High Dividends: Shortening Equity Duration

Dec. 22, 2021 3:50 PM ETDHS1 Comment
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Summary

  • Indications that the Fed will more seriously act to combat rampant inflation has led the policy-sensitive 2-Year yield to spike higher.
  • A Fed hiking cycle is likely to favor value as shorter-duration/high yielders become more attractive with increases in short-term rates.
  • Among WisdomTree’s family of domestic dividend Indexes, the WisdomTree U.S. High Dividend Index fits the bill as having the greatest value/income tilt with a yield advantage of nearly 280 bps relative to the S&P 500.

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By Matt Wagner, CFA

The Fed may not be pulling away the punch bowl just yet, but it’s also not adding more juice to it.

At the conclusion of last week’s FOMC meeting, Fed Chair Powell

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