Overview
Description
The iShares Edge MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF is an exchange-traded fund designed to offer targeted exposure to U.S. companies with strong quality characteristics. Its primary objective is to track the performance of a curated index that includes a subset of MSCI USA stocks historically exhibiting robust and stable earnings, high return on equity, and low levels of financial leverage. By focusing on these fundamental factors, the fund aims to provide a portfolio that emphasizes companies demonstrating financial strength and operational consistency. This ETF plays a distinctive role in the financial market by helping investors access a systematic approach to quality investing within the large and mid-cap U.S. equity universe. Widely used for portfolio diversification, the fund is relevant to both institutional and individual investors seeking to incorporate a quality factor tilt into their equity allocations and to manage risk by selecting stocks less prone to earnings variability and balance sheet instability.
About
Instrument type
ETF
Country
United Kingdom
MIC code
XLON