Finally, another fundamentally based ETF, PXLC (PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core) was roughly unchanged on the year, down 0.04%.
Noting that all of the index products mentioned were down in 2011 with the exception of DLN, it is clear to us that investors reaching for yield and some degree of stability in higher yielding equities during a largely flat year of U.S. large cap returns (albeit with significant volatility along the way), helped create a premium for dividend based ETFs in 2011 and were rewarded nicely in comparison to the benchmarks.
WisdomTree Large Cap Dividend
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