The Best Dividend ETFs

If your portfolio is light on dividend power, think about upping your exposure to this segment of the market. One of the quickest and easiest ways to get diversified exposure to dividend payers is through inexpensive exchange-traded funds. Let's look at some of the better dividend-focused ETFs on the market today. Big names, big profitsU.S.-based large-cap stocks have long trailed behind their racier and more exciting small-cap counterparts. In the past decade, the S&P 500 has returned 2.6% annually, compared with a 6.9% annual showing for the small-cap Russell 2000 Index. But don't go ditching your large-cap names just yet. Small-cap stocks have lead in the early stages of the economic recovery, but as the market cycle matures and as growth slows, large-cap stocks should come back into favor. That means you need plenty of big names on your side, generating consistent dividends.... Read more