Eric Dutram: ALPS, the small ETF issuer best known for its commodity products, appears to be continuing its expansion in the U.S. sector market with its newest fund. The brand new product, the Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (NYSEARCA:SDOG), Read more…

NYSE:SDOG, NYSE:SDY, PEY

Stoyan Bojinov: Dividend investing has proven to be a staple strategy for investors of all walks; the appeal of a current income stream is only magnified in the current ultra-low rate environment, making dividend-paying securities all the more attractive. Read more…

NYSE:KBWD, NYSE:SDIV, PEY

Eric Dutram: While many small ETF issuers have had great success breaking into the industry, a few have had a more difficult road.  Read more…

NYSE:AMLP, NYSE:SDY, NYSE:WCAT, PEY

Daniela Pylypczak: Thanks to the evolution of the ETF industry, dividend investing has become even more attractive in recent years. Exchange-traded products allow investors to tap into this popular Read more…

NYSE:DLN, NYSE:SDIV, NYSE:SDY, PEY

Michael Johnston: ETFs initially became popular with advisors and individual investors as tools for harnessing beta, allowing low cost ownership of broad equity markets through a vehicle that provided transparency, intraday liquidity, and potential tax efficiency to boot. The “first generation” of Read more…

NYSE:CSD, NYSE:FVL, NYSE:KNOW, PEY, PKW, PWO, RYJ

Michael Johnston:  In recent years ETFs have become increasingly popular as means of establishing cost efficient, low maintenance exposure to time-tested investment strategies. Russell recently rolled out a line of “investment discipline ETFs” that essentially automate the construction of Read more…

NYSE:GRPC, NYSE:SDIV, NYSE:SDY, NYSE:VIG, NYSE:VOO, PEY, PFM

David Fry:  This posting features a comprehensive review of the dividend related ETF sector. There are over three dozen ETFs issued (including Elements not covered here) with more on the way to evaluate in this sector. To simplify matters for investors we’ve whittled choices down to 10. Read more…

NYSE:CVY, NYSE:DEM, NYSE:DVY, NYSE:IYR, NYSE:VIG, NYSE:VYM, NYSE:XLU, PEY, PID, RWX

Jared Levy:  When I was a kid, I used to play soccer in the alley behind our house with the neighborhood kids. It was a narrow lane, so we didn’t have much room. And the goals were pretty Read more…

PEY

Stocks opened Thursday’s session sharply lower and appeared ready roll over. However, at 10:00 am the market “caught a bid” and the market rallied into the close, erasing most of the day’s losses. Read more…

NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GXG, PEY

The first trading day of 2011 brought with it substantial volume and strong gains across all major indices. The small-cap Russell 200 led the charge as it rallied 1.9% on the session. The technology Read more…

NYSE:IJR, NYSE:UNG, PEY

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

NYSE:BSV, NYSE:DBP, NYSE:DTN, NYSE:DVY, NYSE:GLD, NYSE:SDY, NYSE:SHY, NYSE:SLV, NYSE:TLT, PEY

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…

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

Dividend ETFs are beating the S&P500 handily and it appears as though they have the propensity to do so into the foreseeable future.  There are some interesting happenings in both the broader Read more…

NYSE:DVY, NYSE:SDY, NYSE:SPY, NYSE:VIG, PEY

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

NYSE:BSV, NYSE:DTN, NYSE:DVY, NYSE:SDY, NYSE:SHY, NYSE:TLT, PEY

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…

NYSE:DLN, NYSE:DTN, NYSE:DVY, NYSE:FVD, NYSE:SPY, NYSE:VIG, PEY