Dividend ETFs Can Help Provide More Stable Returns

With equity markets hovering around record highs, more risk-averse investors may consider dividend exchange traded fund strategies. “While the stock market continues to trade in uncharted territory, investors can think of adopting defensive strategies based on their risk appetite by investing in high-dividend yield stocks.

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Looking for a Comprehensive Dividend Strategy?

The universe of dividend exchange traded funds is sizable and still growing. From the perspective of choice, that’s a positive, but locating the right payout funds to meet client needs can be a daunting task for advisors. WisdomTree’s Global Dividend Model Portfolio eases that burden, and does so with a mix of the issuer’s and third party products, as well domestic and international fare.

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A Dividend Builder ETF to Hedge Against Inflation Risks

Income-minded investors should consider ETF strategies that provide consistent dividend growth at a rate that exceeds inflation. In the recent webcast, Yield vs Growth: How to Fight Inflation with Dividends , Matthew Page, Portfolio Manager, SmartETFs, warned that economists are projecting a median inflation forecast of 2.9% for 2021, followed by 2.3% for 2022, and 2.1% for 2023, all above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target.

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3 Highest-Performing Dividend ETFs at Midway Mark of 2021

As investors reach the halfway mark of 2021, it’s clear that some dividend strategies have performed than others. So far in 2021, the best-performing non-leveraged dividend ETFs were the Cambria Shareholder Yield ETF (SYLD) , which increased 43.24%; the VanEck Vectors Energy Income ETF (EINC) , which rose 38.50%; and the Invesco KBW High Dividend Yield Financial ETF (KBWD) , which is up 29.08%.

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The PFM ETF: Marry Dividend and ESG Sustainability

Sustainability is all the rage these days, as asset allocators prioritize environmental stewardship and social and governance progress. However, seasoned dividend investors know sustainability in another way: gauging a company’s ability to not only maintain its current payouts, but grow them over the long-term.

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A Smarter Approach to Dividend ETF Investing

Income-minded investors can consider an actively managed dividend exchange traded fund strategy to help keep ahead of inflation. The SmartETFs Dividend Builder ETF (NYSE Arca: DIVS) is an actively managed dividend growth strategy that seeks dividend-paying companies that have provided an inflation-adjusted cash flow return on investment of at least 10% in each of the last 10 years.

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S&P DJI launches ‘Dividend Growers’ indices

S&P Dow Jones Indices has unveiled the S&P Dividend Growers Index Series , a new family of indices tracking companies that have consistently increased their dividend payments every year for a specified number of years. The indices target companies that have consistently increased their dividend payments every year for a specified number of years.

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