FDL News and Press, First Trust Morningstar From 07/26/21

The Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index has a habit of buying when it should be selling, and selling when it should be buying. In June 2020, it dropped all its Energy holdings at fire sale prices, only to buy them back again this June after the sector had recovered. The Index has s...

First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund (FDL) - $0.3478.30-Day SEC Yield of 3.75% as of May 28.Payable Jun 30; for shareholders of record Jun 25; ex-div Jun 24. For further details see: First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund declares quarterly distribution of $0...

SPYD holds 80 of the highest dividend-yielding companies in the S&P 500. Shares have beaten the market over the past year, especially since the vaccine announcements last fall. The ETF has a 4.4% yield and costs an ultra-low 7 basis points. With shares at an all-time high,...

FDL is a passively managed fund that tracks the Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index. Its investment strategy is to select top U.S. dividend payers capable of maintaining their shareholder rewards. The ETF has only marginal exposure to the mid-cap universe of equities, with the NAV...

Financial markets slip at the open on Monday after Thursday and Friday's rally. Last week market participants saw consumer staples and the financial sector lead the market, and consumer discretionary was the lagger.At the opening bell, investors can see red across all three major indices. Mon...

In today’s low-yield landscape, income investors find themselves depending on higher-yielding investments such as bank loans, high-yield bonds and dividend-paying equities. Reaching for yield can be especially dangerous for income investors because of sequence risk - the risk o...

Quality might be in the name, but low volatility is the real theme, and investors should be cautious if considering OUSA as a core holding. Despite a pandemic that has re-shaped global markets, fund managers felt it necessary to add just 6.26% worth of new holdings when it reconstitut...

During Q1, indicated dividend net changes (increases less decreases) for U.S. domestic common stocks increased $18B vs. $9.5B in 4Q20 and drop of $5.5B in year ago quarter, as per S&P Dow Jones Indices data.For Q1, total increases amounted to $20.3B (+46.9% Q/Q,  +63.7% Y/Y...

First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index ETF (FDL) declares $0.2372/share quarterly dividend, -35.5% decrease from prior dividend of $0.3677.Forward yield 2.93%Payable March 31; for shareholders of record March 26; ex-div March 25.See FDL Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend ...

FDL tracks the Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index, which includes 100 of the highest-yielding U.S. stocks that can sustain their dividend payments, according to Morningstar's screening method. Its distributions have grown substantially in the last four years, and my analysis of the fu...