Russ Koesterich: Last year, mega-cap companies were cheaper and more profitable than their smaller counterparts. That’s why I continuously advocated for mega-cap, quality stocks as a defensive play amid last year’s market volatility, economic shocks and political paralysis. Ultimately, investing in mega Read more…
NYSE:DVY, NYSE:HDV, NYSE:IDV, NYSE:IOO, OEF
Russ Koesterich: Call #1- The rally was justified – and stocks still look cheap: Domestic stocks have now jumped around 20% from the October low, while emerging markets and European equities have jumped by approximately 25%. This is a big move, but is it justified? I believe so, and here are three Read more…
NYSE:HDV, NYSE:IOO, OEF
Russ Koesterich: Call #1: Negative TIPS in the long term; Maintain neutral TIPS in the near term Read more…
NYSE:DVY, NYSE:HDV, NYSE:IOO
Kevin Feldman: In my last post on the resurgent popularity of dividend investing, I talked about why the strategy of buying “dividend aristocrats” has surged in popularity over the past decade. This time I’d like to explore the challenges of picking individual stocks and the risk in shunning growth for value. Read more…
NYSE:HDV, OEF
Kevin Feldman: Last week a colleague asked me if, given all the focus on investing for income this year, the “i” in iShares might come to stand for income. He was kidding, but he had a serious point too: With government bonds generating historically low yields—the 10-year Treasury broke Read more…
NYSE:HDV, NYSE:LQD, OEF
Russ Koesterich: Call #1: Maintain Overweight Equities, Mega Caps, Germany, the Netherlands & Brazil Read more…
NYSE:DVY, NYSE:EWG, NYSE:EWN, NYSE:EWZ, NYSE:HDV, NYSE:IOO, OEF
Thirty new ETFs and eight new ETNs arrived in March. This was the best month for new product introductions since 43 arrived in June 2008. No products were closed in March, marking the third Read more…
NYSE:BKLN, NYSE:BUNL, NYSE:BUNT, NYSE:FCL, NYSE:GXF, NYSE:GXG, NYSE:HDV, NYSE:MLPY, NYSE:TYBS
BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK) yesterday (3/31/11) launched the iShares High Dividend Equity Fund (NYSE:HDV). The new ETF provides exposure to high quality income-producing U.S. securities Read more…
NYSE:FDL, NYSE:HDV
March marked the most active month yet in 2011 for the ETF industry. While both of the previous months saw a healthy boost in funds introduced and filed for, March brought 38 new funds to Read more…
NYSE:ALD, NYSE:ARGT, NYSE:BKLN, NYSE:CROP, NYSE:FCL, NYSE:HYG
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…
NYSE:DES, NYSE:DON, NYSE:DVY, NYSE:HDV, NYSE:IDV
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