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 ...

Gold and Silver ETFs provide a way to invest in precious metals without physical storage. However, investors must consider taxation, expense ratios, price volatility, tracking errors, and their role ...

So what use is a low TE if that means tracking a benchmark with volatile returns? Table 2 shows the standard deviation (absolute volatility) of the benchmark and, for good measure, the median manager.

An array of new investment products that arrived on the market in recent years have highlighted a perennial risk for advisors. Dispersion risk — also known as ...

CalPERS' board is expected to decide in September whether to remove alternative investments from its tracking-error calculation used to control risk. Deciding to do ...