Don Miller: Anxiety over the European debt crisis and distrust in the markets drove volatility in global stock markets to dizzying heights in 2011. The intense level of chaos, and record low bond yields, sent investors scrambling for stocks that deliver steady returns in the form of dividends. Read more…

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iShares announced the latest addition to its ETF lineup on Thursday, rolling out a fund that seeks to deliver exposure to U.S. companies that have consistently delivered relatively high dividend Read more…

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In this era of ultra low interest rates, income is hard to find almost everywhere.  Money markets yield next to nothing, treasury bonds and bills are about the same, and corporate dividends were Read more…

IRO, NYSE:DES, NYSE:DTN, NYSE:DVY, PEY, VIG

In this era of ultra low interest rates, income is hard to find almost everywhere.  Money markets yield next to nothing, treasury bonds and bills are about the same, and corporate dividends Read more…

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Finding the next Apple or Microsoft is like looking for a needle in a haystack. And even though most people will never find either, none of it keeps them from trying. 

Take for example, America’s mutual fund managers. They’re charged with the responsibility of discovering tomorrow’s blue chip stocks. Yet, according to Standard & Poor’s research, over the past five years an astonishing 79.1% and 85.8% of mid and small company stock funds were outperformed by dull mid and small cap stock indexes. Put another way, professional money managers have been buying the wrong stocks!

What about individual investors? It seems like they too are having difficulty in making the right investment decisions.

In its 15th annual survey of investor behavior Dalbar found that 58% of investors bought and sold their investments at the wrong time last year. As a result, many of these same investors experienced substantially worse performance of their investments compared to stock index funds.

The mistake of buying the wrong stocks could’ve easily been avoided if investors just trusted in the indexes and the financial products following them instead of the fund managers that try to beat them and fail.

Let’s evaluate 4 exchange-traded funds or ETFs that can help you to capture the big opportunities in small stocks.

• iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund (NYSEArca: IWM)
• SPDR Dow Jones Small Cap ETF (NYSEArca: DSC)
• Vanguard Extended Market ETF (NYSEArca: VXF)
• WisdomTree Small Cap Dividend Fund (NYSEArca: DES)

Full Story:  http://www.etfguide.com/commentary/540/4-Ways-to-Capture-the-Big-Opportunities-in-Small-Stocks/

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Bigger is better. We see it on all the commercials, bigger burgers, bigger muscles and now The Correct Call brings you bigger dividends. In this week’s ETF screener, we found a dozen ETF charts with dividends in excess of 5% displaying technical analysis buy signals. Ten of the 12 buy candidates are paying stock holders more than 7%. Those are some fat or is it phat? dividends.

ETFs with 5% plus dividends:

• Claymore/Zacks Country Rotation CRO: 5.21%
• Claymore/Sabrient Stealth STH: 5.39%

ETFs with 7% plus dividends:

• WisdomTree Dividend Top 100 DTN: 7.01%
• WisdomTree SmallCap Dividend DES: 7.65% This one really intrigues us as we saw numerous buy signals on small cap ETF charts, especially value. If we had to pick just 1 of the 12 to invest in, this is it.
• First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index (FDL) 7.70%

Summary:

• CRO      5.21%     
• STH      5.39%
• DTN      7.01%
• DES      7.65%
• FDL      7.70%
• DEB      8.35%
• DHS      8.62%
• PEY      9.17%
• DEW      10.13%
• CGW      10.29%
• REZ       11.82%
• PGX       13.54%

Full Story: http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3205949

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