Active ETfF Sector is Gaining Traction By Tom Lydon
The actively managed exchange traded fund category appears to be gaining momentum with the recent success ofĂ‚Â the PIMCO Total Ă‚Â Return ETF. Ă‚Â There has been a slew of active ETFs recently launched, which has led many to wonder how active management is defined with an ETF. “The active ETF universe is ‘heterogeneous,’” Robert Goldsborough of Morningstar said, though heavily skewed toward fixed income. “There are a lot of unique strategies, but …
Active Vs. Passive investing: Which is right for your charity? The content of this article is provided by Octopus Investments, provider of the CAF Managed Portfolio Service.
Active and passive investments each have benefits, but when put together they could provide long-term, consistent returns Active vs passive investments – which should come first in your charity investment portfolio? Photograph: Gk Hart/vikki Hart/Getty Images The big debate within the investment community shows no sign of abating: which is better, active or passive investments? The argument is clouded by vested interests. We believe, however, that it’s a valuable debate …
Pendulum Shifts to Active ETF’s By Tom Lydon Tisha Guerrero contributed to this article.
May 6th Actively managed exchange traded funds are finally getting some attention, as successful new products have recently launched. The fixed income category of active management has been able to acquire assets, setting momentum for this area of the market. “Although we estimate that actively managed ETFs represent roughly 5% of all the assets in U.S.-traded ETFs, we see interest on the rise, as evidenced by the number of such …
A Defense Of Active Fund Management Vs. Passive Index Investing By Tom Kerr for Seeking Alpha
Ă‚Â April 11, 2012 The passive versus active fund management debate raged on recently as the most recent S&P Index Versus Active (SPIVA) report came out in March that stated that more than 84% of actively managed U.S. equity funds underperformed their S&P benchmark last year. Ignoring the obvious problem of using 1-year data to measure investment performance as well as the self-serving nature of the S&P report (licensing their indexes …
Active Maager Flame Outs Drive Investors to ETF’s by Tom Lydon Max Chen contributed to this article.
Current Affairs News The market’s wild volatility and herd-like movement has created an extremely difficult environment for stock pickers and caused some investors to abandon actively managed mutual funds for indexed exchange traded funds. Even prominent fund managers are having trouble in the current environment. However, ETFs seem to have attracted a larger following as stocks move in tandem. Bill Miller, manager of the Legg Mason Value Trust, was known …