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Herbert Blank

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Herb Blankis a senior quantitative analyst at ValuEngine and senior consultant and practice leader in the Global Finesse Product Strategy and Implementations Consulting Practice. He has more than 40 years of experience in financial product innovation and quantitative analysis. Recognized as a ...more
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Mid-Year Market Forecasts Using Benchmark ETFs
Friday, July 2, 2021 3:59 AM EDT
Although many strategists are looking for a crash to occur this year, our ETF models indicate that if a precipitous correction occurs, it will probably wait until next year to do most of its damage.
In this article: QQQ, IVV, IWM, MDY, VTI
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Drill, Baby, Drill?
Friday, June 25, 2021 3:45 PM EDT
Examining three oil-themed ETFs: IEO, IEZ and IYE. All have performed well recently during the value rotation and still show market-relative value characteristics.
In this article: IEO, IEZ, IVV, IYE
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Defensive Sector ETFs For Turbulent Times
Wednesday, June 16, 2021 7:33 AM EDT
This week's chosen Consumer Staples ETFs are designed to offer stability instead of risk. Returns are lower, but so is volatility. We demonstrate how they have worked in market downturns and point out subtle differentiations.
In this article: VDC, VOO, XLP, FSTA
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Medical Miracles Inside Biotech ETFs
Monday, May 24, 2021 8:29 AM EDT
The events of the past year focused a lot of attention on game changing developments made possible by the global biotech industry.  Of the major names Moderna is the one where the original research and patents for COVID-19 vaccines were developed.
In this article: FBT, IBB, XBI, SBIO Also: VOO, AZN, JNJ, MRNA, BNTX
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Value-Hunting Among 3 Popular Value ETFs
Monday, May 10, 2021 2:12 PM EDT
A comparison of three popular value ETFs: VOOV, IUSV and FVAL.
In this article: VOOV, IUSV, FVAL Also: VOO
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Evaluating A Hot Hedge Fund Strategy ETF - April 2021
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 5:55 AM EDT
GVIP, a Goldman Sachs ETF, focuses upon the high-conviction positions of selected fundamentally driven hedge fund managers. It has outperformed the S&P 500 since its inception. What has gone right and what could go wrong?
In this article: , BAC, EXP, FIS, MA, TDG, WFC, FISV, MU, IVV, VTI, BKNG, META, GVIP
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Should Gold Have A Role In Your Overall Portfolio?
Friday, April 2, 2021 9:15 AM EDT
Event studies reveal that gold iconsistently provided positive returns during significant market declines of 6+ month duration. We look at alkternative ways to buy exposure to gold and if its possible to derive related income streams.
In this article: M, NEM, IAU, GLD, RING, BAR, GLDM
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What's In Your Core?
Thursday, March 25, 2021 8:51 PM EDT
The investment media generally ignore US equity core ETFs. However, they hold the most equity AUM.
In this article: I Also: IWV, SPY, VOO, VTI, SPTM
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Why Investors Should Avoid Buying SPY And GLD
Monday, February 15, 2021 2:43 PM EDT
SPY and GLD are the two most iconic ETPs offered by SSgA SPDRs. However, owners will systematically accumulate less wealth than they would reap with competing ETFs.
In this article: MMMM, GLD, SPY Also: , IAU, IVV, BAR, GLDM, VOO, VTI, SPLG
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Inside Actively Managed Equity ETFs - A Topic Of Increasing Importance
Thursday, February 4, 2021 10:48 AM EDT
Today’s analysis covers sevenal actively managed ETFs. A handful have had tremendous success in performance and asset capture. Most, thus far, have not. Seven ETFs are compared to SPY as a benchmark with distinctive results.
In this article: HUSV, SPY, VTI, ARKW, ARKK, NVTA, FTHI, CRSP, CWS, AIEQ, TTAC
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Dividend ETFs: How To Decide Which Is Best For You
Thursday, January 14, 2021 12:01 AM EDT
There are more than 100 US-listed ETFs categorized by Morningstar, ETF.com, ETF Stream and others as Dividend ETFs.  Many of these use very different methodologies to satisfy disparate objectives.  Let’s take a deeper dive into 4 of them.
In this article: NOBL, SCHD, DVY, SPYD
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Drawing Distinctions Between ESG ETFs And Impact ETFs
Friday, December 4, 2020 2:21 PM EDT
There are more than 100 ETFs categorized as ESG by Morningstar. They have far different goals, methodologies, and serve very different purposes for different types of investors.
In this article: SPYX, DSI, PBW, SHE, ESGU, EFIV
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Not All Low Volatility ETFs Are The Same
Tuesday, November 17, 2020 3:47 AM EDT
Many investors, even professional hedge fund managers, choose style ETFs by name and trading volume. They miss the fact that there are many different ways to construct ETFs for a different style, size, sector, and ESG ETFs. Here's a vivid example.
In this article: SPLV, FDLO Also: MSFT, SPY, GOOGL
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Differences Between Low Volatility And Defensive Quant ETFs: Screening Vs. Financial Engineering
Thursday, October 29, 2020 1:48 PM EDT
Defensive quant ETFs are engineered to hold up in defensive periods while participating at a level below market resurgences.
In this article: SWAN
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Investing In Equities While Mitigating Potential Drawdowns With Options And ETFs
Wednesday, January 15, 2020 9:22 AM EDT
The US equity bull market since March 2009 is unprecedentedly long. But the many prognosticators espousing dire predictions have continued to be wrong for quite awhile.
In this article: NDX, PBP, HSPX, QYLD, PUTW, SWAN, QQQ
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Corporate Citizenship And The FAANGs - Why Should Investors Care?
Wednesday, December 5, 2018 6:39 PM EDT
425, or 85%, of S&P 500 firms file annual CSR or Sustainability Reports. They provide info and data on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Practices. FB, Google, Netflix and Apple do not. Why not? What does that mean for investors?
In this article: AAPL, AMZN, NFLX, META, GOOGL
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