Dividend Offense, Dividend Defense: This ETF Strategy Systematically Avoids Dividend Risks (Podcast)
Published Aug 6, 2020 on Seeking Alpha

Seeking AlphaETF AnalysisDividend Offense, Dividend Defense: This ETF Strategy Systematically Avoids Dividend Risks (Podcast)Aug. 6, 2020 12:25 PM ET|| About: Reality Shares ETF Trust - Reality Shares DIVCON Leaders Dividend ETF (LEAD), DFND, Includes: ADX, ATVI, CAG, DGRO, DGRW, DHS, DIV, DIVB, DIVC, DLN, DTD, DURA, DVY, DVYL, FDL, FDRR, FDVV, FVD, HDV, HIE, HTD, JDIV, JTD, KBWD, KHC, KLCD, KNG, LCEAX, MSFT, NOBL, PEY, PFM, QDIV, RDIV, RDVY, REGL, ROST, SCHD, SDOG, SDY, SDYL, SPDV, SPHD, SPYD, TDVG, TEQI, TMDV, VALQ, VIG, VYM, WBIY, WMBby: Let's Talk ETFsLet's Talk ETFs ETF investingFind us on Apple podcasts.cls-1{fill:#024999;}SummaryThe economic carnage wrought by COVID-19 has forced many long-time dividend paying stocks to slash their yields, pushing their stock prices lower in the process.
With no end in site to the pandemic-induced economic slump, there's a very real risk that an increasing number of dividend payers will be forced to cut their dividends.
Reality Shares CEO Eric Ervin joins the podcast to discuss how his firm's DIVCON ETFs (LEAD) (DFND) can help yield-focused investors stay one step ahead of the dividend risk curve.

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The economic carnage wrought by COVID-19 has forced many long-time dividend paying stocks to slash their yields, with many more favored dividend paying names at risk of having to follow suit. Reality Shares Co-Founder and CEO Eric Ervin rejoins Let's Talk ETFs and walks listeners through the proprietary DIVCON "dividend safety" rating system that powers his firm's DIVCON Leaders Dividend ETF (LEAD) and DIVCON Dividend Defender ETF (DFND).
The objective of these ETFs is straightforward. Rather than trying to juice yields as much as possible like most equity income focused ETFs, LEAD and DFND's primary objective is to help yield-focused investors stay one step ahead of the... Read more