Studies by leading finance academics show that most of the returns of active managers over and above passive market weighted benchmarks can be explained by their exposure to a small number of ...

This article was originally published on ETFTrends.com. High beta has been a top-performing factor year to date, with its strong showing continuing into June. The Invesco S&P 500 High Beta ETF (SPHB), ...

A growing trend of factor investing in ETFs has seen the rise of smart beta or factor ETFs, but Stockspot founder and chief executive, Chris Brycki, has warned that these funds likely won’t deliver as ...

A new breed of funds is reshaping how investors think about indexing. Called smart-beta funds, they aim to capture the efficiency of passive investing while borrowing the strategy of active management ...