First Trust, the Wheaton, Illinois-based issuer with more than 72 ETF products that is behind the popular AlphaDEX series of exchange traded funds, has become the first company to try tapping into two relatively new investment trends; dividends and technology stocks. Since dividend paying tech stocks are a rarity, after all tech giants like Adobe, EMC and Google don’t have …
New ETFs On The Block: ALPS Sector Dividend Dog ETF (SDOG)
ALPS, the Denver-based small ETF issuer known for its commodity focused products, introduced a fund that combines high dividend yielding stocks with equal sector-weighting methodology. The new product, the Sector Dividend Dog ETF (SDOG) offers exposure to the highest yielding 50 stocks by applying the well-known “Dogs of the Dow” methodology from a wider set of stocks instead of the …
New ETFs On The Block: Global X Superincome Preferred ETF (SPFF)
New York City-based ETF issuer Global X, famous for its focus on income and sector funds, continues to push ahead with high yield products with its latest product, the SuperIncome Preferred ETF (SPFF). The fund seeks to replicate the S&P Enhanced North American Preferred Stock Index that includes about 50 preferred stocks and is the firm’s first venture into the …
New Dividend ETF Launched (HDV)
For those investors on the lookout for income, here’s another income ETF in the pipeline as the WSJ (subscription required) reports: BlackRock (BLK) is set to launch Thursday another dividend-focused fund. The iShares High Dividend Equity Fund (HDV) follows the family’s first and most popular similar themed ETF, the $6 billion iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend Index Fund (DVY). It …