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SCHD Vs. VYM: Which Dividend ETF Is The Better Buy?

Summary

  • After years of underperforming the Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF, the Vanguard High Dividend ETF is now outperforming it.
  • To determine what this means for future performance we examine the differences in how their indexes are constructed, how their dividends compare, and the differences in their Sector Allocations.
  • We consider how rising rates will impact their appeal to investors and suggest the scenarios under which each ETF, or neither, would be a better investment.

Continue reading at Seeking Alpha right here: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4504694-schd-vs-vym-dividend-etf-better-buy?utm_source=stck.pro&utm_medium=referral

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Dividend ETF giant has attracted more 2022 capital than SPY, DIA, and QQQ (SCHD)

The Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF (NYSEARCA: SCHD) generated serious attention during Q1, pulling in more capital than funds tied to the three major U.S. equity indices, as investors looked for stability amid a general slide in the overall stock market.

Continue reading at Seeking Alpha right here: https://seekingalpha.com/news/3818937-dividend-etf-giant-attracts-more-2022-capital-than-spy-dia-and-qqq-as-q1-end-approaches

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SCHD’s Yearly Reconstitution Adds 14 New Stocks And Eliminates 13

Summary

  • SCHD’s index both rebalances and reconstitutes its holdings the second Friday in March. SCHD has been adjusting to the recent reconstitution.
  • It added 14 stocks. We look at EOG resources which was the largest new holding and at the sectors represented by the rest of the much smaller stocks added.
  • 13 stocks have been deleted. Several were spinoffs. The most significant deletion was Emerson Electric, which still looks like a fine investment but with a dropping yield.

Continue reading at Seeking Alpha right here: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4497130-schds-yearly-reconstitution-adds-14-new-stocks-and-eliminates-13

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4 Best Long-Term Performance U.S. Large Cap Value ETFs 1.5

  • Asset Class: U.S. Large Cap Value

  • Long-Term Performance: 11.39% CAGR

  • Correlation to U.S. Markets: 0.95

  • U.S. Large Cap Blend Performance: 10.84% CAGR

  • Back test timeframe: January 1972 – October 2021

  • Oldest ETF back tested: SPDR® Dow Jones® Industrial Average ETF Trust (DIA)

  • Long-Term Performance: 8.89% CAGR

  • Correlation to U.S. Markets: 0.93

  • S&P 500 Performance: 8.64% CAGR

  • Back test timeframe: February 1998 – October 2021

  • Number of ETFs available in this asset class: 117

  • Number of ETFs in this asset class that are 10-years old or older: 34

U.S. Large Cap Value vs U.S. Large Cap Blend (aka S&P 500): January 1972 – October 2021

DIA vs SPY: February 1998 – October 2021

DIA vs SPY: January 20, 1998 – October 29, 2021

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First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund (FVD) 03/24/2021 declared dividend $0.1761/sh (2.14% yield)

First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund/First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund (NYSE:FVD) on 03/24/2021 declared a dividend of $ 0.1761 per share payable on March 31, 2021 to shareholders of record as of March 26, 2021. Dividend amount recorded is a decrease of $ 0.0351 from last dividend Paid.

First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund/First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund (NYSE:FVD) has paid dividends since 2007, has a current dividend yield of 2.1419010162% and has increased its dividends for 5 successive years.

Source: https://www.dividendinvestor.com/dividend-news/20210324/first-trust-value-line-dividend-index-fund-first-trust-value-line-dividend-index-fund-nyse-fvd-declared-a-dividend-of-$0.1761-per-share/

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First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund (FVD) 12/23/2020 declared dividend $0.2112/sh (2.34%)

First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund/First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund (NYSE:FVD) on 12/23/2020 declared a dividend of $ 0.2112 per share payable on December 31, 2020 to shareholders of record as of December 28, 2020. Dividend amount recorded is an increase of $ 0.0246 from last dividend Paid.

First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund/First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund (NYSE:FVD) has paid dividends since 2007, has a current dividend yield of 2.3396880627% and has increased its dividends for 4 successive years.

