad Developed ...

FTXL offers exposure to 34 semiconductor stocks, emphasizing gross income, ROA, cash flow, and momentum. Learn more about ...

The Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares (VIGI) made its debut on 03/03/2016, and is a smart beta exchange traded fund that provides broad exposure t ...

A smart beta exchange traded fund, the Invesco S&P 500 Pure Growth ETF (RPG) debuted on 03/01/2006, and offers broad exposure to the Style Box - Large Cap Growth category of the m ...

The State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF (SPYD) was launched on 10/21/2015, and is a smart beta exchange traded fund designed to offer broad exposure to the Style Box - Large Cap ...

Rob Arnott, chairman and CEO of Research Affiliates and a pioneer in factor index investing, the so-called "smart beta" space, has been outspoken about how smart beta strategies can go horribly wrong.

It’s no surprise that exchange traded fund (ETF) investors are looking beyond plain vanilla offerings that mimic major U.S. stock indices. What may be surprising is the rapid adoption of “smart beta” ...

Beware of the backtests, especially in smart beta indexes. In recently reported analysis, Newport Beach, Calif.-based Research Affiliates found that smart beta index backtesting tends to find superior ...

While smart beta is the hottest thing in the exchange-traded fund world, bond portfolios have yet to catch on. But BlackRock Inc. doesn’t mind being early to that party. The world’s biggest money ...

March was a rough month for smart beta exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as assets under management for alternatively weighted ETFs declined 0.96% on a global basis, but smart beta funds still represent a ...

Let’s be blunt. Smart Beta1 is mostly re-packaged, re-branded quantitative management. That’s not to say we don’t like it or think it’s not good for inves.tors. We love quantitative management, ...