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How To Avoid The Worst Style ETFs
David Trainer • Wed, Mar 27 • 1 Comment
Best And Worst ETFs And Mutual Funds: Small-Cap Value Style
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Best And Worst ETFs And Mutual Funds: Small-Cap Value Style
David Trainer • Wed, Nov 14, 2012
ETF Deathwatch For November 2012: List Shrinks As Deaths Increase
Ron Rowland • Tue, Nov 13, 2012 • 3 Comments
Best And Worst Funds: Small-Cap Value Style
David Trainer • Wed, Feb 29, 2012
Selecting The Best Small Cap Value Funds
Value Research • Tue, Feb 7, 2012 • 3 Comments
Just One ETF: Digging Out Premiums From Small-Cap Value Stocks
Steven Geri • Tue, May 24, 2011 • 1 Comment
Small Cap Value ETFs Round Off U.S. Equity Review
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ETF Stats for September 2010: Vanguard Not Content With Third Place
Ron Rowland • Thu, Oct 7, 2010 • 1 Comment
September ETF Roundup: Launches, Filings and Closures
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Wisdom Tree, Vanguard Roll Out New ETFs
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Vanguard Ups Ante With Suite of Russell Cap and Style ETFs
Michael Johnston • Thu, Sep 23, 2010
Vanguard Launches Second Assault on iShares
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How To Avoid The Worst Style ETFs
David Trainer • Wed, Mar 27 • 1 Comment
Best And Worst ETFs And Mutual Funds: Small-Cap Value Style
David Trainer • Mon, Mar 11
Best And Worst ETFs And Mutual Funds: Small-Cap Value Style
David Trainer • Wed, Nov 14, 2012
ETF Deathwatch For November 2012: List Shrinks As Deaths Increase
Ron Rowland • Tue, Nov 13, 2012 • 3 Comments
Best And Worst Funds: Small-Cap Value Style
David Trainer • Wed, Feb 29, 2012
Selecting The Best Small Cap Value Funds
Value Research • Tue, Feb 7, 2012 • 3 Comments
Just One ETF: Digging Out Premiums From Small-Cap Value Stocks
Steven Geri • Tue, May 24, 2011 • 1 Comment
Small Cap Value ETFs Round Off U.S. Equity Review
MyPlanIQ • Thu, Feb 10, 2011
ETF Stats for September 2010: Vanguard Not Content With Third Place
Ron Rowland • Thu, Oct 7, 2010 • 1 Comment
September ETF Roundup: Launches, Filings and Closures
Jared Cummans • Fri, Oct 1, 2010
Wisdom Tree, Vanguard Roll Out New ETFs
Tom Lydon • Sun, Sep 26, 2010 • 1 Comment
Vanguard Ups Ante With Suite of Russell Cap and Style ETFs
Michael Johnston • Thu, Sep 23, 2010
Vanguard Launches Second Assault on iShares
Ron Rowland • Thu, Sep 23, 2010 • 6 Comments

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Mark Hulbert: Small-cap and value stocks hate October

at MarketWatch.com (Oct 3, 2011)

