FVD News and Press, First Trust VL Dividend From 08/19/21

The intensity of the income need only grows as investors move closer to - and enter - their retirement years. While diversified credit portfolios offer benefits, the potential drawdowns could be too much for some investors’ risk tolerances. For tax-sensitive investors, the ...

First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund (FVD) - $0.1894.30-Day SEC Yield of 1.78% as of May 28.Payable Jun 30; for shareholders of record Jun 25; ex-div Jun 24. For further details see: First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund declares quarterly distribution of $0.1894

FVD follows an Index with a safety focus, comprised of 191 equities across multiple regions that have above-average price stability and financial health rankings. It's a high fee fund that pays a relatively modest dividend, though, and hasn't meaningfully outperformed the S&P 500 ...

The rotation from growth to value is accelerating. The combination of higher inflation, lower US dollar, and higher yields could be lethal for momentum stocks. The Fed is way behind the curve, but we believe that Jay Powell will be forced to acknowledge reality soon. Meanwhile...

Are you familiar with the "Aggression Scale?" Instead of the common classifications, it's measuring sectors based on their volatility, cyclicality, and growth. Three sectors currently are making it to the top of the "Aggression Scale." Technology is only one of those. Can we be ov...

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...

First Trust Value Line Dividend ETF (FVD) declares $0.1761/share quarterly dividend, -16.6% decrease from prior dividend of $0.2112.Forward yield 1.88%Payable March 31; for shareholders of record March 26; ex-div March 25.See FVD Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. For f...

A portfolio solely composed of funds aimed at outperforming the largest ETF (SPY) on a risk-adjusted basis. It's not only a reflection of our macro views, but predominantly a statement regarding the sectors we like, dislike, and/or neutral about. In this article we share the portf...

Given the strength in the equity market and the index trading at valuation levels that some call stretched, investors might consider dividend-paying stocks for a portion of their portfolio. One characteristic of dividend payers is that they generally hold up better in down equity mark...

It has been one year since my article covering 18 dividend-focused ETFs was published and I will be reviewing the performance of the group. The performance data showed only 1 of the 18 dividend-focused ETFs outperformed the S&P 500 since last year. I discuss some important fin...