Source: https://www.dividendinvestor.com/dividend-news/20201223/first-trust-value-line-dividend-index-fund-first-trust-value-line-dividend-index-fund-nyse-fvd-declared-a-dividend-of-$0.2112-per-share/

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4 Best Long-Term Performance U.S. Large Cap Value ETFs 1.4

  • Asset Class: U.S. Large Cap Value

  • Long-Term Performance: 10.89% CAGR

  • Correlation to U.S. Markets: 0.95

  • U.S. Large Cap Blend Performance: 10.34% CAGR

  • Back test timeframe: January 1972 – September 2020

  • Oldest ETF back tested: SPDR® Dow Jones® Industrial Average ETF Trust (DIA)

  • Long-Term Performance: 8.02% CAGR

  • Correlation to U.S. Markets: 0.93

  • S&P 500 Performance: 7.50% CAGR

  • Back test timeframe: February 1998 – September 2020

  • Number of ETFs available in this asset class: 102

  • Number of ETFs in this asset class that are 10-years old or older: 29

U.S. Large Cap Value vs U.S. Large Cap Blend (aka S&P 500): January 1972 – September 2020

DIA vs SPY: February 1998 – September 2020

DIA vs SPY: January 20, 1998 – October 2, 2020

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First Trust Value Line Dividend ETF (FVD) 09/23/2020 declared dividend $0.1866/sh (yield 2.56%)

First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund/First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund (NYSE:FVD) on 09/23/2020 declared a dividend of $ 0.1866 per share payable on September 30, 2020 to shareholders of record as of September 25, 2020. Dividend amount recorded is a decrease of $ 0.0346 from last dividend Paid.

First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund/First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund (NYSE:FVD) has paid dividends since 2007, has a current dividend yield of 2.5550942421% and has increased its dividends for 4 successive years.

Source: https://www.dividendinvestor.com/dividend-news/20200923/first-trust-value-line-dividend-index-fund-first-trust-value-line-dividend-index-fund-nyse-fvd-declared-a-dividend-of-$0.1866-per-share/

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First Trust Board Approves Reorganization of First Trust Value Line® 100 Exchange-Traded Fund into First Trust Value Line® Dividend Index Fund (FVD)

First Trust Advisors L.P. (“FTA”) announced today that the Board of Trustees of First Trust Value Line® 100 Exchange-Traded Fund (NYSE Arca: FVL), an index based exchange-traded fund (“ETF”), managed by FTA, approved the reorganization of FVL into First Trust Value Line® Dividend
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4 Best Long-Term Performance International Large Cap Value ETFs 1.3

  • Asset Class: International Large Cap Value

  • Long-Term Performance: 11.56% CAGR

  • S&P 500 Performance (US Large Cap Blend): 10.24% CAGR

  • Back test timeframe: April 1, 1957 – December 31, 2019

  • Oldest ETF back tested: ADRD**

  • Long-Term Performance: 5.64% CAGR

  • S&P 500 Performance: 9.64% CAGR

  • Back test timeframe: December 2002 – December 2019

  • Number of ETFs available in this asset class: 40

  • Number of ETFs in this asset class that are 10-years old or older: 11

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4 Best Long-Term Performance U.S. Large Cap Value ETFs 1.3

  • The U.S. Large Cap Value asset class has outperformed U.S. Large Cap Blend by 0.96% CAGR over the last 47 years
  • The oldest Large Cap Value ETF has outperformed an S&P 500 index fund by 0.98% CAGR over the last 21 years
  • There are 96 ETFs available in the Large Cap Value category. This article focuses on the 24 that have been available for 10 years or longer

U.S. Large Cap Value vs U.S. Large Cap Blend: January 1972 – September 2019

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Best Long-Term Performance U.S. Large Cap Value ETFs 1.2

  • The U.S. Large Cap Value asset class has outperformed the U.S. Large Cap Blend asset class by 1.01% CAGR over the past 46 years
  • The oldest U.S. Large Cap Value ETF has outperformed an S&P 500 index fund by 1.03% CAGR over the past 20 years
  • There are currently 92 ETFs available in the Morningstar category Large Value. 23 of those ETFs are ten years old or older

The Large Cap Value asset class has a long history of superior returns when compared to the Large Cap Blend (or the S&P 500) asset class.

U.S. Large Cap Value vs U.S. Large Cap Blend: January 1972 – September 2018

Source: https://www.portfoliovisualizer.com/

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Dividend ETFs: Stock Selection Strategies Can Hurt Performance (FVD)

First Trust Value Line Dividend ETF (FVD) invests in U.S. companies, selected from the 1700 companies that are covered by Value Line research services. The process starts with the identification of companies that score well on Value Line’s proprietary screens for safety – this includes screens for price stability, sales and profit consistency and balance sheet leverage. Stocks that rate well on these criteria, have dividend yields greater than the S&P 500 and market capitalizations over $1 billion are retained for the portfolio. Stocks are equal weighted and the portfolio is rebalanced every month.

