Is Inspire Small/Mid Cap ETF (ISMD) a Strong ETF Right Now?

A smart beta exchange traded fund, the Inspire Small/Mid Cap ETF (ISMD) debuted on 02/28/2017, and offers broad exposure to the Style Box - All Cap Blend category of the market.

Zacks Investment Research • Sep 2, 2025

ISMD: Not Buying Into This Faith-Based Small/Mid-Cap ETF

ISMD offers equal-weighted, biblically responsible exposure to 500 U.S. small/mid-cap stocks. Its proprietary strategy first screens for violations and then for 'excellence' features like ethics and fair competition. The ETF's 0.57% expense ratio is a key drawback. I suggest donating 'excess' returns locally to causes you know you support rather than paying the fund manager. Or, faith-based investors can consider two other competitors in this space: TPSC and OASC. This article highlights the fundamental differences between them and two other broad-based ETFs.

Seeking Alpha • Jun 11, 2025

5 ETFs Leading the Small-Cap Rally

Small-cap stocks are back in vogue with a powerful rally in May. It is outperforming the large-cap brethren as investors flocked to cheap and undervalued segments of the market.

Zacks Investment Research • May 15, 2024

Inspire's Founding Faith-Based ETFs Celebrate 7 Years of Trading

BOISE, Idaho , March 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Inspire Investing, the world's largest provider of faith-based ETFs, is celebrating the 7-year anniversary of their two founding exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The Inspire Global Hope ETF (NYSE: BLES) and the Inspire Small/Mid Cap ETF (NYSE: ISMD) began trading on February 27, 2017.

PRNewsWire • Mar 18, 2024

Inspire ETFs Reports Expense Ratio Reductions for 7 Funds

Inspire Investing has announced fee reductions on seven of its biblically responsible, faith-based ESG ETFs BOISE, Idaho , May 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Inspire Investing, the world's largest provider of biblically responsible ESG ETFs, reported fee reductions on seven of its eight exchange traded funds. This reduction in fees is due mostly to the rapid growth that Inspire has achieved and covers a broad range of investment solutions, from global and U.S. equity to fixed income, momentum, and tactical strategies.

PRNewsWire • May 2, 2022

ETF Odds & Ends: Regents Park Adds Hedged Fund

It was a busy week, especially for expense ratio changes.

ETFcom • Apr 1, 2022

Inspire Investing's Founding Biblical ESG ETFs Celebrate 5 Years of Trading

BOISE METRO, Idaho , March 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Inspire Investing, a leading biblically responsible ESG (environmental, social, governance)1 investing firm, celebrated the 5-year anniversary of their two-founding exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on Sunday, February 27, 2022; the Inspire Global Hope ETF (NYSE: BLES) and the Inspire Small/Mid Cap Impact ETF (NYSE: ISMD).  "Five years ago, there simply were no biblically responsible ETFs, and so we created BLES and ISMD out of sheer necessity," says Robert Netzly, CEO of Inspire Investing.

PRNewsWire • Mar 29, 2022

Small-Cap Space on Fire This Week: 6 Best ETFs

Small-cap stocks have been leading the way higher with the Russell 2000 index on track for its best performance in the week.

Zacks Investment Research • Sep 13, 2019

An Advisor Embraces A Pair Of Values-Based ETFs

Sometimes, all it takes to change the fortunes of scuffling exchange traded funds is one well-heeled advisor or investor to decide to allocate to these funds.

Benzinga • Mar 29, 2019