Dividend ETF Update: Dividend ETFs for Emerging Market Equity Investment

We are updating our dividend ETF performance and present a case that a dividend ETF can be used for emerging market equity investiment. For the week ending on 2/16/2011, most dividend ETFs rose along with the general equity markets. U.S. stock dividend ETFs rose most: SPDR S&P Dividend (SDY) gained 1.2% while Vanguard Dividend Appreciation (VIG) gained 1.15%. One noticeable exception is iShares Dow Jones Intl. Select Dividend (IDV), it lost 0.2%. For more details, please refer to here. The following trend table shows the current trend rankings. From the table, U.S. REITs IYR is still ranked number one while S&P U.S. preferred stocks PFF is at the bottom. Assets Class Symbols 02/16TrendScore 02/09TrendScore Direction iShares Dow Jones US Real Estate IYR 14.05% 13.94% ^ SPDR S&P 500 SPY 13.17% 12.19% ^ Vanguard High Dividend Yield Indx VYM 10.94% 10.62% ^ Vanguard Dividend Appreciation VIG 10.79%... Read more