ETF Research Center

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Research Funds

Investment Analysis

Drill down to the critical details of individual ETFs: not just basics like description and performance, but also fundamental analysis not found anywhere else.

There are estimates for sales and earnings, valuation metrics, historical financial performance, a succinct analyst's opinion as well as the fund's ALTAR score, our proprietary measure of an ETF's investment merit.

Screen Funds

Custom comparisons

Quickly compare and screen funds based on the criteria you set: descriptive, performance, fundamentals and valuation. Our database is updated before the start of each trading day, so you'll be able to stay on top of changing market conditions.

ETF Advisor Archives

Strategy & trade ideas

Subscribers to the online ETF Research Center will have 24/7 access to our archives for print research, which includes both current and past editions of our newsletter ETF Advisor, as well as the current edition of our quarterly guidebook, ETF Analyzer.

What Makes Us Different

Our approach
We take a fundamentally different approach to ETFs. This allows you to evaluate funds based on investment merit, not just past performance.

Our research
We publish our research both in print and online—a complete set of tools to help you find the right funds for your clients.

ALTAR™ score
The AltaVista Long Term Annual Return forecast, or ALTAR™ score is our proprietary measure of an ETFs long term investment merit.

Coverage list
We cover roughly 2/3rds of ETF assets listed in the U.S., across every category: broad domestic funds, sector funds, and international funds.

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