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Eric Dutram: Volatility in the equity market in recent years resulted in investors becoming overly vigilant while constructing their portfolios. In an effort to provide security to investors against prevailing market precariousness, ETF issuers have expanded Read more…
Michael Johnston: With the first half of 2012 coming to a close, investors find themselves perhaps only partially through a rocky roller coaster ride. Europe has undeniably been the story of 2012 to this point, and will likely continue to steer global equity markets Read more…
NYSE:BUNL, NYSE:EWG, NYSE:EWP, NYSE:ITLY, NYSE:SPLV, NYSE:SPY
Bill Luby: An emerging area of interest in the markets in general and in this space in particular is the subject of how to blend volatility exposure – both long and short – into a portfolio. Read more…
Daniela Pylypczak: May proved to be a brutal month on Wall Street, as equity markets across the board plummeted into red territory. Poor U.S. economic data coupled with revived Euro Zone tensions painted a grim picture for the future of the global economic recovery. Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: When it comes to defensive exposure, few assets can truly offer a safe haven escape when turbulence hits the market unexpectedly. There’s no need to look far back into history to see how Read more…
Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, a leading global provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), today celebrates the one year anniversary of the PowerShares S&P 500Low Volatility Portfolio (NYSEARCA:SPLV) which has Read more…
Eric Dutram: Although broad stock markets have performed well to start the year, a number of huge risks remain to further growth. European woes, light job growth, and emerging market inflation are all concerns that do not appear to be going away anytime soon, and have rattled markets as of late. Read more…
NYSE:EELV, NYSE:IDLV, NYSE:LVOL, NYSE:SLVY, NYSE:SPLV, NYSE:XLVO
Stoyan Bojinov: Corporate earnings season is upon us once again and many investors are likely looking for ways to favorably position themselves in anticipation of volatility. With major equity indexes Read more…
Bill Luby: Raise your hand if you are anticipating a bearish reversal in stocks in the near future. Great. Lots of hands here… Now let’s be honest, how many were also expecting a reversal a week ago? a month ago? ever since the calendar turned to 2012? Read more…
NYSE:SPLV, NYSE:TVIX, NYSE:VQT, NYSE:VXX, NYSE:VXZ, NYSE:XVZ, PBP
David Fry: Investors looking to lessen their risk in uncertain times have been flocking to low volatility ETFs, which seek to replicate the returns of low volatility indices. There are a number of low volatility indices to choose from including the S&P 500 Low Volatility Index, the MSCI USA Minimum Read more…
Bill Luby: The more I think about it, the less I understand the need for even more low volatility ETPs. Sure, I understand that in high volatility markets many investors want a more conservative portfolio Read more…
NYSE:SPLV, NYSE:TVIX, NYSE:VQT, NYSE:VXX, NYSE:XIV, NYSE:ZIV
Bill Luby: Based on some of the questions and comments that came out of Wednesday’s Three New Risk Control ETFs from Direxion, there appears to be a significant portion of the investment community that is uncertain about just how some ETPs are attempting to dampen volatility and control risk. Read more…
Michael Johnston: PowerShares, the firm behind the incredibly popular S&P 500 Low Volatility Portfolio (NYSEARCA:SPLV) has added two more products that employ a similar methodology Read more…
NYSE:ACWV, NYSE:EELV, NYSE:EEMV, NYSE:GXG, NYSE:SPLV, NYSE:SPY
Bill Luby: Direxion announced they have launched three ETFs whose intent is to match their exposure to an underlying equity index based upon current levels of market volatility. The new ETFs are as follows: Read more…
NYSE:OFF, NYSE:ONN, NYSE:SPHB, NYSE:SPLV, NYSE:VLAT, NYSE:VSPR, NYSE:VSPY, NYSE:VXX
CNBC is at the Fifth annual Index Universe “Inside ETFs conference” in Hollywood Florida. Below are some of the interviews from that conference, Monday January 
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