ETF Deathwatch For February 2015: Closures Reduce The List
Ron Rowland - Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 13, 3:00AM CST
The ETF Deathwatch membership roll contains 15 fewer names this month. There were 11 additions, but 26 managed to escape. Unfortunately, 22 of the escapees exited due to product death and delisting. Just four products left because of improved health....
SINF: 47.80 (unch), SJH: 49.87 (-2.39), SKK: 33.55 (-1.31), SFK: 20.51 (-1.28), UVT: 58.90 (+1.67), CVOL: 0.95 (-0.04), SJL: 61.99 (unch), UKW: 116.13 (+4.04), SDK: 60.50 (-0.50), GYEN: 13.48 (+0.12), UVU: 95.57 (+3.57), FWDI: 27.01 (+0.25), UKF: 136.86 (+4.96), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), FINF: 42.47 (-0.64), TWQ: 18.11 (-0.70), SJF: 30.36 (-1.04), RDVY: 22.49 (+0.17), UKK: 104.31 (+4.41), UWC: 100.96 (+3.20), UINF: 27.79 (+0.01), BARL: 19.19 (unch), UVG: 75.26 (+1.93)
Financials Dominate My Watch List
FerdiS - Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 11, 10:26AM CST
Of all the pages on my blog, I change my Watch List page most frequently. The reason is my watch list of dividend growth stocks is dynamic and I update it at least once a month. The watch list contains all of DivGro's holdings, as well as a subset...
DIVC: 26.74 (+0.15), NOBL: 50.78 (+0.30), DGRW: 31.79 (+0.21), RDVY: 22.49 (+0.17), VIG: 82.39 (+0.48), INTC: 34.36 (+0.23), DGRO: 26.73 (+0.10), PFM: 21.87 (+0.07), SDY: 79.16 (+0.32)
Strong dividend growth continues
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 07, 9:24AM CST
DIVC: 26.74 (+0.15), DVY: 79.57 (-0.29), VIG: 82.39 (+0.48), DLN: 75.28 (+0.27), DHS: 62.61 (+0.04), SCHD: 40.69 (+0.15), DTD: 75.94 (+0.21), SDYL: 54.84 (unch), FVD: 24.33 (-0.01), NOBL: 50.78 (+0.30), FDL: 24.41 (-0.01), DGRW: 31.79 (+0.21), RDVY: 22.49 (+0.17), DVYL: 50.31 (-0.42), SDOG: 38.84 (+0.10), DGRO: 26.73 (+0.10), PFM: 21.87 (+0.07), SDY: 79.16 (+0.32)
Dividend Growth Equities Outperform During Increasing Interest Rate Periods
David I. Templeton, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 7:27PM CST
At the end of 2013 most if not all strategists expected interest rates to rise with the anticipated end of quantitative easing. However, the market proved the consensus point of view wrong. As the below chart shows, the high rate on the 10-year...
DIVC: 26.74 (+0.15), NOBL: 50.78 (+0.30), DGRW: 31.79 (+0.21), RDVY: 22.49 (+0.17), VIG: 82.39 (+0.48), DGRO: 26.73 (+0.10), PFM: 21.87 (+0.07), SDY: 79.16 (+0.32)
First Trust Advisors L.P. Announces Distributions for Exchange-Traded Funds
Business Wire - Mon Dec 22, 4:36PM CST
First Trust Advisors L.P. ("FTA"
FPE: 19.17 (+0.04), FTSL: 49.10 (+0.05), AIRR: 18.17 (+0.23), QABA: 35.79 (+0.05), FEUZ: 32.37 (+0.11), FTSM: 60.00 (unch), GRID: 35.50 (+0.01), QTEC: 44.20 (+0.37), FV: 23.10 (+0.17), FPXI: 28.37 (+0.42), IFV: 19.26 (+0.01), FDIV: 50.40 (+0.13), FMK: 27.21 (+0.19), PLTM: 10.63 (+0.30), QQXT: 41.19 (+0.33), RDVY: 22.49 (+0.17), BICK: 23.99 (+0.27), CARZ: 39.60 (+0.42), TDIV: 28.44 (+0.22), HYLS: 50.48 (+0.38), MDIV: 21.48 (+0.04), CU: 17.35 (+0.60), FBT: 110.21 (+1.02), QQEW: 44.03 (+0.43), FEMB: 47.50 (-1.06), YDIV: 19.40 (+0.11), FMB: 51.97 (-0.03), FTHI: 20.93 (+0.09), FLM: 44.03 (-0.37), FTLB: 20.74 (+0.07), QCLN: 18.05 (+0.09), QINC: 21.72 (+0.12), FTCS: 38.89 (+0.07), FONE: 39.76 (+0.10), SKYY: 29.40 (+0.18), LMBS: 50.72 (+0.37)
S&P 500: Lower Dividend Growth Projected Going Forward
ValueWalk - Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 19, 1:33PM CST
By Matt Rego Dividends are a great tool that can help amplify your investment and produce a nice income stream . Not all dividends are created equal and there is certainly a level of due diligence that is required, particularly with the higher...
