A smart beta exchange traded fund, the Invesco RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. ETF (PXF) debuted on 06/25/2007, and offers broad exposure to the Foreign Large Value ETF category of the market. What Are ...

U.S. Global Investors Advances Smart Beta 2.0 Strategy as GOAU ETF Transitions to Active Management and WAR ETF Marks ...

Much has been written about smart beta strategies, and it can get confusing for investors. Answers to these frequently asked questions here could help. Since my first smart beta blog post in 2014, ...

Investors who are nervous about stock-market swings and loathe to put assets in safer bonds are turning to smart-beta strategies. Smart-beta exchange-traded funds have proliferated in the past several ...

The smart beta train has definitively left the station. One of the fastest-growing ETF categories, smart beta is being used to target a variety of outcomes by a growing—and more diverse—group of ...

A way to diversify and seek value. Smart beta funds provide diversification and the opportunity for additional income to investors since their strategy is to focus on a particular factor that delivers ...

Increasingly, investors are embracing strategic beta to capture better risk-adjusted returns by isolating and blending specific risk factors such as value, low volatility, quality, size and others. It ...

Smart beta might not be all that smart. Academic researchers have scoured market history looking for attributes in stocks that give them the ability to outperform. In their quest, they have found ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I show you how to save and invest. The concept of smart beta has a lot of data to draw on. Many so-called factors such as value, ...

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” ...

Investopedia defines Smart Beta as “a set of investing strategies that emphasize the use of alternative index construction rules to traditional market capitalization-based indices . . . . such as ...