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VTWV Description

Vanguard Russell 2000 Value ETF seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of small-capitalization value stocks.
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In Your Portfolio: US Growth and Value ETFs, Core Building Blocks: A Guide to ETFs That Divide the U.S. Stock Market by Market Cap
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Thursday, May 9, 3:24 PM "Our enthusiasm is clearly a notch below where we were at the beginning of the year," write Credit Suisse analysts, starting to see a bit of froth creep into small caps. At 16.4x earnings, the Russell 2000 (IWM) "has admittedly lost its valuation appeal." For now, they're buyers on dips, but should the index near the 1,000 level, valuation pressure will really start to be felt. 3 Comments
Friday, April 26, 9:26 AM Small-caps have a fan in Goldman Sachs which is out with a report today forecasting a 14% gain in the Russell 2000 (IWM) over the next 12 months vs. just 6% for the S&P 500 (SPY). The S&P is outperforming YTD by about 50 bps. 2 Comments
Monday, April 15, 12:38 PM The S&P (SPY) and Dow (DIA) have continued to notch record highs, but small caps (IWM -3%) - which led the way higher for much of the year - rolled over a few weeks ago and are falling especially sharply today. Technicians fret. 1 Comment
Sunday, April 14, 8:25 AM The reconstitution of the Russell indexes coming up in June, Credit Suisse aims to anticipate who's in and who's out. The rules-based approach of the Russell 2000 has allowed arbitragers to profit each summer by front-running the moves, making the Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) a poorer play for small cap fans than IJR . Expected among the top 25 adds are ARCP, SRPT, PBYI, ACAD, and WSTC. Among the top 25 deletes: CPST, FCEL, CHKE, OMER, and EML. Comment! [Quick Ideas]
Tuesday, March 26, 1:27 PM Small-cap stocks are set to outperform, according to Goldman research showing the IWM outperforms the SPY by an annualized 8.1% in quarters following a steep drop in the VIX. The "acute" decline in the VIX YTD "provides a tailwind to small-cap performance in 2Q13." A must-read for small cap index fans is SA author Ploutos' piece suggesting IJR is your best bet. 3 Comments [Quick Ideas]
Friday, March 22, 12:29 PM Lagging the solid rise in stocks today are small caps, the Russell 2000 (IWM) up 0.1% while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq post better than 0.5% gains. Thus far in 2013, IWM is about level with the S&P, but is about 300 bps better on a Y/Y basis. IJR - maybe better for small cap fans - has outperformed both. Comment!
Tuesday, February 19, 9:10 AM Owners of the Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) may be able to declare arbitragers as dependents on their tax returns. Sharp traders have been gaming the rules-based rebalancing of the popular small-cap index for sweet profits each summer. Small-cap fans should instead take a look at IJR - it's performed better thanks to inclusion rules that may make more sense and are less likely to be arbitraged. Comment! [Quick Ideas]
Tuesday, January 8, 9:59 AM Just before New Year's, Vanguard cut fees on more than a third of its U.S.-listed ETF lineup while raising fees on just 2 ETFs. Its sector ETFs saw the biggest price cuts (from 0.19% to 0.14%) while its 2 small cap funds (VIOO, VIOV) actually saw slight fee hikes. Comment!
Monday, January 7, 12:47 PM With U.S. small caps "picked over," some managers are looking overseas for ideas. International valuations are at 13X earnings and dividend yields of 3% vs. domestic at 15X and 2%, according to Mark Bogar, whose firm is allocating 57% of it small cap exposure to foreign holdings, a big jump from a year ago. 1 Comment
Friday, December 21, 2012, 12:33 PM The technicians might find it interesting that the Russell 2000 is back at a "resistance level" it's touched and failed at a number of times going all the way back to 2007. Better luck this time? IWM -1.2%. 2 Comments
Thursday, December 6, 2012, 3:46 PM John Bogle's never bought the idea that small caps outperform large caps over time, but his assertion is based on the removal from the 20th century a decade of particular small cap outperformance starting in 1973. Without it, he says, large caps have actually done better. Is this fair? What if we remove a decade of large cap dominance? In 2012, microcaps (IWC) have gained 15%, vs. 11.6% for the Russel 2000 (IWM), and 13.6% for the SPY. 2 Comments
Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 11:16 AM Moving mostly in line with the S&P in the selloff since the Fed's mid-September QE∞ announcement, the Russell 2000 (IWM) begins to more sharply underperform over the past session and a half. The Russell's relative strength 2 months ago may have signalled a top. Could its weakness now be the start of a bottom forming? 1 Comment
Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 8:56 AM The Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) has broken out to an all-time high while the Dow and S&P remain a few percentage points shy of theirs, notes John Spence. Not only have small caps shown relative strength of late, but sizable inflows into their ETFs (IWM AUM +4.5% just yesterday) also suggest a greater appetite for risk-taking among investors. 3 Comments
Wednesday, September 5, 2012, 7:16 AM Waiting for a rally in small caps as a sign the broader market is ready to break out to new highs? You've gotten it - the Russell 2000 (IWM) is up 6.6% since August 1 vs. SPY +2.2%. Small caps are often viewed as needing to outperform during uptrends to confirm investor appetite to take on risk. 1 Comment [Quick Ideas]
Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 11:43 AM A rally in small-caps could be given further momentum should the Fed - instead of QE - announce a program of incentives to juice bank lending, says RiverFront's Mike Jones. The boosted funding, he argues, might find its way into M&A, rather than plant and equipment. 3 Comments
Wednesday, August 1, 2012, 12:02 PM The S&P 500 widened its recent lead over small-caps in July (SPY +1.55%, IWM -1.92%). On a Y/Y basis, SPY has outperformed IWM by 889 basis points. Interestingly, Microcaps (IWC) - after a rough (relative) year in 2011 - are neck and neck with the S&P thus far in 2012. Comment!

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