FVD News and Press, First Trust VL Dividend From 01/20/23

Summary Not all value strategies are created equal, and some stocks are cheap for a reason. Over the last 25 years, from 1997 to 2022, the MSCI USA Quality Index delivered an 8.6% annual return. In our view, falling earnings estimates, slowing GDP growth and tighter monetary policy ...

Summary 2023 may be an inflection point for the equity markets. When we look at the valuations around the globe at the region or country level, everything looks really cheap. We believe the markets will stay volatile in 2023. By Melda Mergen, CFA, CAIA, Global Head of Eq...

Summary Amid the worst rout for US stocks in more than a decade, Value stocks showed impressive staying power, finishing in 2022 with far smaller losses than their Growth counterparts and the US market overall. Though Value’s outperformance versus Growth spanned most industries i...

Summary Avoiding growth last year paid enormous dividends, but I didn’t predict that growth stocks would fall in 2022, just that I couldn’t own them and fulfill our fiduciary duty. Near-term stock market performance is negatively correlated with economic growth. Commod...

Summary 2022 was the first year since 2016 that value investing thoroughly trounced growth investing. Growth had a nice spurt off the lows in June and October ’22 but the higher 10-year Treasury yield is acting like a wet blanket for growth stocks. I continue to think that no...

First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund ( NYSEARCA: FVD ) - $0.2748 . 30-Day SEC Yield of 2.25% as of Nov. 30. Payable Dec 30; for shareholders of record Dec 27; ex-div Dec 23. For further details see: First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund declares quarterly ...

Summary FVD invests in a basket of stocks run through a long-tenured Safety Ranking system developed by Value Line. The ETF is large, and liquid enough to merit consideration from many investors. FVD is spread out among several stock sizes, from Mega Cap to Small Cap. The ETF ha...

Summary Inflation continues to moderate, not only here, but also in Europe. Despite the negative economic reports and the reaction to the Fed rate hike, the US Dollar barely budged for the week. Value yet again outperformed Growth in the last week, this time by a spread of almost 1%...

Summary Avoiding envy, and its associated pitfalls, is one of the simple secrets to a successful investment portfolio. Value once again outperformed Growth in the last week. After closing below the 200-day moving average for two weeks running, the US Dollar seems firmly entrenched i...

Summary There’s a growing valuation discount between our portfolios and their respective indices. Today, one can purchase a higher-quality portfolio for a discounted price relative to the index. This creates an attractive entry point for our actively managed small- to mid-cap...