The WisdomTree International MidCap Dividend Fund (NYSEArca: DIM) tries to reflect the performance of a fundamentally weighted index, which tracks dividend paying stocks outside North America that are weighted by annual cash dividends paid. The fund follows 563 companies. DIM has a 0.58% expense ratio and a 3.59% 12-month yield. [Why Investors are Looking at Foreign Stock ETFs for Income and Growth]
The iShares U.S. Utilities ETF (NYSEArca: IDU) the utilities sector, with big names like Duke Energy, Southern Co. and Nextera Energy. Well managed companies can meet operating expenses and dish out the rest to shareholders as dividends. IDU has 65 holdings, a 0.46% expense ratio and a 3.28% 12-month yield.
The iShares U.S. Preferred Stock ETF (NYSEArca: PFF) includes a basket of preferred, which provide a specified dividend paid before common stock holders and take precedence over common stocks in case the company goes under. PFF has 322 holdings, a 0.47% expense ratio and a 5.79% 12-month yield. [Preferred Stock ETFs Yielding 6% Still Chugging Along]
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Max Chen contributed to this article.