There’s a fading but lingering misconception that socially responsible investing (SRI) means sacrificing returns against a benchmark. When evaluating the pros and cons of responsible investing, ...

Tracking error, the amount by which an ETF’s returns deviate from its benchmark index, is a fact of life and an often ignored fact at that. In some instances, a ...

Despite those examples, ETFs generally have very small tracking errors. That's because fees are very low, and, since ETFs are traded like stocks, they do not have to buy and sell securities to meet ...

Low volatility is a widely follow investment factor and it can be argued that in the nearly five years since the PowerShares S&P 500 Low Volatility Portfolio (PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II ...