Latest Articles about LVOL

Russell Shuts LWPE, SCTR Early

Cinthia Murphy — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 02:45:36 Z

Russell Investments has rushed closure of two of the 25 ETFs it plans to shutter by month-end, as the assets in these funds, unimpressive as they were, evaporated a little sooner than

Learning From ETF Closures

Ugo Egbunike — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 19:19:00 Z

My colleague Paul was spot-on with his recent blog describing how ETF fund closures are healthy for the industry in terms of competition and the state of the overall market. Still, we should

Russell Killing All But One In Its ETF Family

Investor's Business Daily — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 02:08:00 Z

Russell Investments is liquidating all but one of its ETFs after nearly a year in operation amid relatively low trading volume. The 25 passively managed ETFs tracked indexes that screened

ETF Watch: Russell To Shutter All But 1 Of Its ETFs

IndexUniverse Staff — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 01:56:12 Z

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Russell ETF Closures Dilemma

Ana Kostioukova — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 02:36:53 Z

In a statement released on Aug. 17, Russell said:"Regarding the closures, while the innovation behind Russell's next-generation ETF products received substantial interest in general, the

ETF Shocker: Russell to Close 25 Funds - ETF News And Commentary

Eric Dutram — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:01:01 Z

Although the ETF industry continues to expand at a rapid pace, we have seen a great deal of closures in the past few weeks. Socttrade abandoned its ETF lineup by closing FocusShares, while

Is It Time For an Equal Weight ETF? - ETF News And Commentary

Zacks ETF Research — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 17:21:56 Z

Financial markets today are marked with uncertainties arising on account of weak economic conditions around the globe. Thanks to the slowdown in most emerging as well as developed markets, a

Is Russell Next On ETF-Closure List?

Carolyn Hill — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 01:52:24 Z

On Monday, FocusShares announced it would be closing its entire suite of 15 funds effective Aug. 17. Amid all the hoopla over FocusShares, Russell has announced a strategic review of its ETF

Four Easy Ways to Play Beta and Volatility with ETFs - ETF News And Commentary

Zacks ETF Research — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 21:11:47 Z

Volatility in the equity market in recent years resulted in investors becoming overly vigilant while constructing their portfolios. In an effort to provide security to investors against

Parsing Low Vol And Low Beta

Spencer Bogart — Wed, 30 May 2012 07:52:32 Z

Russell offers two ETFs that track modified versions of the Russell 1000, one with a low-beta strategy (NYSEArca:LBTA), one with a low-volatility strategy (NYSEArca:LVOL). Over a

Best/Worst Daily ETF Returns: Energy Shines

Alex Ulam — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:00:00 Z

Energy shined yesterday, with the Teucrium WTI Crude Oil Fund (NYSEArca:CRUD) the top-performing ETF yesterday, as Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao indicated his government was ready to take action to

Low Volatility ETFs for a Choppy Market

Christian Magoon — Tue, 08 May 2012 18:01:53 Z

By Christian Magoon CEO and Founder, Magoon Capital (Exclusive to NASDAQ.com) The S&P 500 has been nothing short of choppy over the last month after a good start to the

In Search Of The Best Low-Vol Equity ETF

Alex Ulam and Olivier Ludwig — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:11:43 Z

MSCI, widely considered the leading provider of global indexes, produced a white paper earlier this year touting the superiority of its minimum-volatility indexing methodology, which iShares

Top 10 Market Predictions for 2012

Manikandan Raman — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:49:26 Z

The fact is everyone in the financial services or wealth management business has thought about what they feel the markets will do next year. Following are the 10 market predictions for

A $700 Million Low-Volatility ETF? Who Knew?

Alex Ulam — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 04:05:41 Z

(Updated to reflect fee waivers on Russell ETFs.) Â The Invesco PowerShares S'P 500 Low Volatility Portfolio (NYSEArca:SPLV) has gathered more than $700 million since its launch in