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The SDOG ETF: Dividends, Value, and More

The SDOG ETF: Dividends, Value, and More The ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (SDOG) is a high dividend/value asset. With both styles soaring this year, the ETF boasts considerable momentum. SDOG tries to reflect the performance of the S-Network Sector Dividend Dogs Index, which applies the “Dogs of the Dow Theory” on a sector-by-sector basis using the S&P 500 with a focus on high dividend exposure. SDOG’s equal-weight methodology is important because it reduces sector-level risk and dependence of some groups that are considered to be imperiled value ideas. While much attention has been paid to the value resurgence in recent months, there are reasons to believe this value rebound could last for awhile. Additionally, SDOG can be paired with still-viable growth funds.

U.S. ETFs Pare Down Their Losses after Fed Statement

U.S. ETFs Pare Down Their Losses after Fed Statement March 17, 2021 U.S. markets and stock exchange traded funds pared some of their early-Wednesday losses after the Federal Reserve signaled its intent to maintain its near-zero interest rate policy for the foreseeable future. On Wednesday, the  In a statement following its two-day policy meeting, the Federal Reserve outlined a rapid acceleration in U.S. economic growth and inflation this year with the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic dissipating, and repeated its pledge to hold target interest rates near zero for years to come, Reuters reports. “Markets across the board are expensive today, and that is pinned on central bank support,” Hugh Gimber, a strategist at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, told the Wall Street Journal. “So this whole market is very, very sensitive to changes in central bank policy.”

The ICLN ETF: Clean Energy Stocks Still Cleaning House

The ICLN ETF: Clean Energy Stocks Still Cleaning House March 17, 2021 The face of energy is shifting from fossil fuels to more renewable resources, whether electricity, wind, solar, or more. This is huge for ETFs like the The fund seeks to track the S&P Global Clean Energy Index, which is designed to track the performance of approximately 30 clean energy-related companies. Overall, ICLN gives investors access to: Exposure to companies that produce energy from solar, wind, and other renewable sources Targeted access to clean energy stocks from around the world Use to express a global sector view Strong performance, with a fund up over 180% within the past year

Four Investing Styles, One Fund: The iShares EMGF ETF

Four Investing Styles, One Fund: The iShares EMGF ETF March 17, 2021 Emerging markets (EMs) can be a tricky endeavor, which is where adding a factor filter over EM investments can help. But which investment factor to go with? ETF investors can get four factors in one fund via the The fund seeks to track the investment results of the MSCI Emerging Markets Diversified Multiple-Factor Index. EMGF generally will invest at least 90% of its assets in the component securities of the underlying index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of the underlying index.

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