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WisdomTree Global High Dividend Fund

DEW tracks an index of the top 30% of global dividend-paying stocks ranked by dividend yield and weighted by dividends.

Alibaba

WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund

WisdomTree U.S. High Dividend Fund

WisdomTree International High Dividend Fund

AAM S&P Emerging Markets High Dividend Value ETF 

Fidelity High Dividend ETF

Alphabet

Xt EAFE Div Yld Shs

iShares Core High Dividend ETF

Voya Asia Pacific High Dividend Equity Income Fund

Voya Emerging Markets High Income Dividend Equity Fund

Invesco KBW High Dividend Yield Financial ETF

Legg Mason Low Volatility High Dividend ETF

Legg Mason International Low Volatility High Dividend ETF

ETRACS 2xMonthly Pay Leveraged US Small Cap High Dividend ETN

AAM S&P 500 High Dividend Value ETF

Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility ETF

SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF

Timothy Plan High Dividend Stock ETF

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF

Global dividends hit a record high in 2024, with $606.1 billion paid in Q2 alone, as tech giants like Meta and Alibaba entered the dividend-paying market. Equity yields remain low compared to bonds, with the FTSE All-World index yielding 1.86% in September 2024, while the FTSE World Government Bond index yield to maturity stood at 3.03%. Dividend-focused strategies can enhance income potential in equity portfolios by prioritising high-dividend-paying sectors and reducing risks of dividend cuts.

Can Dividends-Satisfy The Rising Demand For Yield?

Xtrackers MSCI All World ex US High Dividend Yield Equity ETF

WBI Power Factor High Dividend ETF

Invesco S&P SmallCap High Dividend Low Volatility ETF

The last 12 months have been difficult for equity income investors. The top 20% of dividend-paying stocks in the S&P 500 Index have returned 13.5% in the 12 months through March.

Equity Income Investing Redux

Enbridge

Enterprise Products Partners

Newmont Mining

Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF

Vanguard Real Estate ETF

Dividend stocks, including REITs and utilities, have underperformed in recent years. Rising interest rates and increasing costs of capital have contributed to the underperformance. The beginnings of a strong dividend stock rally may have just begun on the back of some very good news.

Very Good News For Dividend Stocks

Apple

BHP Billiton

HSBC Holdings

Microsoft

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

WisdomTree conducts an annual rebalance of its Global Dividend Index, with 5,410 selected companies from the U.S. and other countries. Japanese equities have seen significant dividend growth since the end of 2019, outpacing other markets.

2023 Global Dividend Rebalance

iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF

WisdomTree US Quality Dividend Growth Fund

Sound Equity Income ETF

WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund

VanEck Morningstar High Dividend ETF

iShares Select Dividend ETF

First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund

Fidelity Dividend ETF for Rising Rates

First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund

FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund

Investing in dividend-paying stocks has proved to be a helpful strategy, outperforming global markets over the long term. Dividend income strategies play an important role for multi-asset income portfolios. But they can also run the risk of being too narrowly focused, which can limit both income potential and upside participation when equity markets rise.

Dividend Investing: Broader Is Better For Multi-Asset Strategies

Invesco S&P Intl Developed High Dividend Low Volatility ETF

Stocks paying higher dividends showed their mettle during a challenging 2022: the S&P 500 High Dividend Index declined only a modest –1.1% even as the S&P 500 tumbled –18.1%. In our view, much of the volatility in high-dividend strategies, broadly speaking, comes down to portfolio design choices, which can create very different characteristics.

Taming Biases In High-Dividend Equity Strategies

iShares MSCI Global Multifactor ETF

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF

iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol Global ETF

FlexShares Real Assets Allocation Index Fund

JPMorgan BetaBuilders Europe ETF

Global X Health & Wellness Thematic ETF

Inspire Global Hope ETF

iShares MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Target ETF

Xtrackers MSCI Europe Hedged Equity ETF

Xtrackers MSCI Eurozone Hedged Equity ETF

WisdomTree Europe SmallCap Dividend Fund

SPDR Global Dow ETF

SmartETFs Dividend Builder ETF

Davis Select Worldwide ETF

Global X Education ETF

FlexShares STOXX Global ESG Select Index Fund

WisdomTree Europe Quality Dividend Growth Fund

ProShares MSCI Europe Dividend Growers ETF

WisdomTree Europe Hedged SmallCap Equity Fund

iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF

First Trust STOXX European Select Dividend Index Fund

First Trust Europe AlphaDEX Fund

First Trust Eurozone AlphaDEX ETF

Investors were net purchasers of money market funds while being net redeemers of equity funds, tax-exempt fixed income funds, and taxable bond funds for the week. For the week, the average equity fund (including ETFs) witnessed market declines of 1.01%, while its taxable fixed income counterpart declined 0.23%.

U.S. Fund And ETF Investors Continue To Favor Foreign Issues In 2023

U.S.-centric investors have been accustomed to even fewer declines. Equities had only one negative return of less than 5% during the same period. As earnings have continued to trend positively, dividend payouts - which tend to be far less volatile than stock prices - have shown continued growth.

Falling Market Prices But Growing Dividends

WisdomTree has long established itself as an innovator and experienced ETF issuer, having launched one of the only non-market-cap-weighted ETF options on the market in June, 2006.

An Experienced Approach to Value Investing With WisdomTree

Bank of America

Charter Communications

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF

General Electric

Home Depot

iShares Russell Top 200 ETF

iShares Russell 2000 ETF

iShares Russell 3000 ETF

JPMorgan Chase & Co

Procter & Gamble

iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

Walmart

More than $14 billion has flown into dividend-focused ETFs in the first two months of the year, compared to less than $2 billion over the same period in 2021.

February Dividend Update: Outperformance Continues

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