Wednesday 18 February 2015

Does Low Risk Sound Boring? Low-Volatility ETFs Can Win

Otmane El Rhazi from Investor's Business Daily - ETFs RSS.



ETF investors willing to take higher risk for higher returns might very well be a little miffed. Dividend- and low-volatility exchange traded funds outperformed in 2014. Despite the robust stock market, momentum and high beta funds lagged in comparison. "Stocks with lower risk characteristics and defensive characteristics generally posted the strongest returns," Nick Kalivas, a senior equity strategist at PowerShares, wrote in a recent article

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