Principal Launches ‘PQDI’ ETF to Help Taxpayers Boost After-Tax Income Today, Principal Global Investors launched the Principal Spectrum Tax-Advantaged Dividend Active ETF (PQDI). PQDI is the first ETF in the market specifically designed to offer investors access to qualified dividend income by investing in securities from all three sectors of the global U.S. dollar capital securities market. The fund... READ MORE » |
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More Upside Fuel for This Infrastructure ETF With the infrastructure conversation seemingly gaining momentum by the day as President Trump looks for a reelection sales pitch, the AGFiQ Global Infrastructure ETF (GLIF) is gaining some momentum as well and there are reasons to believe the fund can continue delivering near-term upside. “A slew of construction and material companies... READ MORE » |
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Quality Matters as Junk Bond Issuance Soars With companies looking to capitalize on the Federal Reserve backstop and low interest rates, issuance of high-yield corporate debt is soaring this month, but all that new supply doesn’t mean an increase quality. Investors looking for that ought to consider the FlexShares High Yield Value-Scored Bond Index Fund (NYSEArca: HYGV).... READ MORE » |
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When Do Quant Strategies Outperform? By George Xiang, PhD From 2010 to 2017, quant managers generally did a better job than fundamental managers at beating their benchmarks, according to Nomura (see graph below). However, in the last couple of years, quant strategies have been underperforming and experiencing a two-year-long so called “quant winter.” There are various... READ MORE » |
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The Federal Reserve Isn’t Looking to Take Over the Bond Market The capital markets cheered the Federal Reserve’s move to further support the bond market by purchasing up individual debt as opposed to fixed income exchange-traded funds (ETFs). However, don’t expect the central bank to simply take over the bond market in order to prop up the economy. With this latest move, a CNBC article noted... READ MORE » |
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