SDY News and Press, SPDR S&P Dividend From 01/20/23

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 DGS is a small-cap dividend ETF in emerging markets. It has a nice yield, looks cheap, beats emerging markets benchmarks, but I see 2 major issues. Red flag 1: 44% of asset value is in Taiwan and China. Red flag 2: the share price has lost over 40% in inflation-adjusted ...

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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...

Summary Very few investment categories generated a positive return in 2022. Over the years, the Dogs of the Dow strategy has generated mixed results, but in a year like 2022, dividends mattered. The dividend payers and dividend growers do not outperform every year; however, inc...

Summary SCHD is marketed as a dividend ETF, yet capital appreciation has been solid as well. The ETF offers extremely low expense ratio and solid dividend growth track record. The risk-adjusted returns of SCHD are far superior to similar instruments. The Schwab U.S. Divide...

Summary The Index DHS tracks reconstituted on December 14, 2022, resulting in significant changes to the portfolio's composition. Volatility increased while quality and earnings momentum decreased. The ETF's high 0.38% expense ratio didn't change either, unfortunately. However, I es...

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%...