Absolute Return: winners and losers
With absolute return portfolios growing in portfolio, how can you separate the good from the ugly? Top managers share their experience over the past year with Citywire Global. Marta Campello, Abante Asesores Investors ask for positive returns and low volatility in any market conditions. Since we have experienced a prolonged spell of volatility they are looking for shelter in so-called absolute return funds, but they do not show a clear …
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 …
ETFs To Smooth Volatility: Looking at Some Long/Short Options by Stoyan Bojinov
by Stoyan Bojinov on October 31, 2011 | ETFs One of the oft-cited benefits of the ETF boom over the last several years is the democratization of asset classes, such as commodities and volatility, that were previously available only to sophisticated and wealthy investors. The marriage of these asset classes with the exchange-traded structure allows investors to tap into securities that can be extremely valuable to both long-term portfolios …
Senate to Hold Hearing on ETFs | ETF Trends
Senate to Hold Hearing on ETFs October 16th at 2:29pm by John Spence Current Affairs News: The Senate will hold a sub-committee hearing on Wednesday related to exchange traded funds and how the popular investment products may be affecting market volatility and if they pose systemic risks to the market, IndexUniverse reports. Those scheduled to testify at the hearing include Noel Archard, a managing director at BlackRock ETF manager …