Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF Announces Quarterly Dividend of $0.64 (RYU) (Yield 2.41%)

Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF (NYSEARCA:RYU) declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, December 23rd, Wall Street Journal reports. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 24th will be paid a dividend of 0.6354 per share on Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $2.54 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.41%. The ex-dividend date is […]
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This is not your grandfather’s utility sector (RYU)

The hot new investment idea for 2020 may seem a bit… old hat.

Strategists at T. Rowe Price presented their outlook for markets and the economy Tuesday, and among the geopolitical risks and asset allocation ideas was a special report on what the company calls “the most underappreciated sector” — utilities.

Read on at Market Watch right here: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-is-not-your-grandfathers-utility-sector-t-rowe-price-says-2019-11-19

4 Best Long-Term Performance Utilities Sector ETFs 1.3

  • The oldest Utilities Sector ETF has outperformed an S&P 500 index fund by 1.07% CAGR over the last 20 years
  • The Utilities Sector has low correlation to broad U.S. Equity Markets
  • There are 13 ETFs in the Morningstar Utilities category
  • 7 of these Utilities Sector ETFs have been available for 10 years or longer
  • This article will show the long-term performance of these 7 older Utilities Sector ETFs

XLU vs S&P 500 index fund: January 1999 – October 2019

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S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF $RYU on 09/20/2019 declared a dividend of $0.6853/share (2.47% Yield)

S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF (RYU) on 09/20/2019 declared a dividend of $0.6853 per share payable on September 30, 2019 to shareholders of record as of September 24, 2019. Dividend amount recorded is a decrease of $ 0.0073 from last dividend Paid.

S&P 500 Equal Weight Utils ETF/Rydex ETF Trust (NYSE:RYU) has paid dividends since 2018, has a current dividend yield of 2.47% and has increased its dividends for 0 successive years.

Source: https://www.dividendinvestor.com/dividend-news/20190920/sp-500-equal-weight-utils-etf-rydex-etf-trust-nyse-ryu-declared-a-dividend-of-$0.6853-per-share/

Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF (RYU) to Issue Quarterly Dividend of $0.69 (2.86% Yield)

Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF (NYSEARCA:RYU) declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, March 18th, Wall Street Journal reports. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 19th will be paid a dividend of 0.6886 per share on Friday, March 29th. This represents a $2.75 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.86%. The […]
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Best Long-Term Performance Utilities Sector ETFs 1.2

  • The oldest available Utilities sector ETF has outperformed an S&P 500 index fund by 0.77% CAGR over the last 20 years
  • The Utilities sector is an excellent portfolio diversifier with an ultra-low US Market correlation of 0.38
  • There are currently 13 Utilities Sector ETFs available; 7 of these have inception dates that are 10 years old or older

XLU vs S&P 500 index fund: January 1999 – November 2018

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

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Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF to Issue Quarterly Dividend of $0.74 (RYU) 3.39%

Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF (NYSEARCA:RYU) declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, September 24th, Wall Street Journal reports. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 25th will be given a dividend of 0.7353 per share on Friday, September 28th. This represents a $2.94 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.39%. The ex-dividend date of […]
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Guggenheim Declares Equity ETFs Quarterly Distributions (RFG, RHS, RYU)

“NEW YORK, March 15, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Guggenheim Investments, the investment management division of Guggenheim Partners, today announced that the following Guggenheim equity exchange traded funds (“ETFs”) have declared quarterly distributions. The table below summarizes the distribution for each Fund.”

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Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF (RYU) Plans Dividend Increase – $0.83 Per Share – The Lincolnian Online

Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF (NYSEARCA:RYU) declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, March 16th, Wall Street Journal reports. Investors of record on Monday, March 19th will be paid a dividend of 0.8262 per share on Thursday, March 29th. This represents a $3.30 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.01%. The […]
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Best Long-Term Performance Utilities Sector ETFs 1.1

As most portfolio managers know, building a broadly diversified portfolio has one key building block. Low or negatively correlated assets. Ideally, if each of these building blocks has low correlation to the others, one or more will be falling in value while the others are going up in value. This ideal scenario lends itself to arbitrage opportunities and the ability to buy assets when the market has placed them ‘on-sale’. With that said, have you considered diversifying a portion of your portfolio into the Utilities sector? If you want low correlated assets in your portfolio, I would suggest considering the Utilities sector. The utilities sector has maintained a very low correlation to the U.S. Stock Market over the last 19 years, at just 0.39. I wrote more in depth about this low correlation phenomena right here:  Which Equity Asset Class has the Lowest Correlation to the U.S. Stock Market?

Utilities Sector Correlation to U.S. Markets January 1999 – December 2017

Source: Portfolio Visualizer

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Accumulated Some Utilities Sector Equities Today (RYU) 1-4-18

It’s been a very long time since we last accumulated Utilities sector equities. But, they’ve finally started to show some weakness. We prefer the Guggenheim S&P 500® Equal Weight Utilities ETF (RYU : $RYU) in this sector. Folks, you’ve gotta buy this stuff when it’s on sale. You can read why we invest in the Utilities sector right here: Which Equity Asset Class has the Lowest Correlation to the U.S. Stock Market?

Which Equity Asset Class has the Lowest Correlation to the U.S. Stock Market?

When building a diversified portfolio of equities, one of the most important considerations is the correlation coefficient of the individual components in the portfolio. It just wouldn’t make sense to build a portfolio with several different assets that always go up and down simultaneously. If all the components of the portfolio are moving in tandem, there will be few opportunities to take advantage of the arbitrage benefits of re-balancing. And, if all the components of your portfolio are walking in lockstep with each other, why bother with diversifying into multiple funds, why not just buy a Total Stock Market fund or a Total World Equity index fund and leave all these re-balancing shenanigans alone?

There are several well-known equity asset classes that portfolio managers use to try and take advantage of diversification and low correlation. You probably have a few of these assets on your mind now, or at least in your portfolio. Which one do you think has the least correlation to the U.S. Stock Market?

  • Is it Emerging Markets?
  • Is it REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts)?
  • Is it Consumer Staples?
  • Is it International Value Stocks?
  • Is it Small Cap Stocks?
  • Is it Large Cap Value Stocks?
  • Or, could it possible be the frequently neglected Utilities Sector?

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Trimmed Some Fat Off Our Utilities Equities Today (RYU) 11-14-17

Utilities seem to be holding up quite well even with the threat of interest rate hikes. We sold a few shares of the Guggenheim S&P 500® Equal Weight Utilities ETF (RYU : $RYU). I don’t foresee any problems in the Utilities sector at this time; we’re just trimming some fat off this position. Price paid $74.89. Price sold $90.63. I wrote about Utilities ETFs in this article: How To Select the Best in Class ETF