The Appeal Of Dividend ETFs

[This article is a free preview of the special ETF research report Dividend ETFs In Focus: Finding The Best Yield . ETFdb Pro members can read the entire report here; sign up for a free 7-day trial to get your copy] Dividend investing is one of the oldest and most popular strategies amongst retail and institutional equity investors on Wall Street. Legends like Warren Buffet and Benjamin Graham are well known advocates of this value investing approach, and their success in the financial markets speaks volumes about this timeless strategy. Research conducted by Standard & Poor’s revealed that dividend components were responsible for 44% of the total return in the last 80 years of the S&P 500′s history. To put this into perspective, consider the following: an investment of one dollar, from 1950 to 2010, with dividends and reinvestment of those proceeds, would have performed eight times better than a dollar invested in a similar, [...] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Posts: Alternatives To The 20 Most Popular ETFs Free ETF Trading: Comparing All The Options Five ETFs To Give Your Portfolio Much-Needed Diversification Some Active ETFs Earning Their Keep During Crisis Bond ETF Ideas: Room For Growth In Fixed Income Arena