The Complete List of Dividend ETF’s
- July 1, 2010
- Dividend Investing, Dividend Stocks
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While we at eDividendStocks.com believe that the most effective dividend investing strategy is to own high quality dividend stocks, many investors prefer greater diversification. Mutual funds that invest in dividend stocks often charge exorbitant fees that eat away at your returns. However, dividend ETF’s provides investors with exposure to a wide selection of dividend stocks and generally charge only nominal fees.
An ETF or exchange traded fund, is simply a security that tracks an index of stocks. They have advantages over mutual funds in that they trade like a stock. You can buy or sell shares in an ETF at anytime, while mutual funds can only trade at the end of each day. ETF’s also have expense ratios of less than 0.5%, while expense ratios and management fees on mutual funds sometimes run above 2%.
We have assembled this complete list of dividend ETF’s for the benefit of our fellow dividend investors.
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Complete List of Dividend ETF’s How the ETF’s compare |
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ETF |
Ticker |
Yield |
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WisdomTree Small Cap Dividend |
DES |
3.7% |
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PowerShares High Yield Dividend Achievers |
PEY |
4.6% |
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iShares S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index |
PFF |
7.8% |
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WisdomTree Japan Small Cap Dividend |
DFJ |
1.9% |
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WisdomTree MidCap Dividend |
DON |
2.8% |
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Claymore/Zacks Dividend Rotation |
IRO |
3.9% |
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iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend Index |
DVY |
3.9% |
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SPDR S&P Dividend |
SDY |
3.8% |
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WisdomTree Dividend ex-Financials |
DTN |
3.9% |
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First Trust Value Line Dividend Index |
FVD |
2.9% |
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WisdomTree Equity Income |
DHS |
3.5% |
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PowerShares Dividend Achievers |
PFM |
2.4% |
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FirstTrust Morningstar Dividend Leaders |
FDL |
4.2% |
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WisdomTree Total Dividend |
DTD |
2.9% |
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Vanguard Dividend Appreciation |
VIG |
2.1% |
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WisdomTree Large Cap Dividend |
DLN |
2.9% |
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Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index |
VYM |
3.2% |
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WisdomTree Emerging Markets Equity |
DEM |
3.0% |
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Powershares Intl Dividend Achievers |
PID |
3.5% |
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WisdomTree Intl Small Cap Dividend |
DLS |
2.6% |
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WisdomTree Japan Total Dividend |
DXJ |
1.3% |
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Claymore/Zacks Intl Multi-Asset Income |
HGI |
3.7% |
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WisdomTree Europe Small Cap Dividend |
DFE |
3.6% |
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WisdomTree Intl Mid Cap Dividend |
DIM |
2.7% |
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Claymore/S&P Global Dividend Opportunities |
LVL |
3.5% |
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iShares Dow Jones Intl Select Dividend Index |
IDV |
3.9% |
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WisdomTree Intl Dividend ex-Financials |
DOO |
3.8% |
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WisdomTree Intl Large Cap Dividend |
DOL |
3.4% |
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Source: Yahoo Finance |
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The majority of the dividend ETF’s on this list have posted negative returns in 2010. So while they may offer greater diversification options, only focusing on these ETF options could result in investors missing out on some of the top dividend stock performers.
