The late, great rocker Tom Petty said it best: “you take it on faith, you take it to the heart, the waiting is the hardest ...

Most managers fall behind their benchmarks in any given year, and only 1% do better over any five-year period. An index fund is a better choice, but the S&P 500 has been dominated by just a few stocks ...

Investing against the crowd is not easy. Contrarian investors often make bold bets that may take time—sometimes years or longer—before paying off. Contrarian investing comes in many different shapes.

Making its debut on 04/19/2006, smart beta exchange traded fund First Trust NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted ETF (QQEW) provides investors broad exposure to the Style Box - Large Cap Growth category of the ...

The S&P 500's equal-weight index, which seeks to minimize the influence of megacap technology stocks, has been outperforming its tech-heavy alternative. The equal-weight index was down about 3.5% ...

There are multiple S&P 500 ETFs with similar expense ratios offering similar results. Doing things a bit differently could pay off in the long run. This ETF solves for the high concentration and ...

A smart beta exchange traded fund, the Direxion NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index Shares (QQQE) debuted on 03/21/2012, and offers broad exposure to the Style Box - Large Cap Growth category of the ...

Move over, SPY and VOO — the lesser-known equal-weight SPW is taking off, says Bank of America. The Mag Seven has carried the market-cap-weighted S&P 500 thus far, but that's about to change. Expect ...