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Given the power of women in the world of business, investors may want to add female-centric companies to their portfolios with these ETFs.
It is always fun to root for the underdog. Who doesn't like a good Cinderella story?
On International Women's Day, let us see how women have altered both the managerial and investing landscape in a big way over the past couple of decades.
Did you know that some large-cap, blue-chip companies like Accenture (ACN) (run by Julie Sweet), Northrop Gruman (NOC) (Kathy Warden), Oracle (ORCL) (Safra Catz), Occidental Petroleum (OXY) (Vicki Hollub), and Progressive (PRGR) (Tricia Griffith) have a female CEO? There are also female CEOs of small- and mid-sized companies like Exponent (EXPO) (Catherine Ford Corrigan), Oil
Exchange-traded funds are baskets of securities that offer you less risk, enable you to track particular indexes or market sectors, and can be purchased on exchanges.
Hypatia's first exchange-traded fund, WCEO, will track companies that have women executives.
Hypatia Capital, an asset management firm focused on sponsoring female CEOs and investors, has launched the Hypatia Women CEO ETF (NYSE Arca: WCEO), an actively managed exchange traded fund that invests in all publicly traded U.S. companies that have female CEOs.
SEC filings for WCEO aren't indexed yet — common for recently launched funds. Browse the issuer's filings on SEC EDGAR directly.