WisdomTree DEFA High Yielding Fund (DTH)

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    Vaun
    Jun 19 05:01 PM
    International Dividend ETFs [view article]
    State Street has a new one - DWX

    If nothing else it's interesting because it has a 25% cap on sector (financials, anyone?) and has 10% (capped) emerging market exposure.     Reply
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    SeekingAlpha
    Editors
    Apr 06 05:19 AM
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    General Discussion on DTH
    Is this a buy or a sell? Reply
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    Smart ETF
    Feb 04 05:04 PM
    Fundamentally Weighted ETFs: Mixed Performance in '07 [view article]
    I think it is time to see through the veil of what a cap-weighted index really is……a glorified momentum index. WAIT! That is comment is sacrilegious! Defend yourself!
    Okay, one only needs to look at the sector mix of an index to see the change in market weight caused by the momentum effect. As an example, In December of 2002 the E-Trade Russell 2000 Index Fund composition was approximately 70% small-cap value/ 30% small–cap growth. Three years later (December 2006) the index was approximately 20% small-cap value/ 80% small–cap growth. Imagine trying to beat the small-cap index as a small-cap value manager during those three years!

    Let’s take it a step further; pretend you were a small-cap growth manager during this booming three year run. Your track record looks good as you capitalized on this momentum and you soundly beat the small-cap index. On the wings of good fortune you get hired by the institutions and investors. Then the enviable happens, the sector rotates back to small-cap value (and/or some other asset class) and your performance drops and you fall out of favor.

    In this example its evident indexing small-cap stocks using a cap-weighted approach capitalizes on the change in momentum while fundamental indexing would have given a more accurate description of how the small-cap securities actually performed.

    I don’t have enough data points to judge weather fundamental indexing is better or worse than cap-weighting indexing but I do believe the momentum effect may favor cap-weighting, albeit with more volatility. So the trade-off of risk-adjusted returns is open for debate. What is clear to me is that cap-weighting is nothing more than a momentum strategy masked in the guise of a passive strategy. I’m sure if this were a chat log I’d burn in flames! I applaud Rob Arnott’s work on fundamental indexing and appreciate anyone challenging the norms of convention wisdom.
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    granger
    Jan 31 04:22 AM
    Fundamentally Weighted ETFs: Mixed Performance in '07 [view article]
    Yeah, goos stuff. I am a staunch Wisdomtree supporter and ETF owner. I experienced the brunt of the underperformance. For now, I am giving the beenfit of the doubt to the strategy. There needs to be a much larger sample than one year. The backtesting of the funds shows a much different story.

    That being said, last years underperfomance was very diappointing to me. I walked through my doubt and fear and actually accumulated more.

    I am a holder of DHS, EZY, DPN, DND, DGS and the WSDT tree stock itself. My positions are long term, I am a buy and hold investor.     Reply
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    Roger
    Nusbaum
    Sep 18 11:33 AM
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    An 8 ETF WisdomTree Lazy Portfolio [view article]
    the link is embedded into the first sentence of this article where it says "interesting article." It lists Siegel's portfolio there. Reply
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    Straight
    Arrow
    Sep 17 02:07 PM
    An 8 ETF WisdomTree Lazy Portfolio [view article]
    Can you tell me where I can find Jeremy Siegel's article about the protfolio of Wisdon Tree's funds? I have tried wisdom tree and Jeremy Siegel's web sites and couldn't find it. Reply
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    Daniel
    Aug 22 10:09 AM
    A List of Dividend ETFs [view article]
    The list you provided is a good start for research, but it's missing the dividend yield. Reply
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    SeekingAlpha
    Editors
    Jul 16 03:38 PM
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    International Dividend ETFs [view article]
    This list doesn't include ADRs, REITs and CANROYs -- just the ETFs. Reply
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    Everyday
    Finance
    May 30 02:51 PM
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    International Dividend ETFs [view article]
    Yes, I covered the wisdom trees in addition to several not listed here in various posts recently. Check out the section for top posts and you'll see other high yielding ADRs, ETFs, CANROYs and REITs (enough acronyms already!). But many exceed 10%/annum. Reply
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    David
    Jackson
    Apr 16 08:54 AM
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    International Dividend ETFs [view article]
    Have we missed out any ETFs here? Or any Seeking Alpha articles that are important to understanding them? If so, please leave a comment and let us know! Reply
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    Roger
    Nusbaum
    Feb 20 03:26 PM
    My Website
    An Unusual Seven-Stock Lazy Portfolio [view article]
    From ADREs' inception EEM has outperformed but if you go to Yahoo finance charts and drag to start the chart at late 2004 which is when i first bought ADRE has out performed by a lot. Does that continue? I think so but maybe not.

    Thanks for the comment on non-volume leaders. There are lots of interesting broad based products for people to explore.     Reply
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    pbak
    Feb 20 10:22 AM
    An Unusual Seven-Stock Lazy Portfolio [view article]
    Its nice to see someone throw a portfolio out there using interesting ETFs, not just the volume leaders.

    I am curious about your selection of ADRE over EEM. ADRE has outperformed over a two year period, but it is EEM that has smoked ADRE over the longer term. Also, EEM seems to better represent the underlying sector than ADRE's 50 ADR constituents...

    Phil B     Reply
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    Luciano
    Siracusano
    Dec 15 05:48 PM
    Interview: Luciano Siracusano, Director of Research for ETF Firm WisdomTree Asset Management [view article]
    Niki -- I started working on an answer for you but the clock ran out on me.

    To the Seeking Alpha Community:

    I made a few additional posts below, that I actually posted earlier in the day. Thanks to all of your for questions. Sorry I could not get to answer all of them. They were great. I hope to interact with you again in the future.

    Best,
    Luciano     Reply
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    Luciano
    Siracusano
    Dec 15 05:02 PM
    Interview: Luciano Siracusano, Director of Research for ETF Firm WisdomTree Asset Management [view article]
    Richard, this link takes you to a summary of the selection requirements for WisdomTree’s dividend indexes. I believe you can find the answer to your questions here, as some of these thresholds vary depending on whether it is a domestic index or one covering non-U.S. securities in other developed equity markets.

    www.wisdomtreeindexes....     Reply
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    Luciano
    Siracusano
    Dec 15 04:59 PM
    Interview: Luciano Siracusano, Director of Research for ETF Firm WisdomTree Asset Management [view article]
    Richard,
    The WisdomTree Indexes were created by WisdomTree Investments after years of extensive research. As Director of Research, I work with a team of professionals to oversee the operation of the indexes. WisdomTree Asset Management, a registered investment adviser, oversees the operations of each ETF, including the portfolio management and the operation of the other service providers to the Funds. BNY Investment Advisors serves as the sub-advisor with respect to the day-to-day portfolio management and operations of each WisdomTree ETF. As sub-adviser, BNYIA is responsible for executing portfolio transactions. The WisdomTree indexes are calculated, maintained and disseminated by an independent index calculation agent. WisdomTree has been fortunate to attract seasoned management from within the ETF industry to help manage its ETF business. More information on WisdomTree’s role as investment adviser and BNY Investment Advisors role as sub-adviser can be found in the WisdomTree ETFs’ Statement of Additional Information or “SAI”. The SAI can be found on wisdomtree.com in the “Library” section.     Reply
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