Read the complete article at Seeking Alpha right here:  https://seekingalpha.com/article/4206075-dividend-etfs-stock-selection-strategies-can-hurt-performance

 

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First Trust declares quarterly distributions (FTCS, FVD)

First Trust S&P REIT Index Fund (NYSEARCA:FRI) – $0.2191.

First Trust Capital Strength ETF (NASDAQ:FTCS) – $0.0956.

First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund (NYSEARCA:FVD) – $0.1643.

First Trust Value Line 100 Exchange-Traded Fund (NYSEARCA:FVL) – $0.0378.

First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund (NASDAQ:QABA) – $0.1558.

First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy Index Fund (NASDAQ:QCLN) – $0.0319.

First Trust NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index Fund (NASDAQ:QQEW) – $0.0498.

First Trust NASDAQ-100 Ex-Technology Sector Index Fund (NASDAQ:QQXT) – $0.0109.

First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund (NASDAQ:QTEC) – $0.1482.

First Trust Total US Market AlphaDEX ETF (NASDAQ:TUSA) – $0.0627.

Payable Sept. 28; for shareholders of record Sept. 17; ex-div Sept. 14.

Source: https://seekingalpha.com/news/3390225-first-trust-declares-quarterly-distributions?app=1#email_link

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First Trust declares quarterly distributions (FVD, FIW)

First Trust Capital Strength ETF (NASDAQ:FTCS) – $0.149.

First Trust Total US Market AlphaDEX ETF (NASDAQ:TUSA) – $0.094.

First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund (NYSEARCA:FVD) – $0.194.

First Trust S&P REIT Index Fund (NYSEARCA:FRI) – $0.129.

First Trust ISE Water Index Fund (NYSEARCA:FIW) – $0.086.

First Trust Value Line 100 Exchange-Traded Fund (NYSEARCA:FVL) – $0.031.

First Trust NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index Fund (NASDAQ:QQEW) – $0.095.

First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund (NASDAQ:QTEC) – $0.174.

Payable June 29; for shareholders of record June 22; ex-div June 21.

Source: Seeking Alpha – First Trust declares quarterly distributions

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First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund Dividend Announcement (FVD)

DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENT: First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund (NYSE:FVD) today declared a dividend of $0.1344 per share

March 21, 2018

First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund (NYSE:FVD) today declared a dividend of $ 0.1344 per share payable on March 29, 2018 to shareholders of record as of March 23, 2018. Dividend amount recorded is a decrease of $ 0.0705 from last dividend Paid.

First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund (NYSE:FVD) has paid dividends since 2007, has a current dividend yield of 2.12% and has increased its dividends for 2 successive years.

First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund’s market cap is $ 4,057,338,840 and has a PE ratio of 0.00. The stock price closed yesterday at $ 30.18 and has a 52 week low/high of $ 28.54 and $ 31.85.

For more information on First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund click here.
First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund current dividend information as per the date of this press release is:
Dividend Declaration Date: March 21, 2018
Dividend Ex Date: March 22, 2018
Dividend Record Date: March 23, 2018
Dividend Payment Date: March 29, 2018
Dividend Amount: $ 0.1344

Source:  https://www.dividendinvestor.com/dividend-news/20180321/dividend-announcement-first-trust-value-line-dividend-index-fund-nyse-fvd-today-declared-a-dividend-of-$0.1344-per-share/

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Best Long-Term Performance International Large Cap Value ETFs 1.1

The International (Foreign) Large Cap Value asset class is a difficult asset class to research. The reason being is that there haven’t been funds available for very long in this asset class. The older mutual funds available in this asset class have only been around since the mid 1990’s. The oldest ETF available in this category is the BLDRS Developed Markets 100 ADR Index Fund (ADRD), inception December 2002. So, without significant fund data to compare this asset class with others, I am relying heavily on the expertise of historians, academic studies and reliable financial experts.

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And the Best U.S. Large-Cap-Value ETF Award goes to… 1.1

There is sufficient information in the financial and academic communities that Large Cap Value funds tend to outperform Large Cap Blend funds over long periods of time. I could cite many reports, news articles and academic papers to show support for this claim. But, I’d rather just jump right into the data that is readily available to all of us with a few online tools. My favorite tool for this job is:  PortfolioVisualizer.com

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