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Prepare For A Value Rebound With This ETF
Friday, September 1, 2017 - 9:09am | 568The value factor is lagging its growth and momentum rivals in a big way this year, but that does not mean obituaries for value stocks should be written. Some exchange-traded funds dedicated to value stocks offer long-term promise, particularly at a time when the value factor is doing what it is...
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An Idea For A Value Rebound
Tuesday, August 8, 2017 - 9:27am | 533The value factor has not been too bad this year, but the problem for value stocks is that they are lagging the broader market as well as their growth and momentum rivals. For example, the iShares Edge MSCI USA Value Factor ETF (BATS: VLUE) is up less than 9 percent year to date while the S&P...
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Finding Value With Value ETFs
Thursday, April 13, 2017 - 11:26am | 503When the value factor and the related exchange-traded funds rebounded last year, investors were reminded that value stocks had been on a surprisingly long streak of lagging growth equivalents. Actually, the value factor has lagged the broader market over the past several years. Value ETFs' Appeal...
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Value ETFs Get A Trump Boost
Monday, December 12, 2016 - 10:45am | 524The value factor is experiencing a renaissance of sorts this year, and that theme, as it pertains to exchange-traded funds, has been amplified in the weeks following last month's U.S. presidential election. That is right. Love him or hate him, President-elect Donald Trump seems to be having a...
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Time To Appreciate This Value ETF
Wednesday, September 21, 2016 - 3:51pm | 573Perhaps it is not a coincidence that as concerns linger regarding valuations on U.S. stocks the value factor is making a comeback this year. That, after value lagged growth for the better part of a decade. Rising multiples on the S&P 500 leave investors wondering how much more can be juiced of...
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Value Is Working Here, Too
Monday, July 18, 2016 - 8:36am | 483After a lengthy stretch of lagging its growth counterpart, the value factor is rebounding this year in the United States and receiving ample attention along the way. Some believe this could be the start of full-fledged rotation into value stocks and exchange-traded funds. While the factor is...
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A Better Way To Play Value With ETFs
Monday, April 11, 2016 - 1:20pm | 588The resurgence of the value factor this year has gotten plenty of attention, prompting scores of advisors and investors to revisit previously beloved exchange-traded funds dedicated to the value factor. So far, the move back to value ETFs is rewarding investors. For example, the popular iShares S...
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Why Now For Value ETFs
Thursday, March 24, 2016 - 8:17am | 531If there is one investment factor that is drawing plenty of attention this year it is the value factor. Adulation and attention for the value factor is deserved. After a multi-year stretch in which it lagged growth, momentum and other investment factors, value is back with a vengeance. That much is...
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Finding Value In Value ETFs
Saturday, September 12, 2015 - 1:29pm | 662The value factor is one of the most widely followed investment factors, but for investors in mutual funds and exchange traded funds, a fund's performance and its fees are major factors in determining just how good of a value investors are getting. Investors in actively managed value mutual...