The PDF version of the October issue of ETFInvestor is now available for download.

The iPad version will be available in approximately 3 business days.

Big changes are in store for the newsletter. First, this is my final issue as editor of Morningstar ETFInvestor. Longtime contributor and director of passive strate¬gies research for North America, Alex Bryan, will take the helm in November. Second, these pages are about to undergo a makeover. Next month, they will contain more actionable information and richer data. In this month’s cover, I discuss these exciting improvements and why we believe they will make ETFInvestor better than ever. I also share some lessons (I hope) I’ve learned over the past three plus years.

Also in this issue:

• I take one last look at the Income and Asset-Allocation portfolios.
• Alex Bryan summarizes a growing body of research around various approaches to factor timing.
• Adam McCullough examines a pair of ETFs that attempt to successfully time their factor tilts.
• Daniel Sotiroff digs in on iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF EMGF, which receives a Morningstar Analyst Rating of Neutral.
• Alex profiles Bronze-rated Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta International Equity ETF GSIE
• In this month's Sector Snapshot, I share our equity analysts’ take on the stocks that moved the market in September.

You can download this month's issue here:
http://etf.morningstar.com/Newsletter.aspx?download=currentIssue

Best,

Ben Johnson, CFA