FDL News and Press, First Trust Morningstar From 06/23/22

The First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index ETF (FDL) is a good recession-proof and inflation-resistant pick. With its focus on dividend leaders in defensive sectors, the fund is able to outperform the broader market indexes. Additionally, its high dividend yield and steady...

The 2022 bear market is the 2nd worst start to the year in history and is starting to take its toll on even the world's best defensive blue-chips. Altria recently plunged 17% over the same risk factors that investors have known about for years. The company's fundamental growth out...

The year-over-year change in core CPI peaked in March and is coming down, albeit slower than we’d all like to see. The economy is slowing in some areas and inflation is still high but probably peaking. Bond yields are starting to look pretty attractive relative to stock div...

Morgan Stanley downgrades Altria and trims price target to $50. Upcoming dividend increase looks juicy. Pricing power and inelasticity are overlooked factors in an already suppressed stock. For further details see: Altria: What The Recent Downgrade Means

I've redesigned my monthly dividend ETF report to allow readers to download dozens of metrics for nearly 100 funds. You can quickly sort by key features like fees, AUM, dividend yield, dividend growth, volatility, turnover, returns, and risk-adjusted returns to find the best ETF for y...

MSCI U.S. Growth has underperformed its Value counterpart by 16% in the first 4 months of 2022 and had a tough end to 2021 as well. The fact that growth traps are more painful than value traps is, in one sense, not really a surprise. Value stocks are already companies that investors d...

Stocks had a ripsnorter of a rally last week and a lot of people are pondering the question in the title over this long weekend. Sentiment is certainly negative right now by several measures. Sentiment surveys (AAII, Investor’s Intelligence, etc.) are universally negative becau...

Stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that generate good dividends have been an investorʻs best friend during this market correction. High-yielding dividend investments have generally outperformed the overall market with higher total returns. For retirees, they are equally impo...

InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading Tips These best performing ETFs so far this year could see further traction as investors return to the markets. First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund ( FDL ): This ETF focuses on dividend growth consisten...

AT&T shareholders have been somewhat disappointed in the past decade – at least in relative performance. A leaner and better-focused AT&T is well-positioned to deliver asymmetric returns in the next decade to come. A 5x data increase on AT&T networks is expected...