The two new ETFs “combine last year’s hot theme — dividend-paying stocks — with this year’s, investing in emerging markets,” writes Brendan Conway at Barron’s.
WisdomTree Emerging Markets Equity Income recently surpassed $3 billion in assets under management.
“Historically, investors have focused on large-cap blue-chip companies in developed countries when looking for significant generators of dividends. Yet our research establishes that in recent years the emerging markets delivered the fastest growth in aggregate dividend streams among the major regions, with more than $175 billion in dividends paid in 2011,” said Jeremy Schwartz, WisdomTree director of research.
“Contrary to conventional wisdom, investors do not need to make a trade-off between the growth potential of the emerging market region in order to achieve exposure to dividend-paying stocks,” he added.
WisdomTree Emerging Markets Equity Income
Tisha Guerrero contributed to this article.