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Many of the readers of this blog are especially interested in our monthly top dividend stock picks but like myself, they are looking for easier ways to get it done. Buying high dividend yield names can bring great rewards but it can also carry its own risk. Often, a stock with a high dividend yield is attractive but it look so because many investors are already anticipating that the dividends will be decreased (usually because the company cannot afford to keep up with the payments) and there goes that great dividend yield you were anticipating. That is why I usually include earnings information when I present this info. A high dividend yield in a company that is losing money is never a good sign.
But as regular readers know, I am a big fan of ETF’s and in terms of dividends, they can be a very good solution. Instead of picking one company, you are picking several dozens of high dividend yield names. One or two might reduce their payouts, but that would have a very limited impact on the entire ETF.
At first I figured I would compile a list of the top “dividend ETF’s” or perhaps the top “fixed income” ETF’s (which I will do next week) but I ended up seeing a lot of other opportunities in areas such as Real Estate ETF’s. So here is the complete list of the top 50 Dividend ETF’s:
Ticker Name Market Cap (M) Price Fees 1Y Return Dividend Yield
JNK SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond ETF 4262 $39.71 0.40 53.47 11.65
PPH Pharmaceutical HOLDRs Trust 652 $66.72 - 33.89 11.26
HYG iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond Fund 5146 $88.70 0.50 41.13 9.20
DRW WisdomTree International Real Estate Fund 84 $26.56 0.58 68.84 8.88
REM iShares FTSE NAREIT Mortgage Plus Capped Index Fund 54 $15.16 0.48 37.15 8.75
PHB PowerShares High Yield Corporate Bond Portfolio 208 $18.10 0.50 35.19 8.55
PGF PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio 1717 $17.45 0.68 104.73 7.86
GCE Claymore CEF GS Connect ETN 3 $16.88 0.95 66.03 7.67
PGX PowerShares Preferred Portfolio 1005 $14.04 0.50 53.62 7.42
PFF iShares S&P US Preferred Stock Index Fund 4048 $39.22 0.48 79.26 7.32
IFGL iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate ex-US Index Fund 335 $28.66 0.48 63.87 7.13
GRI Cohen & Steers Global Realty Majors ETF 19 $32.33 0.55 78.95 6.55
PCY PowerShares Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt Portfolio 536 $26.14 0.50 32.02 6.29
HYD Market Vectors High Yield Municipal Index ETF 157 $30.73 0.35 25.09 6.04
AMJ JPMorgan Alerian MLP Index ETN 971 $29.89 0.85 #N/A N/A 5.93
TTH Telecom HOLDRs Trust 124 $24.42 - 11.66 5.91
LWC SPDR Barclays Capital Long Term Credit Bond ETF 25 $35.40 0.15 24.39 5.78
FFR First Trust FTSE Developed Markets Real Estate Index Fund 33 $31.89 0.60 77.79 5.68
EMB iShares JPMorgan USD Emerging Markets Bond Fund 1261 $104.18 0.60 28.28 5.49
LQD iShares iBoxx Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund 12220 $105.40 0.15 20.13 5.36
EDV Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF 80 $75.80 0.14 (18.93) 5.27
BLV Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF 328 $76.08 0.11 9.86 5.20
PUI PowerShares Dynamic Utilities Portfolio 36 $14.61 0.63 18.14 5.17
IFAS iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Asia Index Fund 23 $28.62 0.48 60.85 5.14
WPS iShares S&P Developed ex-U.S. Property Index Fund 107 $30.50 0.48 65.72 5.09
PQBW Powershares NASDAQ-100 BuyWrite Portfolio 11 $22.13 0.75 31.93 5.06
CFT iShares Barclays Credit Bond Fund 570 $101.66 0.20 18.51 4.87
EWP iShares MSCI Spain Index Fund 242 $42.53 0.56 41.66 4.81
DEW WisdomTree Global Equity Income Fund 44 $41.50 0.58 57.11 4.81
PZA PowerShares Insured National Municipal Bond Portfolio 504 $23.66 0.28 13.68 4.78
CVY Claymore/Zacks Multi-Asset Income Index ETF 252 $18.82 0.65 80.82 4.71
MLN Market Vectors-Long Municipal Index ETF 48 $18.26 0.24 14.70 4.68
PWZ PowerShares Insured California Municipal Bond Portfolio 37 $23.60 0.28 13.66 4.67
CIU iShares Barclays Intermediate Credit Bond Fund 2399 $103.45 0.20 16.71 4.64
PZT PowerShares Insured New York Municipal Bond Portfolio 37 $23.20 0.28 13.20 4.61
EWO iShares MSCI Austria Investable Market Index Fund 119 $19.49 0.55 68.35 4.58
ITR SPDR Barclays Capital Intermediate Term Credit Bond ETF 74 $32.23 0.15 14.27 4.52
DGG WisdomTree International Communications Sector Fund 22 $22.24 0.58 24.78 4.50
UTH Utilities HOLDRs Trust 96 $93.49 - 16.82 4.49
DBU WisdomTree International Utilities Sector Fund 49 $21.17 0.58 19.85 4.43
FEU SPDR DJ STOXX 50 Fund 51 $34.12 0.29 46.76 4.37
PAF PowerShares FTSE RAFI Asia Pacific ex-Japan Portfolio 46 $48.07 0.80 83.44 4.36
BIV Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF 1402 $79.81 0.11 10.24 4.34
LVL Claymore/S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF 14 $14.68 0.66 77.26 4.32
DWM WisdomTree DEFA Fund 435 $46.20 0.48 48.90 4.30
XLU Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund 3280 $29.45 0.22 19.75 4.27
CXA SPDR Barclays Capital California Municipal Bond ETF 63 $22.39 0.20 8.30 4.23
GULF WisdomTree Middle East Dividend Fund 12 $15.62 0.88 29.74 4.21
TLO SPDR Barclays Capital Long Term Treasury ETF 21 $52.80 0.14 (6.82) 4.20
IXP iShares S&P Global Telecommunications Sector Index Fund 292 $52.66 0.48 22.65 4.20
IPU SPDR S&P International Utilities Sector ETF 9 $21.43 0.50 19.46 4.18
There were a few surprises such as seeing a pharmaceutical ETF or real estate ETF’s but in general, the top ETF’s are either composed of preferred shares or some type of corporate bonds, usually high yield. I personally like many of these picks. What about you guys?
Any reason the fees for PPH., TTH and UTH are not listed ?
Because I am sure they must have fess.
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