Michael Johnston: After a record-setting October gave investors hope that 2011 would finish on a strong note, the first couple weeks of November have effectively taken any wind out of those sails. The culprit–surprise, surprise–has been the cash-strapped PIIGS economies of Europe, with Italy now grabbing Read more…

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I had a brief exchange with Andrew Butter on Seeking Alpha that I thought might warrant a broader audience here. Specifically, Andrew asked about the FTSE NAREIT Residential Plus Capped Index Read more…

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Back in April 2009 in Commercial Real Estate Sub-Sectors ETF to Watch, I highlighted three commercial real estate sub-sector REIT ETFs, discussed their composition and included a Read more…

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In trading on Tuesday, the iShares S&P Target Date 2030 (NYSE:TZL) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 2.65% on the day. Also up on the day are the 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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