If part of the reason for moving from fixed income to low volatility stocks is a fear of inflation and thus high interest rates, however, you may wish to be even more selective. I like to feel in control and believe in the power of “tweaking” so that would probably be my preferred tactic, but for most, simply trusting the past performance of the index overall and buying SPLV will serve the purpose. It really isn’t their fault; their advisors have been taught to equate the two things and have stated this as a fact.