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Dividend Index
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-24.36%
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109 days
(closed on 03/25/09)
Swapping out some fixed-income for this Dividend ETF. Indicated 30 Day SEC Yield is indicated to be 5.31%.
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Dissecting Defensive Dividend Stocks & ETFs
DVY
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+6.10%
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380 days
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The accompanying table includes 47 U.S.-listed companies with market caps over $10B and dividend yields over 5%, excluding all companies from the following sectors or industry groups: finance, insurance, consumer cyclical products, retailers, and basic materials. Also, the following dividend ETFs are included in the table as a comparison:
1.) iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend (DVY)
2.) WisdomTree Dividend Top 100 (DTN)
3.) SPDR S&P Dividend ETF (SDY)
4.) PowerShares High Yield Dividend Achievers (PEY)...
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New Global Tobacco Index: Big Dividends, Solid Returns
DVY
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-0.10%
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14 hours
(closed on 11/19/08)
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The accompanying table presents the top five companies by market cap and statistics for the ETF Innovators [ETFI] Global Tobacco Index, with the Top 20 rated companies posted a small gain of 0.6% over the past year thanks to an average dividend yield of 5.7%. The Global Tobacco Index outpaced all of its benchmark ETFs on a total return basis, including Consumer Staples (XLP), Claymore/Sabrient Defensive Equity Index (DEF), Vanguard Consumer Staples (VDC), and iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend (DVY).
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Bullish on DVY ...
DVY
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-38.80%
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786 days
But, daddy, I love her. This ones a beaut. It makes tracking and profiting from th DOW a breeze. Plus, one of the highest dividend returns around. check it.
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From the Blogosphere
Defensive bets: A trio of dividend funds
DVY
+2.31%
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50 days
Filed under: Newsletters, Mutual funds, ETF Investing, Stocks to Buy "It's time to take some profits and play defense for a while," says Glenn Rogers, adding, "Fortunately, we can hedge our bets by taking some profits and building cash reserves and reinvesting in more defensive securities." In The Internet Wealh Builder, the advisor suggests, a trio of conservative dividend-focused exchange-traded funds. <>He explains, "Everybody I talk to these days is nervous, although for different reasons. Some are nervous because they feel left behind. They sat on the sidelines and missed the incredible ral...
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Defensive bets: A trio of dividend funds
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 "It's time to take some profits and play defense for a while," says Glenn Rogers, adding, "Fortunately, we can hedge our bets by taking some profits and building cash reserves and reinvesting in more defensive securities."
In The Internet Wealh Builder, the advisor reviews a trio of conservative exchange-traded funds focused on large cap dividend-paying stocks. "Everybody I talk to these days is nervous, although for different reasons. Some are nervous because they feel left behind. <>"They sat on the sidelines and missed the incredible rally we've had since March. Now they're afraid they won...
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High dividend stocks / ETF
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Many investors don't want to worry about the indicators of investment value, and therefore prefer a simpler strategy which is based on high dividend yield and is called dividend strategy. It depends only on high dividend yield if shares will become part of the index portfolio.
For the purpose of dividend investing there are plenty of dividend indexes. The basis is usually taken from the past payment of dividends, and not from the future (or expected). Broadly used in US is Dogs of Dow or DivDax in Germany.
One of the problem of this strategy is that it can not accurately predict with certai...
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ETF Screener: Dude, Where Are All The Buy Signals?
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One kind of soft week in the market and all we can find is a handful of new buy signals during our technical analysis of more than 800 ETF stock charts. At least there is a hint of a common theme peeping through the grey clouds as 2 biotech ETFs made our buy list this week. They add to last week’s buy signal on 2 other biotech ETFs. An interesting way to trade these ETFs would be to buy them and short the S&P 500 or buy an ETF that goes up when the index falls, like Short S&P500 ProShares (SH). As long as these ETFs outperform the S&P 500, you make money: <>iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology (IBB)
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Bank Earnings Will Decide The Trend To Follow
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 What’s Happening In The Market Now..
<>The market opened lower this morning ahead of key earnings expected later in the week.
Also weighing on stocks is a potential bankruptcy filing from General Motors (GM). The U.S. Treasury Department is directing General Motors to lay the groundwork for a bankruptcy filing by June 1, even though the automaker has publicly stated it could reorganize outside of court, The New York Times reported on Sunday, citing an unnamed source.
<>Investors will get a number of earnings results throughout the week, including reports from key financial firms. Financial ...
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04/14/09
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