Depending on one's point of view, “conservative” may be a dirty word since 2016 is an election year, but with the way equity markets have been behaving to start the year, conservative is the way to be.
That is a posture that can be established with any number of exchange traded funds, including low volatility products. Another avenue for being conservative is with conservative allocation ETFs, such as the actively managed WBI Tactical Income Shares (NYSE: WBII). WBII, which debuted in August 2014, is designed to participate in a significant portion of a bull market while providing investors with plenty of protection during market downturns.
The ETF is doing a fine job of that. As of Feb. 11, WBII was up just over one percent on ...
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