With SPHD, there is more on the yearend dividend increase front. Bloomberg also identified Kimco Realth (NYSE: KIM), Macerich (NYSE: MAC) and Public Storage (NYSE: PSA) as potential dividend raisers before Dec. 31. Those are three of the ETF’s seven financial services holdings and a combined 5.4% of the fund’s weight. [High Dividend ETFs Beating S&P 500]
Ensco (NYSE: ESV) and Kinder Morgan (NYSE: KMI) are also likely to increase their dividends before 2014 draws to a close, according to Bloomberg. Those are SPHD’s two largest energy holdings and a combined 4.7% of the ETF’s weight. SPHD has a trailing 12-month of 3.41%.
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Todd Shriber owns shares of SPHD.