Scientific Beta

Seeking Alpha: "With that said, I'm still quite positive that the Scientific Beta ETFs will continue to show good performance versus their market capitalization-weighted benchmarks, particularly with regard to achieving superior risk-adjusted returns."

Seeking Alpha 16/02/2018

"(...) Compared to traditional indices that are market capitalization-weighted, the Scientific Beta indices attempt to weight constituents using academically researched "factors" that have historically been shown to provide outperformance. For the Scientific Beta ETFs, the factors chosen are momentum, value, size and low volatility, which are typically considered to be four of the most "classic" factors. A complex multi-strategy, multi-beta approach is layered on top to further improve risk-adjusted returns. While these funds aren't the usual high-yielding ETFs and CEFs that I usually cover, they interest me because their strategy is based on strong academic background and research rather than being based on a gimmick, of which there unfortunately are far too many of in the market today (looking at you, Sprott BUZZ Social Media Insights ETF (BUZ)). (...) With that said, I'm still quite positive that the Scientific Beta ETFs will continue to show good performance versus their market capitalization-weighted benchmarks, particularly with regard to achieving superior risk-adjusted returns. (...)"