Reasons ETFs are inexpensive
The ETF industry is growing quickly, and ETF.com projects the $1.7 trillion market of U.S.-listed exchange-traded funds will grow exponentially in the next several years, thanks to increasing interest among both retail and institutional investors. Why? Because ETFs have many inherent traits that allow them to stand out relative to competing mutual funds, and cost […]
PowerShares QQQ ETF Celebrates its 15 Year Anniversary
Invesco PowerShares is proud to celebrate the 15-year anniversary of the PowerShares QQQ™ Portfolio (ticker: QQQ). QQQ tracks the Nasdaq-100 Index®, which is comprised of the 100 largest, most innovative domestic and international non-financial companies listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market. PowerShares QQQ invests in some of the world’s most revolutionary companies across the industry […]
What is Smart Beta?
There has been a lot of talk recently about smart beta —and some of you may be wondering what it is. First, let’s take a quick look at what defines “beta.” Beta is a measurement of the volatility of an investment compared to the market. An investment with a beta of 1 is, in theory, delivering the same volatility […]
Imagining a world without ETFs
Exchange traded funds hit the scene in 1993 and have since revolutionized the investing world. The low cost and transparent structure of ETFs has resonated well with investors, as the industry as a whole has accumulated more than $1.5 trillion in total assets. We thought it would be fun to imagine a world where ETFs […]
