Quote & Headlines
Market Currents
StockTalk
Today
5d
1m
3m
1y
5y
10y
52wk high:
52wk low:
EPS:
PE:
Div Rate:
Yield:
Market Cap:
Volume:
42 people get FDD articles and Market Currents by email alert.
Get email alerts on FDD »
FOCUS
|
PRO
|
RELATED
|
TRANSCRIPTS
|
NEWS & PR
There are no Focus articles on FDD.
To learn more about Seeking Alpha Pro, click here.
-
-
-
-
Citi Economic Surprise Indices Turning LowerCullen Roche • Mon, Apr 8 -
-
-
-
Global ETFs With Above Average YieldsTom Lydon • Tue, Sep 11, 2012 -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Eurozone CPI Report Brings Vanguard European Stock ETF Into FocusStoyan Bojinov • Thu, Dec 15, 2011 -
European Summit Brings iShares MSCI EMU ETF Into Sharp FocusStoyan Bojinov • Fri, Dec 9, 2011
-
There are no Transcripts on FDD.
-
at MarketWatch.com (Mar 9, 2012)
-
at MarketWatch.com (Aug 19, 2011)
FDD vs. ETF Alternatives
FDD Description
First Trust Dow Jones STOXX® European Select Dividend Index Fund is an exchange-traded fund. The investment objective of the Fund is to seek investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield, before fees and expenses, of an equity index called the Dow Jones STOXX® Select Dividend 30 Index.
See more details on sponsor's website
See more details on sponsor's website
Key Info
- In Your Portfolio: A Guide to Dividend ETFs
- Asset Class Performance: Dividends
- All
- | Earnings
- | Dividends
- | M&A
- | On the move
- Thursday, May 30, 3:39 PM State Street launches the SPDR 1-10 Year TIPS ETF (TIPX), set to track the Barclays 1-10 Year Government Inflation-linked Bond Index. It appears similar in structure to another State Street TIPS fund (IPE), but with an expense ratio 3.5 bps lower at 0.15%. Also launched is the SPDR S&P Global Dividend ETF (WDIV), set to track the S&P Global Dividend Aristocrats Index. It has a cost of 0.40% and joins competitors DEW and LVL, each of those with coming with slightly higher costs. 1 Comment
- Monday, May 27, 7:46 AM Alphavue's Pierre-Tves Gauthier is looking for a 20% upside in European equities (FEZ) amid "returning confidence" which he says is something people "forget about" what with the "absolutely awful macro-dynamic" in Spain and Italy. Gauthier claims the potential for share price drops in Spanish and Italian banks "has topped," an interesting contention given the projected €5-10B in extra provisions Spain's banks will need to take against refies. Ultimately, strong balance sheets and accelerating earnings "make a simple 'buy' recommendation," he says. Comment! [Global & FX, Financials]
- Thursday, May 2, 1:17 PM Mario Draghi's hint of negative interest rates -which sent the euro tumbling this morning - might perk up investor interest in WisdomTree's (WETF) Europe Hedged Equity ETF (HEDJ +1.3%). WisdomTree has scored big-time this year as its previously little-known Japan Hedged Equity Fund (DXJ) has raked in assets. Unhedged Europe ETFs: EZU, VGK, FEZ, EPV, IEV, ADRU, FEP, FDD, UPV, DFE. Comment! [Global & FX, Quick Ideas, Financials]
- Friday, March 1, 4:25 AM Eurozone February Manufacturing PMI unchanged from January at 47.9 (flash 47.8) as Germany stabilizes but with all other countries except Ireland contracting. "The combination of a revival in export orders and resilient domestic demand has helped propel Germany’s growth so far this year, while deteriorating domestic demand is holding back the economies of France, Italy and Spain," Markit says. (PR) Comment! [Global & FX, Top Stories]
- Monday, February 11, 10:39 AM Stocks outdo bonds as the 1.6K companies in the MSCI World Index yield 2.7% vs. 2.6% on the BAML Global Corporate Index, according to Bloomberg. Yielding just 6.1% the gap of junk bonds over equities is at its lowest since 1995. "Increasingly, dynamic capital allocators are being forced to consider equities," says one bullish strategist. 1 Comment
- Saturday, December 22, 2012, 11:00 AM "Europe's for sale," declares the Barron's cover story arguing the Continent's stocks (VGK) remain cheap even after a 25% run since June 1. The yield on the Stoxx 600 is 3.8% vs. 2.2% on the S&P 500, and while the political crisis makes the headlines, Europe's firms have been busily cleaning up balance sheets, reducing capex, and building up cash balances. 14 Comments [Global & FX]
- Friday, December 7, 2012, 3:05 PM Strubel Investment notes the horrid record of managements using cash for buybacks or M&A. Buybacks are simple - companies tend to do them when the share price is high (JPMorgan a classic example: It suspended purchases after the CIO loss with the stock near $30, and will rev them up again next year in the 40's). The top tax rates for dividends would have to rise to 70-80% to make them less valuable than the alternatives. 4 Comments [Quick Ideas]
