Value’s lead over growth in 2021 is helping ETFs like the Vanguard S&P 500 Value Index Fund ETF Shares (VOOV) , which boasts just a 0.10% expense ratio. VOOV seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of large-capitalization value stocks in the United States.
Timing individual investment factors is difficult, but some advisors and clients still try to do it. There are easier ways of deploying factor-based strategies. Consider the U.S. Multi-Factor Model Portfolio, which is part of WisdomTree’s Modern Alpha series of model portfolios. “This model portfolio is designed for investors with a long-term horizon looking for exposure to a broad universe of U.S. equities primarily using factor focused ETFs.
What’s the secret behind the eternal youth of Lady Liberty standing tall in New York for over a century? The same dynamic element that has been used by humans for over 10,000 years: copper. The French knew copper would be the ideal element for the Statue of Liberty’s outer layer—being lightweight, rustproof, and strong but easy to shape—when they crafted it as a gift to the U.S. in 1886.
The U.S. advertising market is expected to explode this year as businesses spend more on advertisements to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, bolstering telecommunication sector exchange traded funds that track some of the largest internet advertising venues.
Inflation is top of mind right now for many consumers, businesses and investors. Responding to a recent Bank of America survey, asset managers around the world agreed that inflation is the number one market risk, displacing COVID-19 for the first time since February 2020.
Value stocks in the U.S. are generating plenty of buzz, and rightfully so, but investors shouldn’t sleep on their European counterparts. One way to look across the Atlantic is the WisdomTree Europe Quality Dividend Growth Fund (NYSEArca: EUDG) .
