XRMI - January Dividend And Income ETF Report: The Ultimate Investors Guide

• Each month, I give a broad overview of 90 dividend, income, and risk-management-focused ETFs, selecting them from my database of about 750 funds.
• January was tough for equities as the S&P 500 lost 5.27% and the Nasdaq-100 dropped 8.75%. High-yield dividend ETFs showed their defensive powers, though, as the category gained 1.09%.
• Energy, Financials, and Consumer Staples were top-performing sectors, suggesting investors fled to both defensive stocks and those that should protect them from rising inflation and interest rates.
• We saw how important it was for investors in options-based ETFs to consider the quality of the underlying holdings first. Nasdaq-100 Options ETFs beat QQQ, but still produced steep losses.
• Use this article as a quick summary on periodic performances, risk-adjusted returns, yield, growth, turnover, and concentration, as well as links to more detailed analysis on selected ETFs.

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