With 2015 being a topsy turvy year for equity investors, it is not surprising that the PowerShares S&P 500 Low Volatility Portfolio (NYSE: SPLV) and the iShares MSCI USA Minimum Volatility ETF (NYSE: USMV) cemented their leadership among low volatility exchange traded funds.
Low volatility stocks outperform their high beta counterparts during times of divergent global monetary policies. That is exactly what investors are dealing with as the Federal Reserve ebbs closer to its first interest rate hike in nine years, while the Bank of Japan, European Central Bank and others engage in easy monetary policies.
That means 2016 could be another strong year for low volatility ETFs and that the potential leadership of low volatility stocks in 2016 probably will not be limited to the most ...
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