DIVC: 26.74 (+0.15), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), NOBL: 50.78 (+0.30), DGRW: 31.79 (+0.21), RDVY: 22.49 (+0.17), VIG: 82.39 (+0.48), DGRO: 26.73 (+0.10), PFM: 21.87 (+0.07), SDY: 79.16 (+0.32)
Dividend Growth Investing FAQ
David Van Knapp - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 17, 8:36PM CST
There are probably many new readers on Seeking Alpha that have heard about dividends and dividend growth investing, but who do not really know much about the topic. The following is provided as a primer on dividend growth investing. Q: What is a...
DIVC: 26.74 (+0.15), JNJ: 99.62 (+1.18), NOBL: 50.78 (+0.30), DGRW: 31.79 (+0.21), RDVY: 22.49 (+0.17), VIG: 82.39 (+0.48), DGRO: 26.73 (+0.10), PFM: 21.87 (+0.07), SDY: 79.16 (+0.32)
Inside The S&P 500: The Dividend Aristocrats
S&P Dow Jones Indices - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 15, 3:46AM CST
By David Blitzer Dividends are ever-popular with investors, but owning dividend stocks or an ETF which tracks an index focused on dividends comes with one big worry: will the companies continue to pay dividends? One of the surest signs that a...
DIVC: 26.74 (+0.15), NOBL: 50.78 (+0.30), DGRW: 31.79 (+0.21), RDVY: 22.49 (+0.17), VIG: 82.39 (+0.48), DGRO: 26.73 (+0.10), PFM: 21.87 (+0.07), SDY: 79.16 (+0.32)
The Pillars Of Dividend Growth Investing
The Part-time Investor - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 09, 6:11PM CST
DIVC: 26.74 (+0.15), NOBL: 50.78 (+0.30), DGRW: 31.79 (+0.21), RDVY: 22.49 (+0.17), VIG: 82.39 (+0.48), DGRO: 26.73 (+0.10), PFM: 21.87 (+0.07), SDY: 79.16 (+0.32)
Dividend Payers Return Trailing Non-Payers Through November
David I. Templeton, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Sun Dec 07, 11:58AM CST
One aspect of the investing climate in 2014, due to the Fed's low interest rate policy, has been investor interest in dividend-yielding equities. Finding dividend payers from companies that comprise the S&P 500 Index has become less difficult...
DIVC: 26.74 (+0.15), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), NOBL: 50.78 (+0.30), DGRW: 31.79 (+0.21), RDVY: 22.49 (+0.17), VIG: 82.39 (+0.48), XLG: 144.77 (+0.65), DGRO: 26.73 (+0.10), PFM: 21.87 (+0.07), SDY: 79.16 (+0.32)
With 2015 Imminent, Can We Still Build And Sustain Dividend Growth Portfolios?
The DGI Plan - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 04, 6:26PM CST
DIVC: 26.74 (+0.15), NOBL: 50.78 (+0.30), DGRW: 31.79 (+0.21), RDVY: 22.49 (+0.17), VIG: 82.39 (+0.48), DGRO: 26.73 (+0.10), PFM: 21.87 (+0.07), SDY: 79.16 (+0.32)
Stock Picking Grades For Large Cap Value Style Fund Managers
David Trainer - Seeking Alpha - Mon Nov 24, 8:30AM CST
This report shows how well Large Cap Value ETFs and mutual fund managers pick stocks. We juxtapose our Portfolio Management Rating on funds, which grades managers based on the quality of the stocks they choose, with the number of good stocks...
PXLV: 31.00 (unch),
What Will Your Retirement Look Like?
James Jenckes - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Nov 11, 2:15PM CST
DIVC: 26.74 (+0.15), DVY: 79.57 (-0.29), VIG: 82.39 (+0.48), DLN: 75.28 (+0.27), DHS: 62.61 (+0.04), SCHD: 40.69 (+0.15), DTD: 75.94 (+0.21), SDYL: 54.84 (unch), FVD: 24.33 (-0.01), NOBL: 50.78 (+0.30), FDL: 24.41 (-0.01), DGRW: 31.79 (+0.21), RDVY: 22.49 (+0.17), DVYL: 50.31 (-0.42), SDOG: 38.84 (+0.10), DGRO: 26.73 (+0.10), PFM: 21.87 (+0.07), SDY: 79.16 (+0.32)
Dividend Growth Investing IS Total Return Investing
The Part-time Investor - Seeking Alpha - Mon Nov 10, 7:12PM CST
It seems like the comment section of every article I read on Seeking Alpha about dividend growth investing (DGI) eventually turns into a debate about investing for income vs. investing for total return. It used to be "Tastes great!"...
DIVC: 26.74 (+0.15), VIG: 82.39 (+0.48), DLN: 75.28 (+0.27), HDV: 78.19 (+0.01), DHS: 62.61 (+0.04), DOD: 15.60 (+0.08), SCHD: 40.69 (+0.15), FVD: 24.33 (-0.01), RDVY: 22.49 (+0.17), SDOG: 38.84 (+0.10), DVYL: 50.31 (-0.42), KBWD: 25.26 (-0.02), DVY: 79.57 (-0.29), RDIV: 30.81 (-0.08), PEY: 13.43 (-0.06), DTD: 75.94 (+0.21), SDYL: 54.84 (unch), NOBL: 50.78 (+0.30), FDL: 24.41 (-0.01), DGRW: 31.79 (+0.21), DIV: 28.91 (-0.11), SPHD: 33.19 (-0.15), VYM: 70.01 (+0.21), PFM: 21.87 (+0.07), DGRO: 26.73 (+0.10), SDY: 79.16 (+0.32)