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ETF: Do volatility managed ETFs work in volatile times?

Kristia van HeerdenETF Blog, Latest

Remember those strange volatility ETFs Absa launched a while ago? They were specifically designed to protect your money during volatile times. If you’ve looked at your investments even briefly in the past two weeks, you don’t need me to tell you that the volatile times have arrived, wearing sequins and singing show tunes. Hint: You can ...
JSE Direct with Simon Brown

Podcast: Understanding a risk parity portfolio

Simon BrownLatest, WorldWide Markets

This podcast brought to you by Absa CIB Len Jordaan, Index and Structured Solutions, Absa CIB Simon and Len delve into understanding risk and how it applies to your Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) selection, both as a basket of different ETFs you put together but also as to which individual ETF you may be buying ...
JSE Direct with Simon Brown

Podcast: Managed volatility ETFs

Simon BrownLatest, WorldWide Markets

Sponsored by Index and Structured Solutions, Absa CIB Simon Shares US yield curves have inverted across the range. Shorter term rates are higher then longer-term rates. Now every recession has been proceeded by a yield curve inversion. But not every yield curve inversion has been followed by a recession. So maybe it's warning us or ...