DTN News and Press, WisdomTree U.S. Dividend ex-Financials Fund From 12/21/20

Since my June article on DTN, very little has changed about the portfolio, but the ETF has bounced back as well as any other dividend ETF. The long-term thesis still holds true: US financials are in for a hard time in the coming decade due to the zero interest rate and flat yield curv...

Global business cycles are closely interconnected. Global business cycles are closely synchronized. Global equity markets respond accordingly. For further details see: Investing In Foreign Markets Sounds Exciting - But Isn't Always

WisdomTree Dividend ex-Financials ETF (DTN) declares $0.265/share monthly dividend, -5.4% decrease from prior dividend of $0.280.Forward yield 4.35%Payable Oct. 30; for shareholders of record Oct. 28; ex-div Oct. 27.See DTN Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. For further...

Thesis Summary Interest rates across the curve are set to remain lower for longer. This will pressure the profitability of several kinds of financials, especially banks. The WisdomTree U.S. Dividend Ex-Financials ETF ( DTN ) is a good option for dividend investors who want to avoid the fin...

Introduction In September, 2019, I put out an article titled " The Monetary Death Spiral " attempting to explain why interest rates, inflation, productivity, and economic growth have been sliding downward over the past 35 years. To understand the theory, one must first understand the tw...

SH: Today we have with us Tara Sinclair, an associate professor of economics and international affairs at George Washington University and a senior fellow of the Indeed Hiring Lab. Dr. Sinclair is also a research professor at the Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) in Germany, a...

By Jeff Weniger, CFA So much for crashes bringing valuations back to Earth. Here we are in the middle of an economic depression - one that maybe lasts a few months, or maybe one that goes on for a long while - and yet the Russell 1000 Growth Index is still trading for 27 times trailing ...

Investing in long-term dividend growers has historically been one of the best strategies for generating predictable income for your portfolio. In most cases, you can also essentially guarantee yourself an annual pay raise that often exceeds the cost of inflation. Investors have recognized th...

The energy sector posted a gain during the final quarter of 2019. In Q4, energy commodities rebounded by 3.38%. In 2019, the sector was 15.11% higher than at the end of 2018. WTI and Brent crude oil posted significant gains on the year, but the prices had declined to low levels at the end of...

By Erik Knutzen The events and data of recent weeks make us want to err on the side of caution. Our Asset Allocation Committee’s quarterly Outlook will come out this week, and the headline is that members see a return to “two-tier growth.” The last time we used...