RNDV News and Press, First Trust US Equity Dividend Select ETF From 02/27/23

Summary We think value stocks can outperform as interest rates head higher. Regions and sectors help us find quality within value and growth at a reasonable price. Stocks slid after the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge showed persistently high inflation, reinforcing wh...

Summary 2022 was a year where, suddenly, the value style of investing dramatically outperformed the growth style. Sector exposure is a detail useful to help in characterizing different index exposures. The S&P 500 Growth Index added Energy sector exposure due to strong price mom...

Summary Dividend Aristocrats have underperformed in 2023 after a stellar year relative to the S&P 500. With an earnings date ahead, shares appear reasonably priced while the chart shows a potential trend change. I outline key price levels to watch on this turnaround name. ...

Summary RNDV offers exposure to a basket of large-size dividend-paying U.S. equities with a sector allocation mostly similar to IVV and a tilt toward value. Since RNDV's underlying index incorporates a higher-yield factor, I was not surprised by its appealing valuation profile, i.e., th...

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...

US Equity Dividend Select ETF ( NASDAQ: RNDV ) - $0.2132 . 30-Day SEC Yield of 2.56% as of Nov. 30. Payable Dec 30; for shareholders of record Dec 27; ex-div Dec 23. For further details see: US Equity Dividend Select ETF declares quarterly distribution of $0.2132