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Stoyan Bojinov: With over 1,400 ETPs to choose from, and new ones launching every month, it’s no wonder that investors have embraced the diverse, cost-efficient nature of this financial instrument, making exchange-traded funds the preferred investment vehicle Read more…

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Stoyan Bojinov:  The Euro zone debt crisis has been at the forefront since late 2009 when it became apparent that Greece was struggling to curb its towering deficit. Greece unsuccessfully implemented several austerity meassures aimed at restoring financial stability, ultimately succumbing to a bailout Read more…

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Michael Johnston:  With more than 1,400 exchange-traded products now available to U.S. investors, odds are that there will be more than one option for most desired exposures. In many cases, the generally similar products targeting a specific asset class or strategy will deliver generally similar returns. Read more…

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WisdomTree (Nasdaq:WETF), an exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) sponsor and asset manager, today announced the WisdomTree Dividend ex-Financials Fund (NYSEArca:DTN) recently surpassed $1 billion in assets and is presently the Company’s second largest ETF. DTN is designed to track an Index that Read more…

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Michael Johnston: With the finish line in sight, it’s fairly safe to say that 2011 will be remembered by most investors as a wild, back-and-forth year that brought plenty of both hope and despair. A hot start Read more…

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As we enter year three of record low interest rates, many investors continue to face significant challenges in constructing a portfolio that delivers attractive current income without taking on Read more…

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As deflationary concerns continue to make headlines among investors, dividend paying investments, interest-bearing investments and cash become more appealing. Read more…

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With the Federal Reserve determined to keep interest rates at near record lows, many investors are turning to dividend yielding investments to generate income and for good reason.  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…

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As deflationary concerns continue to make headlines amongst investors, dividend paying investments, interest-bearing investments and cash become more appealing Read more…

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A new tool for investors and traders will launch this Friday on the CBOE, options on the S&P 500 Dividend Index, ticker symbol DVS. Some may say “So what, is this really a new development Read more…

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“Now, companies are holding record levels of cash and trying to figure out what to do with it. Since the fundamental outlook from a top-line revenue perspective still does not look great 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 Read more…

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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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