There's also something to be said about buying
out of favor ETFs that track the world's cheapest stock markets.
Not exact matches
Junk bond funds are largely
out of favor this year, but an interest - rate - hedged high - yield bond
ETF is beating that trend.
Note: HYG the $ 20bln high yield
ETF yields 5.13 % in comparison, hence you might need to buy an
out of favor sector like bricks and mortar retail, otherwise non-rated is likely where you will find > 7 % in the US domestic bond market.
Sectors tend to move in and
out of favor, but some
of the stocks that have driven the results for these three
ETFs have plenty
of potential to keep climbing higher.
Other Europe
ETFs also fell
out of favor in 2016, including the iShares MSCI Eurozone
ETF (EZU), with outflows
of $ 6.7 billion; and the Vanguard FTSE Europe
ETF (VGK), with outflows
of $ 3.5 billion.
Europe & Japan
ETFs Out Of Favor On the outflows side, the WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund (HEDJ) was the biggest loser of 201
Of Favor On the outflows side, the WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund (HEDJ) was the biggest loser
of 201
of 2016.
ETF providers know that most investors chase past performance, so a fund catering to yesterday's top - performing investments will inevitably attract more assets than an
ETF that concentrates on an
out -
of -
favor area.
They pretty much got wiped
out because
of all
of that, so since»09 they are
favoring baskets
of stocks that trade easily - pretty much only using S&P 500 or DJIA 30 - based
ETFs.
Look for stocks or
ETFs that are
out of favor or beaten up... use simple rules... have a plan and risk an amount
of money you can afford to lose...