Low volatility is a widely follow investment factor and it can be argued that in the nearly five years since the PowerShares S&P 500 Low Volatility Portfolio (PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II ...
"Some index funds rely on sampling to save on trading costs," Criscuolo says. "Sampling can introduce tracking error, positive or negative, into a fund's performance. Similarly, funds that track ...
In the month of June, the market price of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets( EEM) had a volatility that was 27% greater than its index and an annualized tracking error of ...
GIVEN that investors’ prime reason for buying exchange-traded funds (ETF) is to gain exposure to indices, in an ideal world the performance of an ETF ought to reflect movements in the benchmark index ...
SEBI is considering a shift to T-1 iNAV-based price bands for ETFs to eliminate the current two-day data lag.This proposed ...
A passive fund or an exchange traded fund (ETF) attempts to perfectly mimic an index. However, their returns don’t perfectly trail the respective index. Tracking ...
Passive funds follow a rule-based approach to investing with no active stock selection. They follow an index (like Nifty 50 or Nifty 500) and try to replicate its performance by buying all stocks with ...
Explore the VIX, the go-to index for tracking S&P 500 volatility. Learn about its calculation and impact on your investment ...
The 1 kg of stewing beef I bought ended up tasting like pork. When confronted, the butcher retorted “Well buddy, it’s meat isn’t it?” Most consumers would be incensed at this response, but for some ...