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USMV And The Low-Volatility Strategy
Morningstar • Fri, May 17 • 3 Comments
3 ETF Categories With Little Reaction To Europe's Latest Struggles
Gary Gordon • Fri, Mar 22 • 1 Comment
Low Volatility ETFs Live Up To Their Hype
John Dowdee • Thu, Mar 21 • 5 Comments
Fidelity Increases Commission-Free ETF Count to 66
Ron Rowland • Mon, Mar 18 • 2 Comments
Just How 'Core' Is iShares' 'Core' Series Of ETFs?
Morningstar • Sun, Mar 17 • 3 Comments
Low-Volatility ETFs Still Hot Despite Collapsing VIX
Tom Lydon • Wed, Mar 13
Concentrate On These ETFs
The Amalgamator • Mon, Mar 4
Mapping The Options And Volatility ETP Landscape
Bill Luby • Mon, Mar 4 • 1 Comment
Using Minimum Volatility ETFs To Access Stocks
Dodd Kittsley • Thu, Feb 28
Beyond SPLV: The Expanding Universe Of Low-Volatility ETPs
Bill Luby • Wed, Feb 27
Low Volatility Landscape Gets 4 New ETFs
Ron Rowland • Wed, Feb 27
Why And How To Harvest Income In A Low-Yield World
Morningstar • Thu, Jan 3 • 30 Comments
The Value In International Growth
Morningstar • Mon, Nov 19, 2012 • 2 Comments
Low-Volatility And Dividend ETFs For Yield
Tom Lydon • Fri, Nov 2, 2012 • 2 Comments
Don't Be Fooled By September's Market Rally
Russ Koesterich • Mon, Oct 1, 2012
State Street Planning Actively Managed Low-Volatility ETFs
Tom Lydon • Thu, Sep 27, 2012
High-Dividend-Paying ETFs And Low-Volatility ETFs, Side By Side
Morningstar • Wed, Sep 19, 2012 • 1 Comment
International Developed Markets ETFs: Beyond MSCI EAFE
Tom Lydon • Tue, Sep 18, 2012
7 Overlooked Low-Volatility ETFs
Tom Lydon • Wed, Aug 22, 2012
Using Low-Volatility ETFs To Endure Market Swings
Tom Lydon • Thu, Aug 2, 2012 • 1 Comment

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USMV And The Low-Volatility Strategy
Morningstar • Fri, May 17 • 3 Comments
3 ETF Categories With Little Reaction To Europe's Latest Struggles
Gary Gordon • Fri, Mar 22 • 1 Comment
Low Volatility ETFs Live Up To Their Hype
John Dowdee • Thu, Mar 21 • 5 Comments
Fidelity Increases Commission-Free ETF Count to 66
Ron Rowland • Mon, Mar 18 • 2 Comments
Just How 'Core' Is iShares' 'Core' Series Of ETFs?
Morningstar • Sun, Mar 17 • 3 Comments
Low-Volatility ETFs Still Hot Despite Collapsing VIX
Tom Lydon • Wed, Mar 13
Concentrate On These ETFs
The Amalgamator • Mon, Mar 4
Mapping The Options And Volatility ETP Landscape
Bill Luby • Mon, Mar 4 • 1 Comment
Using Minimum Volatility ETFs To Access Stocks
Dodd Kittsley • Thu, Feb 28
Beyond SPLV: The Expanding Universe Of Low-Volatility ETPs
Bill Luby • Wed, Feb 27
Low Volatility Landscape Gets 4 New ETFs
Ron Rowland • Wed, Feb 27
Why And How To Harvest Income In A Low-Yield World
Morningstar • Thu, Jan 3 • 30 Comments
The Value In International Growth
Morningstar • Mon, Nov 19, 2012 • 2 Comments
Low-Volatility And Dividend ETFs For Yield
Tom Lydon • Fri, Nov 2, 2012 • 2 Comments
Don't Be Fooled By September's Market Rally
Russ Koesterich • Mon, Oct 1, 2012
State Street Planning Actively Managed Low-Volatility ETFs
Tom Lydon • Thu, Sep 27, 2012
High-Dividend-Paying ETFs And Low-Volatility ETFs, Side By Side
Morningstar • Wed, Sep 19, 2012 • 1 Comment
International Developed Markets ETFs: Beyond MSCI EAFE
Tom Lydon • Tue, Sep 18, 2012
7 Overlooked Low-Volatility ETFs
Tom Lydon • Wed, Aug 22, 2012
Using Low-Volatility ETFs To Endure Market Swings
Tom Lydon • Thu, Aug 2, 2012 • 1 Comment

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EFAV Description

The iShares MSCI EAFE Minimum Volatility Index Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI EAFE Minimum Volatility Index.
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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
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
Monday, December 31, 2012, 3:41 PM The apparent movement towards a deal has the VIX plunging 19%, one of its biggest single-day implosions in years (and that's saying something). The "fear gauge" had made a big move higher since mid-December as traders bet on a D.C. agreement not being reached. Other big moves: August 2011, -27%, May 2010 -30%. VXX -10.1%. 10 Comments [On the Move]
Friday, December 28, 2012, 10:35 AM There's always a bull market somewhere and the back and forth over the fiscal cliff has sent volatility ETFs surging on massive volume over the traditionally slow Christmas-New Year period. The TVIX saw its busiest day ever on Thursday and the VIX Mid-Term ETF (VIXM) traded nearly 1.7M shares yesterday against an average volume the past 3 months of 83.5K shares. 3 Comments
Monday, December 3, 2012, 5:09 PM The failure of VIX ETNs to track their benchmarks threatens to kill investor interest in the products - not good for CBOE Holdings (CBOE), says Well's Chris Harris. The exchange has benefited from a surge in VIX futures trading - up 233% Y/Y (!) - setting it up for disappointment if the retail investor moves on to something else. 2 Comments

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