- Monday, December 3, 2012, 12:47 PM Among JPMorgan's (JPM) 9 market themes for 2013 is its belief European equities will outperform the U.S. as fiscal issues which have dogged the Continent for so long now move across the pond. It's more continuation play than contrarian play as Europe (VGK) has bested the U.S. (SPY) by nearly 300 basis points thus far in 2012. Comment! [Global & FX]
- Wednesday, November 28, 2012, 11:25 AM Why does high-yield in reference to bonds signal greater risk to investors, but high-dividend yield in reference to equities does not, wonders a fund strategist. When it comes to dividend ETFs, it pays to consider total return first, writes Paul Britt, as the yield and performance can vary ... widely. 2 Comments
- Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 12:36 PM "An attempt to quantify ... a qualitative process," is how Morningstar's Josh Peters describes the creation of the Dividend Yield Focus Index. Most dividend indexes, he says, are entirely backward looking. Instead, Peters looks for an economic moat to protect against a dividend ever being cut. Thus far, it's working: The ETF benchmarked to the index (HDV) is outperforming DVY by a wide margin since the April 2011 launch. Comment! [Quick Ideas]
- Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 9:13 PM Currently weighting U.S. telecoms and utilities at zero in his dividend stock portfolio, Pimco's Brad Kinkelaar notes both sectors are trading at near off-the-chart premiums to their average relative multiple. Dividend investors would do better to look overseas, he says, where one can find companies that are growing, paying good dividends, and trading at better value. An excellent presentation. 7 Comments [Quick Ideas]
- Saturday, October 6, 2012, 8:15 AM Despite a Dividend 100 Index up 10% in 2012, dividend bargains are there to be had, especially if you look outside the U.S., Brett Arends suggests. And managers point to three attractive sectors in particular: pharmaceuticals, big energy and telecoms. Individual issues like JNJ, T, VZ and some global oil stocks look good, as well as ETFs like IDV, though it may be financials-heavy. Comment! [Quick Ideas, Energy, Healthcare]
- Thursday, September 27, 2012, 3:06 PM Lagging far behind for much of the year, an international (developed markets) dividend fund (IDV) has pulled ahead of the popular domestic DVY (while sporting a higher yield as well). An emerging markets dividend fund (DEM) continues to trail both. 2 Comments [Global & FX, U.S. Economy]
- Tuesday, August 28, 2012, 9:47 AM Ahead of the times? WisdomTree is changing the broad international focus of its HEDJ ETF into one offering exposure solely to European exporters (while hedging against euro fluctuations). Comment! [Global & FX, Quick Ideas]
- Thursday, August 23, 2012, 4:35 PM "Under the hood analysis" is a must for dividend ETF investors, says WisdomTree's Jeremy Schwartz. Screens at many funds will leave out Apple, for instance, which is now the 3rd largest dividend payer in the U.S. Other techs - now the fastest dividend growers around - face the same issue. Don't forget international exposure, where firms are more likely to pay dividends and offer a higher yield. 3 Comments [Quick Ideas]
- Monday, August 20, 2012, 9:04 PM More on the ECB: Mario Draghi appears to have won over at least one Bundesbank member as Jorg Asmussen tells a German newspaper high peripheral bond yields reflect exchange rate risk, thus "our monetary policy (is) achieved only incompletely." It's crucial wording, suggesting he's okay with ECB bond purchases as long as they're couched in saving EMU, not financing Spanish and Italian governments. "We are working on (a) new program and will deal with it (at the next policy meeting)." 10 Comments [Global & FX]
-
- View all 14 replies
-
x oil -field: ..but it doesn't hold water in a western European global economy.She is attempting to apply her eastern wall ideas-mentality of austerity..
-
x oil -field: ..on the people of a free market.She is the wrong Chancellor for a reunited Germany & she is a flunky as a so-called leader in W.Europe.JMHO
-
- View all 1 replies
-
-
- View all 0 replies
LATEST REPLIES
-
- View all 14 replies
-
x oil -field: ..but it doesn't hold water in a western European global economy.She is attempting to apply her eastern wall ideas-mentality of austerity..
-
x oil -field: ..on the people of a free market.She is the wrong Chancellor for a reunited Germany & she is a flunky as a so-called leader in W.Europe.JMHO
-
- View all 1 replies
-