High Dividend ETFs Exhibit Strong Trends Amid Rising Stock Markets

High dividend ETFs can be used to build an income producing portfolio that has lower risk, while achieving similar or higher total returns. This was demonstrated in our previous article and has strong academic research backings. We track a list of well known high dividend ETFs, including stocks and bonds. We make the following observations about last week's development: International Real Estate (RWX) now takes the 2nd spot in our following trend table. All domestic and international dividend ETFs continued their up trend, along with the rising stock markets. Preferred Stock ETF (PFF) is the laggard; it not only placed in the bottom spot, but had a down week. This might be due to the lackluster bond markets in the last week. U.S. REIT (IYR) actually had a decreasing trend score, illustrating investors' rotation to general stock markets. Assets Class Symbols 12/03 Trend Score 11/26 Trend Score Direction iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index (EEM) 10.99% 6.85% ^ SPDR DJ Wilshire Intl Real Estate (RWX) 10.73% 7.15% ^ SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) 8.73% 6.13% ^ Vanguard Dividend Appreciation (VIG) 8.39% 6.04% ^ iShares Dow Jones US Real Estate (IYR) 8.36% 9.56% v iShares Dow Jones Intl Select Div Idx (IDV) 8.12% 5.1% ^ PowerShares Intl Dividend Achievers (PID) 7.92% 6.45% ^ Vanguard High Dividend Yield Indx (VYM) 7.72% 5.51% ^ PowerShares HighYield Dividend Achievers (PEY) 7.34% 7.32% ^ iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend Index (DVY) 7.23% 6.34% ^ First Trust Value Line Dividend Index (FVD) 7.12% 5.9% ^ iShares MSCI EAFE Index (EFA) 6.94% 3.67% ^ SPDR S&P Dividend (SDY) 6.87% 6.81% ^ iShares S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (PFF) 5.52% 6.97% v click to enlarge... Read more