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The inspiration for this article came from Seeking Alpha founder David Jackson in the comments section of an article. There was a discussion going on about the index methodologies of popular dividend ETFs and a focus on which ETFs screened for future dividend growth rather than being more ...
Introduction I screened over 700 funds that had high ratings by Market Edge (Long), Morningstar (5), FactSet (A), Ned Davis (>=4), XTF (>=9) and Mutual Fund Observer (Rating = 5) and met other criteria such as being at least five years old and having greater than $100M in assets. I sum...
The Retire In Peace portfolio, or R.I.P. portfolio, was first introduced to the Seeking Alpha community in December 2015 and I have published quarterly articles that captured the activity and performance of the portfolio since that point in time. The companies that I write about on SA are la...
Reflections on 2019 This past year was defined by both extreme fear and extreme greed. Beginning the year in the wake of a ~20% correction in stocks, fear dominated the investment community. Widespread proclamations from prominent investors that a new bear market was upon us could be heard...
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (NYSE: VIG ) with $51.6 billion in total assets under management is one of the largest "dividend focused" exchange traded fund designed to track an index of stocks with a dividend growth profile. VIG is a good low-cost option to gain exposure to high-qualit...
Introduction It has been a challenging year for the global economy in 2019, and 2020 is not shaping up to be much, if any, easier. We project global GDP growth will be 3.0% this year, which would be the slowest pace of growth since the global recession of 2008 and 2009. For 2020, we do no...
Introduction The world economy is projected to grow by a decade-low 2.9% this year and next, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said in its Economic Outlook, trimming its 2020 forecast from an estimate of 3.0% in September. - OECD sees global growth at decad...
Main Thesis The purpose of this article is to evaluate the iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF ( DGRO ) as an investment option at its current market price. I continue to view DGRO as one of my best-performing long-term dividend holdings, and plan on adding to my position in 2020. The fund's di...
Introduction Each month, I extract about a thousand mutual funds, exchange traded funds and closed end funds from Mutual Fund Observer, and rank them for Risk (MFO Risk, Ulcer Index, Category Performance During Recessions, Leverage, Debt Quality, Debt/Equity), Risk Adjusted Returns (MFO Rank...
In the past week or so, I noticed a distinct shift in the performance of the various stock sectors. Quite simply, the market is backing off of defensive sectors such as real estate, utilities, telecommunications, and consumer staples, while momentum has picked up with the cyclical sectors su...
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2024-07-30 23:44:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method. This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...
2024-01-16 05:00:13 ET Look, I get it: many folks love ETFs, mainly because of the cheap management fees. I mean who doesn’t love a deal? And it is true that ETFs’ fees are a fraction of those levied by the typical mutual fund or closed-end fund (CEF) . Tro...
2023-12-02 12:00:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method. This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...