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USMV And The Low-Volatility Strategy
Morningstar • Fri, May 17 • 3 Comments
Unsupportable Fervor Requires An ETF Wish List
Gary Gordon • Wed, May 15 • 8 Comments
Don't Let Performance Anxiety Push You Over The Edge
David Fabian • Wed, May 15 • 1 Comment
Minimum Volatility ETFs: A Stepping Stone For Cautious Investors
Fund Gurus • Thu, May 9 • 4 Comments
Malaysia ETF Hits All-Time High On Election Results
Benzinga • Mon, May 6
Frontier Market ETFs Or Emerging Market ETFs?
Gary Gordon • Thu, May 2
The ETFs You Should Be Buying (Or Waiting To Buy) In May
Gary Gordon • Mon, Apr 29 • 13 Comments
Beyond The Bellwethers: 3 Unique Emerging Market ETF Trends
Dodd Kittsley • Fri, Apr 26 • 1 Comment
The Smartest ETFs For A Stimulus-Addicted World
Gary Gordon • Tue, Apr 23 • 2 Comments
Overlooked Drawbacks To iShares MSCI Emerging Market Minimum Volatility ETF
Investment Therapist • Tue, Apr 16 • 20 Comments
Low-Volatility ETFs For Emerging Markets
Tom Lydon • Mon, Apr 15 • 1 Comment
Record Market Performance Drives Record ETP Inflows, Assets Under Management In Q1
Deborah Fuhr • Mon, Apr 15 • 1 Comment
ETFs Rake In $53 Billion In Q1
Morningstar • Thu, Apr 11
An ETF Portfolio For Lowering U.S. Stock Risk In The Months Ahead
Gary Gordon • Thu, Apr 11
'Low Vol' ETF Inflows Underscore Rally's Risk-Off Nature
Benzinga • Tue, Apr 2
Low-Volatility ETF Doubles S&P 500 Risk-Adjusted Return
Tom Lydon • Thu, Mar 21 • 1 Comment
Low Volatility ETFs Live Up To Their Hype
John Dowdee • Thu, Mar 21 • 5 Comments
Are There Better Emerging-Markets ETF Choices?
Morningstar • Wed, Mar 20 • 9 Comments
Low-Volatility ETFs: Strong Demand, Performance With Downside Protection
Tom Lydon • Wed, Mar 20 • 3 Comments
Fidelity Increases Commission-Free ETF Count to 66
Ron Rowland • Mon, Mar 18 • 2 Comments

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Overlooked Drawbacks To iShares MSCI Emerging Market Minimum Volatility ETF
Investment Therapist • Tue, Apr 16 • 20 Comments
Low-Volatility Emerging Market ETF Continues To Impress With AUM Gains
Benzinga • Mon, Nov 12, 2012

USMV And The Low-Volatility Strategy
Morningstar • Fri, May 17 • 3 Comments
Unsupportable Fervor Requires An ETF Wish List
Gary Gordon • Wed, May 15 • 8 Comments
Don't Let Performance Anxiety Push You Over The Edge
David Fabian • Wed, May 15 • 1 Comment
Minimum Volatility ETFs: A Stepping Stone For Cautious Investors
Fund Gurus • Thu, May 9 • 4 Comments
Malaysia ETF Hits All-Time High On Election Results
Benzinga • Mon, May 6
Frontier Market ETFs Or Emerging Market ETFs?
Gary Gordon • Thu, May 2
The ETFs You Should Be Buying (Or Waiting To Buy) In May
Gary Gordon • Mon, Apr 29 • 13 Comments
Beyond The Bellwethers: 3 Unique Emerging Market ETF Trends
Dodd Kittsley • Fri, Apr 26 • 1 Comment
The Smartest ETFs For A Stimulus-Addicted World
Gary Gordon • Tue, Apr 23 • 2 Comments
Low-Volatility ETFs For Emerging Markets
Tom Lydon • Mon, Apr 15 • 1 Comment
Record Market Performance Drives Record ETP Inflows, Assets Under Management In Q1
Deborah Fuhr • Mon, Apr 15 • 1 Comment
ETFs Rake In $53 Billion In Q1
Morningstar • Thu, Apr 11
An ETF Portfolio For Lowering U.S. Stock Risk In The Months Ahead
Gary Gordon • Thu, Apr 11
'Low Vol' ETF Inflows Underscore Rally's Risk-Off Nature
Benzinga • Tue, Apr 2
Low-Volatility ETF Doubles S&P 500 Risk-Adjusted Return
Tom Lydon • Thu, Mar 21 • 1 Comment
Low Volatility ETFs Live Up To Their Hype
John Dowdee • Thu, Mar 21 • 5 Comments
Are There Better Emerging-Markets ETF Choices?
Morningstar • Wed, Mar 20 • 9 Comments
Low-Volatility ETFs: Strong Demand, Performance With Downside Protection
Tom Lydon • Wed, Mar 20 • 3 Comments
Fidelity Increases Commission-Free ETF Count to 66
Ron Rowland • Mon, Mar 18 • 2 Comments
Don't Forget About Emerging Market Equities
Russ Koesterich • Fri, Mar 15 • 4 Comments

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Weekend Investor: Use low-volatility stock ETFs to ease high anxiety

at MarketWatch.com (Nov 23, 2012)
Weekend Investor: How to cut stock market risk in volatile times

at MarketWatch.com (Dec 9, 2011)

