After taking about 20 years for exchange trade funds (ETFs) to gain popularity, they are “quickly displacing mutual funds as the mainstay of the average investor’s portfolio because of the…
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The Irony of the Low-Volatility Binge
Investor appetite for low-volatility mutual and exchange-traded funds isn’t new. However, it seems to be reaching the point of gluttony. Bloomberg reports that this month, (for the first time), combined assets in the PowerShares S&P…