What’s wrong with my dividend ETF?
Success with dividend ETFs this year depends on how energetic they are. The iShares S&P/TSX Composite High Dividend Index ETF (XEi-T) has a comparatively high weighting of 28 per cent…
2022: The Year Of Dividends Around The World
Summary Outside of commodities and the U.S. dollar, investors are struggling to generate positive total returns in 2022. Year-to-date, WisdomTree High Dividend strategies outperformed comparable cap-weighted indexes by over 1000…
US stocks gain as investors assess latest wave of 2nd-quarter earnings results
US stocks edged higher on Tuesday as investors begin to assess second-quarter earnings results. More than 70 S&P 500 companies are set to report results this week, including Netflix, Tesla,…
Dividends For Defensive Value
Summary After the bursting of the tech bubble in 2000, value went on a stretch of seven consecutive years of outperformance. Traditionally, investing via dividends is a more defensive approach…
Dow Jumps 300 Points After Solid Earnings From Goldman, Bank Of America
The stock market rallied on Monday to kick off a big week of earnings as the latest quarterly results from big banks provided further clues about the health of the…
What Is A Value Stock?
Summary If you think of all the different index providers, each has its own definition of the fundamentals that it believes denote “value.”. If stocks can experience severe reductions in…
The best stock investing strategy for 2022: Don’t buy the dip, buy the dividend
After the pandemic-recovery craziness, the stock market’s getting back to basics. As the focus returns to fundamentals, dividend stocks will stage a stunning comeback, dwarfing the returns of long-dominant growth…
PPI +11.3% Year Over Year, New Jobless Claims Spike to 244K
For a week that started out rather directionless in terms of stock market indicators, we’re sure making up for it late in the week. Not only is the unofficial start…
Nasdaq, S&P 500, Dow Jones tumble, yields pop after hot CPI
Stock indices tumbled at the start of the session on Wednesday after retail inflation came in hot, suggesting little rollover in price pressures. Early on the the Dow (DJI) is…
Fear And Greed Index: Markets In Fear As Recession Concerns Grow
The CNN Money Fear and Greed index showed that the US equity markets are in a state of “fear,” resulting in a sell-off on Wall Street on Monday. The Nasdaq…