DEW is home to about 500 stocks. By virtue of that mammoth lineup, no stock receives a weight above 1.66% in the ETF, insulating the fund from the potentially negative effects of excessive weights to a small number of stocks.
DEW does not subscribe to selecting its components based on past dividend increases. Rather, the WisdomTree Global Equity Income Index (WTGDHY) screens for companies with market caps above $2 billion in the top 30% in terms of dividend. Constituents are based on annual cash dividends paid.
Over a quarter of DEW’s sector weight goes to financials, which could be a positive catalyst for the fund this year on expectations of bank dividend growth in the U.S. and developed Europe. [Time to Make a Deposit With European Banks]
Telecom, energy and utilities combine for almost 37% of DEW’s weight.
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