Stocks / ETF
QUALETF
iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF
$218.951d +0.7%5d +0.2%settled close · 2026-09-17
β 0.7852w $203–227Shares 244.8MCboe BZX since 2013
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Who’s talking about QUAL
10 longlatest 2026-06-21
| Date | Voice | Stance | Venue | Thesis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-21 | Lyn AldenIndependent macro strategist | Bullish | David Lin | Equities not in a bubble offer the best core allocation in a fiscal dominance environment where bonds are… |
| 2026-04-20 | Jeremy GranthamCo-founder & long-term strategist, GMO | Bullish | The Master Investor Podcast with Wilfred Frost | High-quality stocks — low debt, high stable returns, low bankruptcy risk — have persistently outperformed by… |
| 2026-03-23 | Jeremy GranthamCo-founder & long-term strategist, GMO | Bullish | Capital Allocators with Ted Seides | If forced to hold US equities, quality stocks offer survivability in a severe downturn as demonstrated by… |
| 2026-03-16 | Jeremy GranthamCo-founder & long-term strategist, GMO | Bullish | LifeWorthLiving | High-quality stocks have historically outperformed the broader market by ~0.5% annually in perpetuity, a… |
| 2025-09-09 | Lyn AldenIndependent macro strategist | Bullish | interview | Equities represent real productive assets whose nominal values rise with fiat debasement, making them a… |
| 2025-05-15 | Jeremy GranthamCo-founder & long-term strategist, GMO | Bullish | interview | For US-constrained investors, high quality companies with low debt and high profit margins provide downside… |
| 2024-12-26 | Michael HowellLiquidity strategist — CrossBorder Capital | Bullish | Wealthion | Liquidity expansion driven by the global debt refinancing cycle historically flows into high-quality… |
| 2024-12-03 | Cliff AsnessCo-founder/CIO, AQR Capital | Bullish | Bloomberg Television | Profitable, stable, low-volatility companies bought at reasonable prices (Buffett-style quality investing)… |
| 2024-09-21 | Michael HowellLiquidity strategist — CrossBorder Capital | Bullish | Wealthion | Debt growing 2-3pp faster than US GDP drives ~8% annual liquidity growth; high-quality equities have… |
| 2024-08-08 | Jeremy GranthamCo-founder & long-term strategist, GMO | Bullish | The Investor’s Podcast | Quality stocks (GMO's ETF) have outperformed by 0.5–1% per year over 100 years as a persistent market… |
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Notable options days
Sessions in the last 120 where QUAL’s settled options volume ran ≥ 2× its trailing 20-session baseline, or delta-dollar flow ran ≥ 2.5× — 9 of 120 sessions qualified.
The qualifying dates are the free record. Close, flow, call/LEAPS mix and the 20-session outcome — for every session below — are Brief subscriber content.
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