Eric Dutram: Value Investing is an investment strategy that involves the selection of stocks that trade below their intrinsic value. Value Investors seek for shares of companies that do not represent their true intrinsic value or have been undervalued by the market. Read more…

NYSE:DES, NYSE:IJS, NYSE:IWN, NYSE:JKL, NYSE:VBR

I previously detailed here and here how an investor can use ETF Replay to screen for best performing ETFs based on momentum and volatility. Since I first wrote the articles, some of ETF Read more…

NYSE:DBA, NYSE:SCZ, NYSE:SPY, NYSE:VBR, NYSE:XLE

I previously detailed here and here how an investor can use ETF Replay to screen for best performing ETFs based on momentum and volatility. Since I first wrote the articles, some of ETF Read more…

NYSE:DBA, NYSE:SCZ, NYSE:VBR, NYSE:XLE

Small cap and mid-cap stocks and ETFs have been known to be at the forefront of growth during times of economic recoveries, and over the past few months, they have been leaving large caps in Read more…

NYSE:IWR, NYSE:MDY, NYSE:VBR, PJM

I previously detailed here and here how an investor can use ETF Replay to screen for best performing ETFs based on momentum and volatility. Users can set up their own portfolios, track Read more…

NYSE:SCZ, NYSE:SDY, NYSE:SPY, NYSE:VBR, NYSE:XLE, PFF, RWX

A sustainable economic recovery is likely to not be intact until financial institutions start lending and the credit markets loosen up, at which time small-cap exchange traded funds (ETFs), like the Read more…

NYSE:IYW, NYSE:VBR, PJM, PZJ

Vanguard CEO Bill McNabb discusses the company’s new ETF and index fund offerings with MoneyWatch’s Eric Schurenberg. Eric touches on what investment vehicle, traditional funds Read more…

NASDAQ:VCIT, NASDAQ:VCLT, NASDAQ:VCSH, NASDAQ:VGIT, NASDAQ:VGLT, NASDAQ:VGSH, NASDAQ:VMBS, NYSE:BIV, NYSE:BLV, NYSE:BND, NYSE:BSV, NYSE:EDV, NYSE:MGC, NYSE:MGK, NYSE:MGV, NYSE:VAW, NYSE:VB, NYSE:VBK, NYSE:VBR, NYSE:VCR, NYSE:VDC, NYSE:VDE, NYSE:VEA, NYSE:VEU, NYSE:VFH, NYSE:VGK, NYSE:VGT, NYSE:VHT, NYSE:VIG, NYSE:VIS, NYSE:VNQ, NYSE:VO, NYSE:VOE, NYSE:VOT, NYSE:VOX, NYSE:VPL, NYSE:VPU, NYSE:VSS, NYSE:VT, NYSE:VTI, NYSE:VTV, NYSE:VUG, NYSE:VV, NYSE:VWO, NYSE:VXF, NYSE:VYM

Vanguard is expanding its index fund family, introducing new funds with ETF Shares to provide investors with additional low-cost stock and bond choices. The new ETFs will be available commission-free to Vanguard Brokerage clients. See the preliminary breakdown of each ETF below Read more…

NASDAQ:VCIT, NASDAQ:VCLT, NASDAQ:VCSH, NASDAQ:VGIT, NASDAQ:VGLT, NASDAQ:VGSH, NASDAQ:VMBS, NYSE:BIV, NYSE:BLV, NYSE:BND, NYSE:BSV, NYSE:EDV, NYSE:MGC, NYSE:MGK, NYSE:MGV, NYSE:VAW, NYSE:VB, NYSE:VBK, NYSE:VBR, NYSE:VCR, NYSE:VDC, NYSE:VDE, NYSE:VEA, NYSE:VEU, NYSE:VFH, NYSE:VGK, NYSE:VGT, NYSE:VHT, NYSE:VIG, NYSE:VIS, NYSE:VNQ, NYSE:VO, NYSE:VOE, NYSE:VOT, NYSE:VOX, NYSE:VPL, NYSE:VPU, NYSE:VSS, NYSE:VT, NYSE:VTI, NYSE:VUG, NYSE:VV, NYSE:VWO, NYSE:VXF, NYSE:VYM

“Inflation is a lot like the weather. There inevitably will be storms at some point, but no one can predict very far in advance exactly when or how severe. Some experts Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS, NYSE:IWC, NYSE:VBR, NYSE:VTV

……it’s still not time to start buying small-cap banks.

It may, however, be time to start looking hard at something a little off the beaten path: small-cap value.

What’s the difference?
Small-cap value and small-cap banks often get conflated — and for good reason. As Brian noted last year, the Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (VBR), like most small-cap value indexes, has substantial exposure to small banks. For the quarter ending March 31, small financial services companies accounted for 34% of VBR’s holdings. Read more…

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