Factor Investing
Factor investing with Invesco
Investment factors are characteristics that help drive the risk and return of a stock or a bond, and different factors have historically outperformed the broad market in different types of environments.
At Invesco, we provide a complete offering of factor-based tools, thought leadership and solutions. We have created a wide range of single-factor and multi-factor strategies to give advisors the ability to build client portfolios with precise exposures targeted to their specific needs.
What is factor investing?
Factors provide a deeper, more precise lens through which to view your investment portfolio.
Investors can build portfolios by selecting stocks that exhibit tilts toward specific factors. Factors are the drivers of performance that can help explain an investment’s risk-return profile. Targeting these underlying drivers of return may provide a more finely tuned, systematic approach to portfolio construction.
Each of the six factors play a role in the performance of your investment.

Value

Size

Low volatility

Momentum

Quality

Dividend yield
Using factors in portfolios
All portfolios exhibit factor tilts
Because of their fundamental and ubiquitous nature, factors have the potential to drive more precise investment
and asset allocation decisions.
Intentionally seeking a diversified portfolio by blending factors may allow investors the opportunity to better match specific investment preferences.
Outcomes based on outlook
Factors perform differently based on macroeconomic influences, such as market volatility. Investors may use factors within portfolios to help achieve desired outcomes based on their market outlook.
Low volatility
Visit our low volatility strategy page to gain insight into the methodology, click here.
Momentum
Visit our momentum solutions page to gain insight into the methodologies, click here.
Quality
Value
Size
Dividend yield
Risks & other information
There are risks involved with investing in ETFs, including possible loss of money. Shares are not actively managed andare subject to risks similar to those of stocks, including short selling and margin maintenance. Ordinary brokerage commissions apply. The fund's return may not match the return of the underlying index.
Factor investing is an investment strategy in which securities are chosen based on certain characteristics and attributes that may explain differences in returns. There can be no assurance that performance will be enhanced or risk will be reduced for funds that seek to provide exposure to certain factors. Exposure to such investment factors may detract from performance in some market environments, perhaps for extended periods. Factor investing may underperform cap-weighted benchmarks and increase portfolio risk.
Certain funds are considered non-diversified and may be subject to greater risks than a diversified fund.
The momentum style of investing is subject to the risk that the securities may be more volatile than the market as a whole, or that the returns on securities that have previously exhibited price momentum are less than returns on other styles of investing.
A value style of investing is subject to the risk that the valuations never improve or that the returns will trail other styles of investing or the overall stock market.
Investing in securities of small capitalization companies involves greater risk than customarily associated with investing in larger, more established companies.
Diversification does not guarantee a profit or eliminate the risk of loss.
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