Investing internationally can add a layer of complexity, especially when corporate governance and political influence are concerns. Kara Marciscano provides a solution for investors seeking to avoid portions of the Chinese market where a high-level government influence may dilute future returns.
In WisdomTree’s view, market cap weighting can leave investors overly exposed to areas of the market where fundamentals don’t justify prices. Kara Marciscano explains why our suite of earnings-weighted ETFs were built to provide broad market exposure in a more valuation sensitive way.
In baseball, some may be familiar with the “shifting over” strategy. Jeff Weniger uses the analogy for growth and value investors.
U.S. mid-caps have outperformed large caps over the past decade. According to the efficient market hypothesis, any excess returns are simply a by-product of greater risk. We challenge this theory with the decade-long track record of the WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Dividend Fund (DON).
Mid-cap value has been one of the most consistently performing asset classes over the last 25 years. With a market segment that is often overlooked, and in an investment style that the markets seem to hate, mid-cap value may be the most-hipster equity-style box out there.
The widely expected outcome of Democrats taking the House and Republicans keeping control of the Senate occurred on Tuesday in the midterm elections—and as we expected, the equity markets bounced higher due to “nothing bad happening,” while the bond market seemed to move on quickly.