2 Ways to Think About Diversification & Managing Volatility

Diversification is a key theme in 2025, as investors look for ways to navigate market volatility.  Major U.S. equity indexes started the year near record-high levels of concentration.

ETF Trends • Apr 3, 2025

EELV: Less Volatility And Strong Outperformance Potential

The Invesco S&P Emerging Markets Low Volatility ETF offers reduced volatility through strategic country allocation and a focus on large and mid-cap equities. EELV avoids the volatile Chinese market, unlike many EM funds that track the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, reducing portfolio risk. The ETF charges a 0.29% management fee and invests in over 200 companies, with minimal exposure to any single stock.

Seeking Alpha • Feb 3, 2025

3 Low-Volatility ETFs to Buy for Downside Protection

There was a time when low-volatility exchange-traded funds (ETFs) were all the rage. However, when you have a market environment where the leading index, the S&P 500, gains double-digit annual returns in seven of the last 11 years, including 20% or higher gains in three of the last five years, low-volatility ETFs aren't going to gain much traction.

InvestorPlace • Aug 1, 2024

Defensive Factors See Resurgence During Recent Market Weakness

Defensive factors have seen a resurgence during the recent weakness in markets. U.S. equities struggled last month due to volatile and increasing bond yields, third-quarter earnings releases, and geopolitical conflict.

ETF Trends • Nov 3, 2023

Chart of the Week: Reducing Emerging Markets Risks

While developed U.S. and non-U.S. markets indexes were up year to date through October 20, emerging markets benchmarks were treading water. The two largest emerging markets ETFs are the Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets (VWO) and the iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets (IEMG).

ETF Trends • Oct 25, 2023

VettaFi Voices On: The Biggest Threat to the Global Economy

Greetings, VettaFi Voices! In recent months, we've talked about a lot of different issues, from the micro to the macro, but let's go REALLY big picture this week.

ETF Trends • Sep 8, 2023

Position Defensively With SPLV to Safeguard Gains

Investors can position their portfolios more defensively to safeguard the gains achieved year to date. The economic outlook for the duration of 2023 and beyond remains uncertain.

ETF Trends • Sep 1, 2023

Strength Overseas Is Creating Opportunities in Emerging Markets

Domestically, the equities rally has been dominated by large cap technology companies. However, there's also market strength to be had overseas, especially in emerging markets.

ETF Trends • Aug 17, 2023

How Quality and Low Volatility Can Work Together in Portfolios

Exposure to the quality and low volatility factors can help portfolios remain defensive in the current environment. With lots of uncertainty looming in the market, many investors want to maintain more defensive allocations.

ETF Trends • Jun 15, 2023

Low Volatility Factor Index Rebalances, Impacting Sector Weights

As overall market volatility has decreased, the latest rebalance of Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatility ETF's (SPLV) underlying index brought some changes to the sector weights. The overall trailing one-year volatility decreased slightly since the end of January.

ETF Trends • Jun 9, 2023