Top 20 Performing Dividend ETFs

Below is a list of the 20 best performing dividend ETFs over the past year. ETFs were ranked by 1 year performance and were required to have a 3% minimum dividend yield. One year ago, we were on the cusp of a market meltdown. Not surprisingly, since that time US treasury bonds have performed well.

Interestingly, Malaysia, a country many US investors may be unfamiliar with, made the top 10 in the form of EWM. The top performing dividend ETF has been PCY, the emerging markets sovereign debt. This indicates some willingness by investors, even the midst of global financial challenges, to look outside the US for yield. The 200-Day SMA column indicates the percent the ETF is trading above/below its current 200 day simple moving average.

Ticker	Company	Dividend Yield	Performance (Year)	YTD	200-Day SMA	Trend
PCY	PowerShares Emerging Mkts Sovereign Debt	6.21%	10.42%	29.49%	18.07%	Click Here
MBB	iShares Barclays MBS Bond	3.65%	8.96%	2.46%	1.97%	Click Here
LAG	SPDR Barclays Capital Aggregate Bond	3.78%	8.57%	1.76%	3.11%	Click Here
CFT	iShares Barclays Credit Bond	4.84%	7.89%	8.88%	9.54%	Click Here
BLV	Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF	5.20%	7.71%	-1.84%	5.92%	Click Here
SZR	WisdomTree Dreyfus South African Rand	6.34%	7.20%	19.87%	14.98%	Click Here
EWM	iShares MSCI Malaysia Index	3.95%	7.12%	33.75%	24.27%	Click Here
AGG	iShares Barclays Aggregate Bond	4.17%	7.09%	1.39%	3.81%	Click Here
LQD	iShares iBoxx $ Invest Grade Corp Bond	5.38%	7.03%	4.70%	8.69%	Click Here
CIU	iShares Barclays Intermediate Credit Bd	4.67%	6.93%	9.26%	7.49%	Click Here
TLH	iShares Barclays 10-20 Year Treasury Bd	3.79%	6.82%	-8.00%	-0.83%	Click Here
TLO	SPDR Barclays Capital Long Term Treasury	4.27%	6.72%	-11.05%	-1.99%	Click Here
BND	Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF	4.26%	6.58%	1.30%	3.18%	Click Here
GBF	iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond	3.93%	6.55%	1.79%	3.73%	Click Here
BIV	Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF	4.45%	6.31%	1.18%	4.51%	Click Here
PLW	PowerShares 1-30 Laddered Treasury	3.64%	6.19%	-9.76%	-1.84%	Click Here
ITM	Market Vectors Intermediate Muni ETF	3.65%	6.02%	7.33%	4.06%	Click Here
GVI	iShares Barclays Interm Govt/Credit Bond	3.80%	5.86%	0.56%	2.75%	Click Here
INY	SPDR Barclays Capital New York Muni Bond	3.95%	5.77%	10.50%	6.06%	Click Here
IEF	iShares Barclays 7-10 Year Treasury	3.80%	5.66%	-5.93%	-1.31%	Click Here

Date Source: FINVIZ

Disclosures: None.

Comments

[Dividend Gr...:]

None of these funds is a dividend fund per se. These are fixed income funds, which hold fixed income instruments in their portfolios and thus receive interest income. The funds might call their distributions "dividends", but they are interest income ( and capital gains)

Aug 18 11:49 AM

[Analyste de...:]

Which website has the most comprehensive, accurate & timely information on dividends and interest income?

ETFConnect shows a different "Current Distribution Rate" for several just checked, and it appears to be current (8/17/09) data. Is there a better site? Thanks!

fwiw, interest income can fluctuate widely for many funds - don't anticipate these distributions will be consistent (for income/tax purposes) over time!

Aug 18 01:04 PM

[Scott's Inv...:]

ETFConnect is a good site, so is FINVIZ (use the industry filter to search just ETFs). I also have a list of ETF resources on the left hand side of my blog, scottsinvestments.blog...

Aug 18 05:31 PM