John Hancock Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF

JHMC tracks an index of US consumer discretionary stocks, weighted for exposure to four factors: small size, low relative price, high profitability and high momentum.

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The mismatch between supply and demand within the retail space has reversed in advance of this year's holiday shopping season. Higher prices that retailers have successfully implemented since the pandemic are not going to reverse entirely.

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BOSTON, Sept. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - John Hancock Investment Management, a company of Manulife Investment Management, announced today that it plans to close and liquidate 10 sector ETFs (funds). The decision reflects how these funds have been used by investors over the past seven years and how sector investing has shifted in the market.

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The broader retail space has been weak relative to the S&P 500 so far this year. On a YTD basis, the VanEck Vectors Retail ETF has underperformed the S&P 500 by 4.5 percentage points, trading down by 18.2% as of today.

Weakness In Retail

Dollar Tree (NasdaqGS: DLTR) and Dollar General (NYSE: DG) shares surged, lifting retail and consumer sector-related exchange traded funds after the discount variety store chain revealed better-than-expected profits. On Thursday, the VanEck Vectors Retail ETF (RTH) was 4.2% higher and the John Hancock Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEArca: JHMC) was up 5.6%.

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Retail sales have posted gains in four consecutive months but November is the slowest pace of the four. Most categories were up in November though breadth was weaker than in October.

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Retail sales and food services spending rose 0.7 percent in August following a 1.8 percent drop in July. The three-month annualized growth rate is -0.9 percent though the level of sales is still well above the most recent nine-year trend. From a year ago, total retail sales are up 15.1 percent.

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Exchange traded fund investors can consider a unique multifactor approach to constructing a diversified investment portfolio. In the recent webcast, Cracking Open Factors: Beyond the Style Box, Brad Feeley, Managing Director, ETF Specialist, John Hancock Investment Management, explained that investors should focus on propensity and magnitude when scrutinizing an investment tool.

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Consumer spending is very important for U.S. economic well-being as it contributes 70% of the U.S.

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As more take a harder look at their portfolio composition, many investors are turning to smart beta exchange traded funds to enhance their portfolios and meet the challenges ahead. “They’re kind of really starting to re-evaluate portfolios, and that’s kind of where our multi-factor ETFs come in as they’re used to using the cheap beta, [.

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A robust holiday season drove many corners of the consumer space, including e-commerce, giving a boost to many stocks and ETFs in the final quarter of 2019.

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