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The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Minimum Volatility Index Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Emerging Markets Minimum Volatility Index.
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Tuesday, May 21, 3:34 PM Major hedge funds have suddenly turned bullish, reportedly buying massive amounts of OTC call options on the S&P 500 (SPY). The purchases have been large enough to send the VIX (VXX) higher even as stocks continue to gain. An important milestone - the implied volatility of S&P calls is now greater than that of puts, a true rarity since 2007. 19 Comments
Wednesday, May 15, 3:47 PM The VIX (VXX +0.6%) - typically moving the opposite direction of stock prices - has been more correlated to equities this year than any other time since 1996, according to Kaitlyn Kiernan, with today (if it holds) being the 23rd instance YTD in which both have moved in the same direction. That translates into 25% of the trading sessions (for all 1996, it was 29%). 3 Comments
Monday, April 8, 3:05 PM At least one indicator is showing the largest bearish positioning since March 2010 as the ratio of call to put bets on the VIX (VXX) rises to its highest since then. Among the 10 most-owned VIX options, 9 have larger bets on volatility gains, with April $20 calls - 44% out of the money right now - garnering the largest open interest. 16 Comments
Thursday, March 28, 1:14 PM The "vol tourists" are piling into the Inverse VIX Short-Term ETN (XIV), says Chris Cole, not really understanding it, but liking the price action (up) and believing the "Fed will always have their back." The "tourists" may get burned at some point, but for the moment, the XIV is providing another way for those betting on turbulence to lose money - demand to borrow the shares is soaring. 9 Comments
Tuesday, March 26, 11:02 AM Some people just enjoy pain. More than $520M has poured into leveraged-volatility ETPs (UVXY, TVIX) in Q1 even as their value continues to decline. The un-levered tracker of the VIX (VXX) has drawn in $620M. Bets on the leveraged products are bets on a crisis emerging ... quickly. "When bad things don't happen and you lose your premium," says a market maker, "most people don't complain." 16 Comments
Friday, March 22, 2:29 PM Bill Luby takes a look at the low volatility fad, checking the performance of the popular SPLV against the high beta SPHB. Over longer periods - and even in bull markets - low volatility appears to have a high probability of outperforming high beta, particularly when risk-adjusted. The biggest risk is a sharp bull move similar to the last few months in which high beta leaves the defensive stocks in the dust. Comment!
Tuesday, March 19, 3:05 PM The low volatility space continues to be a popular one with PowerShares' SPLV surpassing $4B in AUM in its less than 2 years of existence. The fund holds the 100 stocks in the S&P 500 with the lowest volatility over the previous year, and has outperformed the SPY by more than 600 bps since inception. Competitors include: USMV, IDLV, EEMV, SMLV, LGLV. Comment!
Monday, March 18, 4:57 AM Ron Rowland offers additional highlights on the recently expanded lineup of commission-free ETFs over at Fidelity including the following caveat: Funds not held for 30 days by retail investors or 60 days by RIAs using Fidelity as a custodian will be subject to a $7.95 per-trade commission. Some RIAs have complained that the longer holding period directed at them is unfair. Rowland spells out the full list of affected ETFs here. Comment!
Monday, March 11, 12:57 PM The CBOE Volatility Index today dropped below 12 for the first time since 2007 and against a long-term average of 20.4. Contrary to what contrarians believe, writes Mark Hulbert, low VIX levels are not necessarily bearish. Thinking about VIX as what it is - a measure of expected volatility - rather than as a "fear gauge" might help do away with this misperception. VXX -2.2%. 18 Comments
Monday, February 25, 4:13 PM More on the VIX (previous): Up 26.3% minutes ago, the index ended 35% higher - extreme is an understatement. This cool graph from credit markets shows today's move to be about the 3rd or 4th largest going all the way back to 2005. VXX +13.7% in the regular session, +1.5% AH. 12 Comments
Thursday, February 21, 12:58 PM The VIX (VXX +4.2%) stretches its 2-day gain to 53%. Do the sharpest drops (in stocks) happen in bull markets? This would be the 12th time since 1991 the VIX has spiked more than 25% in 2 days with the S&P above both its 50 and 200-day moving averages, says Jerry Khachoyan. 3 Comments
Tuesday, February 19, 8:02 AM "I think we're seeing fear fatigue," says money manager Darell Krasnoff. Clients of his out of stocks for some time are calling and asking to get back in. It's the same story at Fidelity and Schwab (SCHW), both seeing marked increases in trading activity. The Vix (VXX)? It declines even on days when the markets sell off. 29 Comments
Thursday, January 24, 11:15 AM A volatility bull (and sort of stock market bear) throws in the towel, with MKM's Jim Strugger warming up to the "new reality of a lower volatility regime and its implications." A new era of fundamental analysis without fear of the macro environment is upon us, he says. Three weeks ago (and for the last several years), he sang a different tune. 12 Comments
Wednesday, January 23, 1:26 PM Perceptions what is "low" on the VIX (VXX) are skewed by the financial crisis, writes Adam Warner. Prior to 2008, a VIX above 30 for any length of time was unheard of, and a level in the teens was the norm for years on end. This doesn't mean options aren't cheap at these levels - they are, and replacing stock winners with calls at these prices wouldn't be a horrible strategy. 4 Comments
Tuesday, January 8, 3:55 PM The ferocity of the recent reversal in the VIX (VXX) - from 20% above its 10-day moving average to 20% below within a month - has occurred just 4 other times going back to 1990, writes Adam Warner. Is it a tell? Unfortunately not likely, says Warner, as no pattern is evident from the previous instances. 8 Comments
Wednesday, January 2, 11:50 AM Buying the dip in the VIX (VXX -8.2%) is MKM Partners' Jim Strugger, who says we're still in the midst of a 5.5 year cycle of elevated market volatility which began in 2008. He expects one last "high-magnitude" event in the next few months. 9 Comments

EEMV iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Minimum Volatility Index ETF

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iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Minimum Volatility Index ETF