Small cap ETFs are designed to give investors direct exposure to a portfolio of small cap stocks without the headaches of the typical higher volatility associated with owning small cap stocks individually. The small cap ETF provides diversified exposure in a cost effective manner. The tradeoff of investing via index fund or ETF rather than […]
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Time to buy Energy Company Stocks
Oil price has crashed from high $100’s reached in 2007 to current price range between $40 and $50s. Following the crude oil prices bottoming post cost at below zero the pendulum between risk and reward looks to be leaning towards reward for long term investors. Investors can play in the recovery oil prices either directly […]
Australia Mortgage ETF List
One of the key limitation for Australian investor looking for yield is the limited fixed income investment options. It is extremely difficult for retail investors to directly own corporate bonds or invest in real estate mortgage securities. What are Mortgage ETFs? Mortgages are a form of asset backed loan and a mortgage ETF is an […]
UK REIT List
REITs are considered high dividend stocks as a fundamental nature of the investment structure requires almost all of the earnings have to be paid out as dividends. [wpdatatable id=7]
List of REITs in MSCI US REIT Index
Investing in Real Estate Investment Trusts is one of the most well established income generating strategies. MSCI US REIT Index aims to capture the performance of a portfolio of REITs that are listed in the US only. There are numerous ways of slicing and dicing the industry either across assets classes like office, retail or […]
Index Investing
Indexing investing or investing in an index fund is one of the most efficient and cost effective means of compounding capital over the long term. An index fund is a commingled pool of capital dedicated to track the performance of a particular market, industry, commodity or asset class. The risks of index funds varies depending […]
The Dividend Stock Screener Ideas
Current low interest rate environment has made investors clamour for yield. We have put together two stock screener ideas investors can use to find reasonable yielding stocks. The first path is use dividend ETFs which invests in a broad portfolio of stocks that pay dividends. This takes away the stress and keeping track of stocks. […]
Smart Beta ETF (Factor Investing) List
Smart Beta ETF sector is one of the fastest growing trends in exchange trade funds space. Smart beta exchange traded funds has seen double digit growth in asset under management Smart Beta ETF Vs Index Funds Traditional passive index funds are constructed using the market capitalization of the companies relative to each other. For example […]