NOBL News and Press, ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF From 05/04/20

To say that Warren Buffett has been a successful investor over the past six-plus decades wouldn't be doing him justice. Since 1964, Berkshire Hathaway 's (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) stock has risen by an average of 20.3% per year , and 2,744,062% in aggregate, through the end of 2019. On ...

Unprecedented times have called for unprecedented measures. That's why congress passed, and President Trump signed, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act into law on March 27. This record $2.2 trillion stimulus package is in direct response to the never-before-seen econo...

Includes the First Technology Dividend Aristocrats ETF Today, ProShares announced the addition of two new ETFs to its dividend growth suite, one focusing on U.S. technology and the other on the Russell 3000, which represents the total U.S. market. With eight ETFs—including i...

The ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF ( NOBL ) offers a decent dividend yield. But what I like most about this ETF is that it gives investors exposure to some of the highest-quality and most well-established companies out there which have stood the test of time. The dividend ari...

The academic paper published in the past few years that most impacted my investment philosophy was Henrick Bessembinder's " Do Stocks Outperform Treasury Bills? " We know that the simple answer to the titular question is a resounding "yes." Over long-time intervals, the equity market has, on a...

As I promised in yesterday's " qualitative " version of this article on combining factor tilts, this article looks at a quantitative approach to portfolio construction. I have recently published extensive work on Seeking Alpha regarding the long-term outperformance generated by factor tilts - ...

I have recently published extensive work on Seeking Alpha regarding the long-term outperformance generated by factor tilts - Size , Value , Low Volatility , Dividend Growth , Equal-Weighting , Momentum , and Quality . While some may discount these strategies as backcasting or data minin...

By Daniel Shvartsman The first half of 2019 saw a lot of green in the markets, as broader indices recovered from the brief bear market in the second half of 2018 and returned to new heights. Despite that, the wall of worry continued to grow, even if the specific concerns changed. Instead...

Many academics subscribe to the Dividend Irrelevance theorem that states that in a world with no taxes or costs of financial distress, dividend policy is irrelevant. After all, an investor could simply sell a portion of their portfolio to create a liquidity stream and would not need to rely on...

I ntroduction Welcome to my monthly update for my dividend growth portfolio. This article series covers my investing journey as a father of two towards my eventual retirement. Any specific stocks or amounts are particular to my self-directed 401K plan. The goal of my portfolio is to g...