##  [# ETF Watch: First Trust Plans Dividend Family](/sections/daily-etf-watch/etf-watch-first-trust-plans-dividend-family) 

 

# ETF Watch: First Trust Plans Dividend Family

 

 

The six ETFs will target dividend-paying stocks.



 

 

 

 

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First Trust has filed for [a family of ETFs](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1552740/000144554617001944/etf6_485a.txt) that will be derived from the Nasdaq’s cap-weighted global indexes and target dividend-paying stocks. The six funds will list on the Nasdaq stock exchange and include the following:

- Developed International Equity Select ETF
- Emerging Markets Equity Select ETF
- Large Cap US Equity Select ETF
- Mid Cap US Equity Select ETF
- Small Cap US Equity Select ETF
- US Equity Dividend Select ETF

Each fund’s index will select its stocks from the cap-weighted parent index and screen out those components that have not paid out a dividend in the preceding 12 months. The fund index replicates the parent index’s sector weightings. All but one of the fund indexes will equal-weight the components in each sector; the US Equity Dividend Select ETF’s index will weight the components in each of its sectors by yield.

The proposed fund family combines a focus on dividends with an alternative weighting approach.

The filing did not include tickers or expense ratios.

*Contact Heather Bell at <hbell@etf.com>.*



 

 

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