FYI: The iShares Edge MSCI U.S.A. Quality Factor ETF (QUAL) has now gathered more than $4.5 billion in fresh net assets this year, making it the biggest quality ETF in the market today, and a very popular defensive-type factor ETF in 2019. But QUAL isn’t the only quality ETF available.
The fund’s asset-gathering success should come as no surprise in a year when so many investors have looked for ways to stay allocated to risk assets, but play defense at the same time amid fears of a recession given the slowdown in global economic growth.
Tracking an index of large and midcap U.S. stocks selected by quality metrics such as high return on equity, low debt-to-equity ratio and stable earnings growth, QUAL is today a $13 billion ETF, offering access to 127 securities for 0.15% in fees.
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Ted
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