We’re highlighting smart beta and actively managed ETFs again this week. While still a small portion of the overall market (see the attached article), increased …
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How to Choose an Benchmark – Market Indexes
We get lots of questions about indexes, specifically what are the appropriate indexes to use on the spreadsheet benchmark field. The short answer is… for US …
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Charting Bitcoin with FastTrack
Bitcoin is back on the front page, breaking above above the $10k mark again last week. While its a speculative asset class and typically not something a …
How are low volatility ETFs holding up?
How are low volatility ETFs holding up? Over the past 5+ years, a variety of low volatility equity ETFs have launched with rapid growth. In light of the …
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Correlation Study – Investing in Fear
We had a great tech support call come in today. A long time FastTracker has been “tracking the VIX” and looking to get direct exposure to the index. He asked, …
New Families – Smart Beta
Its hard to open a newspaper (or news app) these days and not see something about "smart beta," "liquid alternative," "strategic beta," etc etc. There's hot... …