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Highlighting The Kings Of The Dividend ETFs

By: ETFdb
Perhaps the most popular fad among investors over the past couple of years has been interest in dividend-paying stocks; with yields at record lows and risk aversion regularly spiking, portfolios have shifted towards stocks of companies known for making regular distributions of their cash flows. Not surprisingly, many investors are embracing ETFs to achieve exposure to dividend-paying stocks; the exchange-traded structure allows for cheap, low maintenance, rules-based exposure to this segment of the market. There are more than 40 different ETFs available to U.S. investors that utilize dividends in some shape or form in developing their underlying portfolio of stocks. But not all of these funds offer up meaningful yields; many focus on dollar value or consistency of distributions, as opposed to the dividend yield individual stocks offer. As a result, many of the ETFs that include “dividend” in the name or a dividend-related screen in the underlying index don’t [...] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Posts: Dividend ETF Special: 25 Equity ETFs With Attractive Distribution Yields The Best Dividend ETFs Aren’t Dividend ETFs At All UBS Adds 2x Leveraged Version of BDC ETN (BDCL) ETFs To Invest In The Next Facebook Five Leveraged ETFs Delivering Big Gains
Perhaps the most popular fad among investors over the past couple of years has been interest in dividend-paying stocks; with yields at record lows and risk aversion regularly spiking, portfolios have shifted towards stocks of companies known for making regular distributions of their cash flows. Not surprisingly, many investors are embracing ETFs to achieve exposure to dividend-paying stocks; the exchange-traded structure allows for cheap, low maintenance, rules-based exposure to this segment of the market. There are more than 40 different ETFs available to U.S. investors that utilize dividends in some shape or form in developing their underlying portfolio of stocks. But not all of these funds offer up meaningful yields; many focus on dollar value or consistency of distributions, as opposed to the dividend yield individual stocks offer. As a result, many of the ETFs that include “dividend” in the name or a dividend-related screen in the underlying index don’t [...]

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