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Is Your Low Volatility Strategy Good Enough? Test It Overseas February 12, 2021 A low volatility strategy can help investors avoid market queasiness. According to a recent Forbes article, one great way to test such a strategy is to see how it fares overseas. “One robust way to test out factors is to see if they hold up across geographies,” the Forbes article said. “Researchers have found that low volatility does appear to work in China for the A Shares Market, though in a slightly different manner to the U.S. market. This is also relatively recent research looking at the 2000-2018 pe...

The Fund adopts a total return approach, using income as the engine This is in stark contrast to underperforming absolute return strategies We believe DIF’s approach makes it a reliable core holding Capital markets were challenging to navigate in 2020, but it was possible to deliver a positive return primarily driven by resilient income; the Diversified Income Fund (DIF) did so for an eight consecutive year, offering protection during weaker markets in addition to upside participation; this versatility is down to three core elements of its philosophy. The Fund adopts a total return approach...

Prepared by Scott Opsal Investment styles generally have an inherent tendency to outperform in either bullish or bearish market environments. One cohort attracts buyers when the equity market is running higher and optimism prevails, while other styles draw interest when the market is weak, worry abounds, and safety is the desire of the day. Such a behavioral bias is built into some factors by design, others accrue their directional bias as a secondary result of economic or cyclical forces. There is no “official list” of bullish or bearish factors, so we must infer these tilts by examini...

Put Away Your Crystal Ball and Adapt as Market Conditions Change January 20, 2021 Volumes have and will be written about the unique events of 2020.  It would be a dramatic understatement to acknowledge that none of us saw how the year would unfold.  This should provide healthy doses of humility and caution as we read the abundant financial market forecasts for 2021. Our conclusion is not that homework, analysis, and preparation do not matter—interpretation of information matters now more than ever!  Instead, the problem lies in the tendency to apply a tight grip on predictions from a s...

With heavy trading volume more volatility could be on the way, an issue the Invesco S&P 500® Downside Hedged ETF (PHDG) easily sidesteps.