Sprinkled in are a few smart beta /
factor tilt funds.
Not exact matches
Alternative indices aim to replicate strategies used by active
fund managers by
tilting portfolios towards particular systematic risk
factors in markets.
Go ahead and add a few
factor -
tilted index
funds — but realize you're taking a risk that may not get rewarded.
He's a firm believer in
factor alpha and believes that too many Smart Beta ETfs are just basically,
funds with a
tilt and too many holdings.
For many years, active
fund managers and institutional investors have often used a
factor - based approach either to strategically construct portfolios or to
tilt their portfolios toward well - known risk
factors, such as low volatility, value, momentum, dividend, size, and quality, to capture the
factor risk premium.
By accident, all I did was
tilt the
fund toward
factors that tend to outperform the market over longer periods.
I think ultimately the oldest
funds with only a slight
factor tilt, will become the benchmark.
Many index
funds that
tilt toward value
factors have portfolios that consist of hundreds of names.