Dividends

Guggenheim has declared monthly ETF Distributions for 16 of its ETF funds. The distributions range form a high of $0.113 for BSJE Guggenheim BulletShares 2014 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF 5/1/12 5/3/12 5/7/12 $0.113 To a low of $0.015 for BSCC Guggenheim BulletShares 2012 Corporate Bond ETF 5/1/12 5/3/12 5/7/12 $0.015 To read the complete [...]

Schwab has licensed the Dow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 Index for its new dividend ETF.  So far in 2011 Dow Jones has licensed 27 indexes for ETFs. Schwab has launched 14 other ETFs since 2009,  and the new Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD) is offering lower expense costs than its competitors at .17%. Currently the [...]

Keefe, Bruyette, and Woods, Inc (KBW) is a firm that concentrates on the financial sector and represents ETF indices in Banking, Regional Banking, Capital Markets, Insurance, and Mortgage Finance. KBW has disclosed upcoming changes to its Financial Sector Dividend Yield Index (KDX – ETF symbol: KBWD). The press release reports that the index will delete [...]

The Global X SuperDividend ETF (NYSE Arca: SDIV) from Global X Funds, which began trading last week, came out of the gates with a roar. The first day of trading for the fund ranked near the top of all newly released ETFs this year. The press release explains that in the first day (of trading [...]

Investors now have access to higher-yielding companies in commodity-rich Australia, Brazil and Canada with the release of a new ETF from Guggenheim Funds Distributors, Inc. The new international fund, identified in the press release as Guggenheim ABC High Dividend (NYSE Arca: ABCS), will track the BNY Mellon ABC Index made up of 30 of the [...]

For the first time, investors now have the ability to follow the performance of preferred stock issuing companies in Canada. Global X Funds has just released a new ETF known as Global X Canada Preferred ETF (ticker: CNPF). According to Bruno del Ama, chief executive officer of Global X Funds, “CNPF provides a relatively efficient [...]

In just the past decade, tech stocks have embarked upon a rollercoaster ride, hitting tops and bottoms several times. In what has been one of the harshest recessions in recent memory, tech stocks have fared well, proving to be some of the most valuable names on the big boards. The SPDR Technology Select Fund (XLK: [...]

MarketVectors has announced August distributions for five of its highest yielding funds. The ETFs, which appreciate and depreciate equally to their underlying index, also reward investors with a monthly revenue stream. Distributions, according to a press release, are as follows: 1. Intermediate Municipal Index ETF (ITM: Quote, Profile, Advanced Chart, News): $0.0625 2. Long Municipal [...]

While many ETFs launch with nearly instantaneous success, others are finding it difficult to compete in a saturated market. Interestingly, many of the failing ETFs on the death list all have very common traits. Of the five ETFs reviewed by The Street, four of them either attempted to track a very small niche or entered [...]

Preferred stock issues, which trade more like bonds than stocks, are leading the profit pack against common stock funds. Their high dividend yields make them more attractive to investors, as they provide income despite significant draw downs in price. Yields on preferred stock, especially in the financial sector, have soared, attracting investors to the lower-risk [...]